2010 Mid-American Conference football season | |
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League | NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision) |
Sport | Football |
Duration | September 2, 2010 through January, 2011 |
Number of teams | 13 |
TV partner(s) | ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, Big Ten Network |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | Chad Spann |
East champions | Miami |
West champions | Northern Illinois |
MAC Championship Game | |
Champions | Miami |
Finals MVP | Thomas Merriweather, Miami |
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Miami (OH) x$ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Temple | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Northern Illinois x | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Miami 26, Northern Illinois 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2010 Mid-American Conference football season was the 65th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The season began on Thursday, September 2, with five games: Ball State hosted Southeast Missouri State, Central Michigan hosted Hampton, Kent State hosted Murray State, Buffalo hosted Rhode Island, and Northern Illinois traveled to Ames, Iowa to face Iowa State. The conference's other eight teams began their respective 2010 seasons of NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) competition on Friday, September 3, and Saturday, September 4. The first in-conference game was September 9, with Temple hosting Central Michigan.
The 2010 MAC Championship Game featured the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Miami RedHawks, held December 3, at Ford Field in Detroit. Miami defeated Northern Illinois 26-21 on a 33-yard pass from Austin Boucher to Armand Robinson for a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in regulation. [1]
Four MAC teams were invited to post-season bowl games, with conference champion Miami, West Division champion Northern Illinois, West Division runner-up Toledo, and East Division runner-up Ohio getting bids. The only bowl-eligible schools not to receive invitations were Western Michigan (6-6) and Temple (8-4), the latter being the first team with a winning record to be passed over for a team with a .500 record under an NCAA rule change.
West Division champion Central Michigan entered the 2009 MAC Championship Game undefeated in MAC play, their only losses coming at Arizona and at Boston College. The Ohio Bobcats were selected to represent the East Division by virtue of a tie-breaking head-to-head victory against the Temple Owls in the final regular-season game; both teams were 9-3 overall and 7-1 in conference games. In a rematch of the 2006 game, Central Michigan again won, for their third MAC championship in four years. Following the game, Central Michigan coach Butch Jones left to become the head coach at the University of Cincinnati. Steve Stripling, the defensive ends coach, became interim head coach and coached the GMAC bowl. [2]
Five MAC teams — Ohio, Temple, Bowling Green, Northern Illinois, and Central Michigan — played in post-season bowl games, though only Central Michigan won, defeating Sun Belt Conference champion Troy 44-41 in two overtimes in the 2010 GMAC Bowl. In mid-January, Dan Enos, previously a running backs coach for the Michigan State Spartans, was named the new head coach at Central Michigan. [3] There were no other coaching changes in the conference.
The Mid-American Conference was entirely left out of the 2010 NCAA conference realignment, with no school entering or leaving the conference. There was some speculation that football-only member Temple was under consideration to become a football-only member of the Big East Conference. [4]
After being rebuffed by the Big East in November, [5] the University of Massachusetts Amherst Minutemen are expected to become a football-only member starting in the fall of 2013, following a two-year transition from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision. The arrangement is expected to be similar to Temple's, with UMass required to schedule certain numbers of non-conference games in other sports against MAC schools. [6]
The 2010 MAC Preseason poll results were announced at the Football Media Preview in Detroit on July 30. In the West Division, Northern Illinois was picked as champion, while Temple was picked to win the East Division and the MAC Championship Game. [7]
Three votes were not cast for any team.
