MAC Announces Updated Football Schedule
MAC ANNOUNCES UPDATED 2019 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Features 14 November nationally televised games on ESPN Platforms-CBS Sports Network
Cleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today the updated 2019 football schedule. Highlighting the schedule are 14 games available nationally during the last month of the regular season, slated for ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, ESPN3 and CBS Sports Network as the conference race unfolds in both the East and West divisions.
All remaining game kick times and television will be announced 12 days prior to the scheduled game.
The regular season will conclude with the 23rd Marathon MAC Football Championship game on Saturday, Dec. 7 at Noon ET (ESPN or ESPN2) from Ford Field in Detroit. This will mark the 16th Marathon MAC Football Championship game at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, Super Bowl XL, and the 2009 NCAA Men’s Final Four.
The MAC will be the only collegiate football conference to host a game on the 150th anniversary of college football – Wednesday, Nov. 6 – as the Miami RedHawks travel to face the Ohio Bobcats at Peden Stadium in Athens, Ohio on ESPN2.
In addition, three MAC rivalry games will kick off on Saturdays in late September, with Central Michigan at Western Michigan on Saturday, Sept. 28, and early October, with Kent State at Akron and Toledo at Bowling Green both on Saturday, Oct. 12.
Included in the 2019 schedule, the MAC will play five Saturday games during November.
For the 12th year in a row, league schools will face a formidable non-conference slate of opponents from the following Football Bowl Subdivision conferences – ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC, Notre Dame and BYU. In addition, the Conference will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference, Conference USA, Mountain West Conference, Sun Belt Conference and Independents Liberty, New Mexico State and UMass.
MAC programs will face eight non-conference foes that finished in the final AP Top 25 poll: Ohio State (3), Notre Dame (5), Kentucky (12) twice, Syracuse (15), Penn State (17), Cincinnati (24) and Iowa (25).
A total of ten non-conference games will feature a Big Ten opponent (Illinois (2); Indiana; Iowa; Michigan State; Nebraska; Ohio State; Penn State; Wisconsin (2)). The MAC will face foes from the ACC (4—Miami (Fla.), North Carolina State, Pitt, Syracuse), SEC (4—Auburn, Kentucky (2), Vanderbilt), Pac-12 (2-Arizona State, Utah), Big 12 (1—Kansas State); and Independent Notre Dame, BYU, Liberty, New Mexico State and UMass.
The MAC will also face opponents from the American Athletic Conference (2— Cincinnati, Temple), Mountain West (1—Colorado State), Conference USA (4—Florida Atlantic, La. Tech, Marshall, UAB) and Sun Belt Conference (4—Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Troy).
This season the MAC will host 10 games against FBS non-conference opponents.
MAC Home Games vs. FBS Non-Conference opponents:
-Indiana (Big Ten) at Ball State on Aug. 31, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network) (at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.)
-UAB (C-USA) at Akron on Sept. 7, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
-Florida Atlantic (C-USA) at Ball State on Sept. 14, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
-Georgia State (Sun Belt) at Western Michigan on Sept. 14, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
-La. Tech (C-USA) at Bowling Green on Sept. 14, 5:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
-La.-Lafayette (Sun Belt) at Ohio on Sept. 21, Time and Television TBA
-Temple (American Athletic) at Buffalo on Sept. 21, Time and Television TBA
-Troy (Sun Belt) at Akron on Sept. 21, Time and Television TBA
-BYU (Ind.) at Toledo on Sept. 28, Time and Television TBA
-New Mexico State (Ind.) at Central Michigan on Oct. 12, 3:00 pm ET (Television TBA)
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE
Founded in 1946, the Mid-American Conference is an NCAA Division I, 12-member conference that sponsors 23 championships and is one of ten members of the Football Bowl Subdivison (FBS). With total enrollment of nearly 300,000 students, the league represents institutions of higher learning in five (5) states - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Ohio.
