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MAC Football Bowl Schedule
Friday, December 19th
Myrtle Beach Bowl (Conway, S.C.)
Western Michigan 41, Kennesaw State 6
Tuesday, December 23rd
Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Louisville 27, Toledo 22
Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl (Frisco, Texas)
Ohio 17, UNLV 10
Friday, December 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl (Detroit, Mich.)
Central Michigan vs. Northwestern, 1PM ET (
ESPN |
Live Stats)
Saturday, December 27
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Ariz.)
Miami vs. Fresno State, 4:30PM ET (
CW Network | Live Stats)
Central Michigan will make its 16th bowl appearance Friday when it faces Northwestern in the GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET, with the game televised nationally on ESPN. The Chippewas enter the postseason at 7-5 overall and 5-3 in Mid-American Conference play, earning bowl eligibility for the first time since 2021, while the Wildcats are 6-6 overall after finishing 4-5 in the Big Ten. It marks the second all-time meeting between the programs, with Northwestern winning the lone prior matchup in 2010.
The bowl trip caps a strong first season under Central Michigan coach Matt Drinkall, who guided the Chippewas to seven wins in his debut year. CMU’s defense has been the team’s backbone, holding opponents to 20 points or fewer in all seven victories and ranking among the MAC leaders in scoring defense and turnover margin. Linebackers Jordan Kwiatkowski and Dakota Cochran headline a unit that has generated 20 takeaways, while quarterback Joe Labas has directed an offense that averages nearly 24 points per game.
Northwestern comes to Detroit seeking its first bowl victory since 2020 and will test a Central Michigan team playing its sixth bowl game in the city. The Chippewas are 5-5 all-time at Ford Field and last played there in the 2019 MAC Championship Game. A win would give Central Michigan eight victories for the first time since 2021 and make Drinkall the first head coach in program history to win a bowl game in his first season.