East Division
West Division
On November 21, the day after Kent State's seventh loss of the season assured them of a losing record, Doug Martin announced that he would resign at the end of the season. [8] On December 20, Kent State athletic director Joel Nielsen introduced former Ohio State receivers coach Darrell Hazell as the new head coach for the Golden Flashes. [9] Hazell was the first Ohio State assistant coach to leave for a head coaching job in six years; the last was Mark Snyder, who was hired by Marshall in 2004. [10]
On November 23, three days after Ball State concluded its season with a 4-8 record, Ball State athletic director Tom Collins announced the firing of Stan Parrish, saying, "As we evaluated the on-field performance and the football program in its entirety, we decided it was time for a change in direction in the leadership of the program". [11] On December 19, Collins announced that he had hired Pete Lembo, formerly the head coach at Elon. [12]
On December 5, Northern Illinois head coach Jerry Kill accepted the position of head coach for the Minnesota Golden Gophers. His announcement came less than two weeks before the Huskies were scheduled to play in the Humanitarian Bowl. Leaving the team in the manner he did (many teammates learned about his new job via Twitter instead of from Kill himself [13] [ unreliable source? ]) dealt an emotional blow to the members of the team; star quarterback Chandler Harnish saying about Kill's departure, "I have a horrible taste in my mouth". Additionally, besides the emotional impact, USA Today noted "The timing of the announcement further hurts the program due to Kill most likely taking the bulk of his staff to Minnesota." [14] On December 9, linebackers coach Tom Matukewicz was announced as the interim head coach for the Huskies bowl game, [15] and on December 13, the university hired Wisconsin Badgers defensive coordinator Dave Doeren as the head coach, to begin after the Humanitarian Bowl.[ citation needed ]
On December 12, ESPN reported that Al Golden was offered and accepted the head coaching job at the University of Miami. [16] Prior to the 2010 season, provisions requiring bowls to pick teams with seven or more wins if available before picking six-win teams were eliminated from NCAA bylaws, [17] and Temple was the first team go uninvited under the rule change, despite going 8–4 including a win over eventual Big East BCS representative Connecticut. On December 22, a rumor [18] was quickly confirmed that Florida offensive coordinator, and former Florida interim head coach (winter of 2009–2010), Steve Addazio would be the new Temple coach. [19]
On December 16, ESPN reported that Michael Haywood, who had been named the 2010 Mid-American Conference Football Coach of the Year days before, [20] had accepted the head football coaching position at the University of Pittsburgh. [21] Haywood was arrested in South Bend, Indiana, on December 31, 2010, on felony domestic violence charges arising from a custody dispute, and was fired by Pittsburgh hours after being released on bond the next morning. [22] Defensive backs coach Lance Guidry will coach Miami University in the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl. [23] On December 31, 2010, Miami University hired Michigan State offensive coordinator Don Treadwell as its head coach. [24]
In any given year, each team plays all the other teams in the same division, and about half the teams in the opposite division.
October 2
October 9
October 16
October 23
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MAC teams in bold |
Temple running back Bernard Pierce had been considered a possible Heisman candidate before the season, but he was dropped from watchlists following an underwhelming week 1 performance. Pierce carried 20 times for 75 yards and no touchdowns in Temple's win over Villanova. [38]
Bye week: Kent State, Western Michigan
In week four, two MAC teams (Kent State, Western Michigan) took the week off, while the other eleven teams took to the road. Eight MAC teams visited Big Ten schools, bringing the total MAC versus Big Ten matches to thirteen for the year. [71]
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 2 | 12:00 pm | Temple | Army | Michie Stadium • West Point, New York | W 42-35 | 33,065 | [72] | |
October 2† | 12:00 pm | Ohio | Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Michigan | 30-17 | 16,753 | [73] | |
October 2 | 1:00 pm | Kent State | Miami University | Yager Stadium • Oxford, Ohio | 21-27 | 17,666 | [74] | |
October 2† | 2:00 pm | Idaho | Western Michigan | Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Michigan | L 33-13 | 18,508 | [75] | |
October 2 | 3:30 pm | Buffalo | Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio | 28-26 | 14,544 | [76] | |
October 2 | 3:30 pm | Ball State | Central Michigan | Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, Michigan | 31-17 | 20,152 | [77] | |
October 2† | 6:00 pm | Northern Illinois | Akron | InfoCision Stadium • Akron, Ohio | 50-14 | 12,133 | [78] | |