Current MAC schools that hold full membership and the year they joined are -- East Division: University of Akron (1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946). West Division: Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University (1975-86, rejoined in 1997), University of Toledo (1950), Western Michigan University (1947). The conference office is based in Cleveland, Ohio.
2019 MAC Football Schedule (composite by date)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game
Aug. 29 – Thursday
Albany at Central Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Morgan State at Bowling Green, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Robert Morris at Buffalo, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Arizona State, 10:00 pm ET (Pac-12 Networks)
Aug. 31 – Saturday
Akron at Illinois, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
Indiana at Ball State, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network) (at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.)
Toledo at Kentucky, Noon ET (SEC Network)
Rhode Island at Ohio, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Eastern Michigan at Coastal Carolina, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Illinois State at NIU, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT (ESPN+)
Monmouth at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Miami at Iowa, 7:30 pm ET (FS1)
Sep. 7 – Saturday
Ohio at Pitt, 11:00 am ET (ACC Network)
Bowling Green at Kansas State, Noon ET (FOX Sports Net)
Kennesaw at Kent State, Noon ET (ESPN3)
NIU at Utah, 1:00 pm ET/Noon CT (Pac-12 Networks)
UAB at Akron, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
Fordham at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Tennessee Tech at Miami, 2:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Central Michigan at Wisconsin, 3:30 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Eastern Michigan at Kentucky, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU or SEC Network Alternate)
Buffalo at Penn State, 7:30 pm ET (FOX)
Western Michigan at Michigan State, 7:30 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
Sep. 14 – Saturday
Eastern Michigan at Illinois, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
Miami at Cincinnati, Noon ET (ESPNU)
Florida Atlantic at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
*Akron at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Louisiana Tech at Bowling Green, 5:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Buffalo at Liberty, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Ohio at Marshall, 6:30 pm ET (Facebook)
Georgia State at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Kent State at Auburn, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
Murray State at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
NIU at Nebraska, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (FS1)
Sep. 21 – Saturday
Central Connecticut State at Eastern Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
*Bowling Green at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
Ball State at North Carolina State
Central Michigan at Miami (Fla.)
Louisiana-Lafayette at Ohio
Miami at Ohio State
Temple at Buffalo
Toledo at Colorado State, TBA (ESPN Networks)
Troy at Akron
Western Michigan at Syracuse
Sep. 28 – Saturday
Akron at UMass
BYU at Toledo
*Buffalo at Miami
*Central Michigan at Western Michigan
NIU at Vanderbilt
Oct. 5 – Saturday
Bowling Green at Notre Dame, 3:30 pm ET (NBC)
*Ohio at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
*Western Michigan at Toledo, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
*Ball State at NIU
*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan
Kent State at Wisconsin, TBA (ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU)
Oct. 12 – Saturday
*Ball State at Eastern Michigan, 2:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
New Mexico State at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
*Kent State at Akron, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
*NIU at Ohio, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (12-day selection)
*Miami at Western Michigan
*Toledo at Bowling Green
Oct. 19 – Saturday
*Toledo at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
*NIU at Miami, 2:30 pm ET/1:30 pm CT (12-day selection)
*Buffalo at Akron
*Central Michigan at Bowling Green
*Kent State at Ohio
*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan
Oct. 26 – Saturday
*Bowling Green at Western Michigan, Noon ET (12-day selection)
*Akron at NIU, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (12-day selection)
*Central Michigan at Buffalo
*Eastern Michigan at Toledo
*Miami at Kent State
*Ohio at Ball State
Nov. 2 – Saturday
*Akron at Bowling Green
*Buffalo at Eastern Michigan
*NIU at Central Michigan
Nov. 5 – Tuesday
*Ball State at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
*Kent State at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 6 – Wednesday
*Miami at Ohio, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
Nov. 12 – Tuesday
*Eastern Michigan at Akron, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Western Michigan at Ohio, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 13 – Wednesday
*Bowling Green at Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*NIU at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 14 – Thursday
*Buffalo at Kent State, 7:00 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 16 – Saturday
*Central Michigan at Ball State, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
Nov. 19 – Tuesday
*Eastern Michigan at NIU, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Ohio at Bowling Green, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 20 – Wednesday
*Akron at Miami, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
*Toledo at Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
Nov. 23 – Saturday
*Ball State at Kent State
Nov. 26 – Tuesday
*Ohio at Akron, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN+)
*Western Michigan at NIU, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT (ESPNU/ESPN+)
Nov. 29 – Friday
*Bowling Green at Buffalo
*Kent State at Eastern Michigan
*Miami at Ball State
*Toledo at Central Michigan
Dec. 7 – Saturday
2019 Marathon MAC Football Championship Game
East Division Champion vs. West Division Champion
Marathon MAC Championship Game, Noon ET (ESPN or ESPN2)
Ford Field in Detroit, Mich.
Dec. 20 – Friday
Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl (Nassau, Bahamas), 2:00 pm ET (ESPN)
*Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas), 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2)
Dec. 21 – Saturday
Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl (Boca Raton, Fla.), 11:00 am ET (ESPN)
Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.), 5:45 pm ET (ESPN)
Dec. 26 – Thursday
*Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, Mich.), 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
Jan. 3 – Friday
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Boise, Ida.), 3:30 pm ET (ESPN)
Jan. 6 – Monday
Mobile Alabama Bowl (Mobile, Ala.), 7:30 pm or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
*MAC secondary bowl partner with Quick Lane Bowl (12/26) and Frisco Bowl (12/20)
2019 MAC Football Schedule (composite by school)
All times listed ET
*Conference Game
EAST DIVISION
Akron
Aug.
31 at Illinois, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
Sep.
7 UAB, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network)
14 *at Central Michigan, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
21 Troy
28 at UMass
Oct.
12 *Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *Buffalo
26 *at NIU, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
Nov.
2 *at Bowling Green
12 *Eastern Michigan, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
20 *at Miami, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
26 *Ohio, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN+)
Bowling Green
Aug.
29 Morgan State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
7 at Kansas State, Noon ET (FOX Sports Net)
14 Louisiana Tech, 5:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
21 *at Kent State, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
Oct.
5 at Notre Dame, 3:30 pm ET (NBC)
12 *Toledo
19 *Central Michigan
26 *at Western Michigan, Noon ET (12-day selection)
Nov.
2 *Akron
13 *at Miami, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 *Ohio, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
29 *at Buffalo, TBA
Buffalo
Aug.
29 Robert Morris, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Sep.
7 at Penn State, 7:30 pm ET (FOX)
14 at Liberty, 6:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
21 Temple
28 *at Miami
Oct.
5 *Ohio, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *at Akron
26 *Central Michigan
Nov.
2 *at Eastern Michigan
14 *at Kent State, 7:00 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
20 *Toledo, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
29 *Bowling Green, TBA
Kent State
Aug.
29 at Arizona State, 10:00 pm ET (Pac-12 Networks)
Sep.
7 Kennesaw, Noon ET (ESPN3)
14 at Auburn, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN2 or ESPNU)
21 *Bowling Green, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
Oct.
5 at Wisconsin, TBA (ESPN, ESPN2/ESPNU)
12 *at Akron, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *at Ohio
26 *Miami
Nov.
5 *at Toledo, 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
14 *Buffalo, 7:00 pm ET (CBS Sports Network)
23 *Ball State
29 *at Eastern Michigan, TBA
Miami
Aug.
31 at Iowa, 7:30 pm ET (FS1)
Sep.
7 Tennessee Tech, 2:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
14 at Cincinnati, Noon ET (ESPNU)
21 at Ohio State
28 *Buffalo
Oct.
12 *at Western Michigan
19 *NIU, 2:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
26 *at Kent State
Nov.
6 *at Ohio, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
13 *Bowling Green, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
20 *Akron, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
29 *at Ball State, TBA
Ohio
Aug.
31 Rhode Island, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
Sep.
7 at Pitt, 11:00 am ET (ACC Network)
14 at Marshall, 6:30 pm ET (Facebook)
21 Louisiana-Lafayette
Oct.
5 *at Buffalo, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
12 *NIU, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *Kent State
26 *at Ball State
Nov.
6 *Miami, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2)
12 *Western Michigan, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 *at Bowling Green, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
26 *at Akron, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN+)
WEST DIVISION
Ball State
Aug.
31 Indiana, Noon ET (CBS Sports Network) (at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Ind.)
Sep.
7 Fordham, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
14 Florida Atlantic, 2:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
21 at North Carolina State
Oct.
5 *at NIU
12 *at Eastern Michigan, 2:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *Toledo, 2:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
26 *Ohio
Nov.
5 *at Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
16 *Central Michigan, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
23 *at Kent State
29 *Miami, TBA
Central Michigan
Aug.
29 Albany, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sept.
7 at Wisconsin, 3:30 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
14 *Akron, 3:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
21 at Miami (Fla.)
28 *at Western Michigan
Oct.
5 *Eastern Michigan
12 New Mexico State, 3:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *at Bowling Green
26 *at Buffalo
Nov.
2 *NIU
16 *at Ball State, TBA (CBS Sports Network)
29 *Toledo, TBA
Eastern Michigan
Aug.
31 at Coastal Carolina, 3:30 pm ET (ESPN+)
Sep.
7 at Kentucky, 7:30 pm ET (ESPNU or SEC Network Alternate)
14 at Illinois, Noon ET (Big Ten Network)
21 Central Connecticut State, 3:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
Oct.
5 *at Central Michigan
12 *Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
19 *Western Michigan
26 *at Toledo
Nov.
2 *Buffalo
12 *at Akron, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 *at NIU, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
29 *Kent State, TBA
Northern Illinois (NIU)
Aug.
31 Illinois State, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT (ESPN+)
Sep.
7 at Utah, 1:00 pm ET/Noon CT (Pac-12 Networks)
14 at Nebraska, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (FS1)
28 at Vanderbilt
Oct.
5 *Ball State
12 *at Ohio, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (12-day selection)
19 *at Miami, 2:30 pm ET/1:30 pm CT (12-day selection)
26 *Akron, 3:30 pm ET/2:30 pm CT (12-day selection)
Nov.
2 *at Central Michigan
13 *at Toledo, 8:00 pm ET/7:00 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
19 *Eastern Michigan, 7:30 pm ET/6:30 pm CT (ESPN2/ESPNU)
26 *Western Michigan, 7:00 pm ET/6:00 pm CT (ESPNU/ESPN+)
Toledo
Aug.
31 at Kentucky, Noon ET (SEC Network)
Sep.
14 Murray State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
21 at Colorado State, TBA (ESPN Networks)
28 BYU
Oct.
5 *Western Michigan, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
12 *at Bowling Green
19 *at Ball State, 2:00 pm ET (12-day selection)
26 *Eastern Michigan
Nov.
5 *Kent State, 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
13 *NIU, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
20 *at Buffalo, 7:30 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
29 *at Central Michigan, TBA
Western Michigan
Aug.
31 Monmouth, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN3)
Sep.
7 at Michigan State, 7:30 pm ET (Big Ten Network)
14 Georgia State, 7:00 pm ET (ESPN+)
21 at Syracuse
28 *Central Michigan
Oct.
5 *at Toledo, 3:30 pm ET (12-day selection)
12 *Miami
19 *at Eastern Michigan
26 *Bowling Green, Noon ET (12-day selection)
Nov.
5 *Ball State, 7:00 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/CBS Sports Network)
12 *at Ohio, 7:30 pm ET or 8:00 pm ET (ESPN2/ESPNU)
26 *at NIU, 7:00 pm ET (ESPNU/ESPN+)