October 2 | 7:00 pm | Wyoming | Toledo | Glass Bowl • Toledo, Ohio | L 20-15 | 20,843 | [79] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 9, 2010 | 12:00 pm | Central Michigan | Virginia Tech | Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia | ESPNU | L 21-45 | 66,233 | [80] |
October 9, 2010 | 12:00 pm | Western Michigan | Ball State | Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, Indiana | 45-16 | 11,962 | [81] | |
October 9, 2010 | 12:00 pm | Temple | Northern Illinois | Huskie Stadium • Dekalb, Illinois | 17-31 | 14,011 | [82] | |
October 9, 2010 | 2:00 pm | Bowling Green | Ohio | Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio | 25-49 | 19,855 | [83] | |
October 9, 2010 | 3:30 pm | Akron | Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | ESPN3 | 17-28 | 24,221 | [84] |
October 9, 2010 | 7:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee | ESPNU | L 6-52 | 33,107 | [85] |
October 9, 2010 | 7:00 pm | Miami University | Cincinnati | Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati | ESPN3 | L 3-45 | 33,909 | [86] |
October 9, 2010 | 8:00 pm | Toledo | Boise State | Bronco Stadium • Boise, Idaho | L 14-57 | 33,833 | [87] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
For week 6, Buffalo had the week off.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 16, 2010 | 12:00 pm | Miami University | Central Michigan | Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, Michigan | 27-20 | 24,761 | [88] | |
October 16, 2010 | 1:00 pm | Bowling Green | Temple | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia | 27-28 | 23,045 | [89] | |
October 16, 2010 | 1:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | Ball State | Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, Indiana | 41-38 OT | 10,956 | [90] | |
October 16, 2010 | 2:00 pm | Akron | Ohio | Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio | 10-38 | 21,645 | [91] | |
October 16, 2010 | 2:30 pm | Western Michigan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana | NBC | L 20-44 | 80,795 | [92] |
October 16, 2010 | 3:30 pm | Buffalo | Northern Illinois | Huskie Stadium • Dekalb, Illinois | 14-45 | 21,230 | [93] | |
October 16, 2010 | 7:00 pm | Kent State | Toledo | Glass Bowl • Toledo, Ohio | 21-34 | 20,048 | [94] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 23 | 12:00 pm | Temple | Buffalo | University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York | ESPN3 | 42-0 | 13,371 | [95] |
October 23 | 1:00 pm | Ohio | Miami University | Yager Stadium • Oxford, Ohio | 34-13 | 17,144 | [96] | |
October 23 | 3:30 pm | Kent State | Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio | 30-6 | 14,279 | [97] | |
October 23 | 3:30 pm | Western Michigan | Akron | InfoCision Stadium • Akron, Ohio | ESPN3 | 56-10 | 10,073 | [98] |
October 23 | 4:00 pm | Central Michigan | Northern Illinois | Huskie Stadium • Dekalb, Illinois | ESPN3 | 7-33 | 17,042 | [99] |
October 23 | 6:00 pm | Eastern Michigan | Virginia | Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, Virginia | ESPN3 | L 21-48 | 37,386 | [100] |
October 23 | 7:00 pm | Ball State | Toledo | Glass Bowl • Toledo, Ohio | 24-31 | 15,010 | [101] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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October 30 | 12:00 | Northern Illinois | Western Michigan | Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Michigan | ESPN GamePlan ESPN3 | 28-21 | 12,578 | [102] |
October 30 | 1:00 | Akron | Temple | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia | 0-30 | 17,563 | [103] | |
October 30 | 2:00 | LA-Lafayette | Ohio | Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio | W 31-38 | 15,255 | [104] | |
October 30 | 3:30 | Miami University | Buffalo | University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York | TWCS | 21-9 | 12,786 | [105] |
October 30 | 3:30 | Bowling Green | Central Michigan | Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, Michigan | 17-14 | 17,659 | [106] | |
October 30 | 3:30 | Ball State | Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | WJW (TV) | 14-33 | 15,468 | [107] |
October 30 | 4:00 | Toledo | Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Michigan | STO | 42-7 | 25,860 | [108] |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 4 | 7:30 | Buffalo | Ohio | Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio | ESPNU | 17-34 | 15,112 | [109] |
November 5 | 6:00 | Western Michigan | Central Michigan | Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, Michigan | ESPNU | 22-26 | 22,355 | [110] |
November 6 | 1:00 | Akron | Ball State | Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, Indiana | 30-37 OT | 5,377 | [111] | |
November 6 | 2:00 | Temple | Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | 28-10 | 15,125 | [112] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
For week 10, Eastern Michigan, Northern Illinois, Toledo, Bowling Green, and Miami had the week off.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 9 | 7:00 | Toledo | Northern Illinois | Huskie Stadium • Dekalb, Illinois | ESPN2 | 30-65 | 18,472 | [113] |
November 10 | 8:00 | Miami University | Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio | ESPN 2 | 24-21 | 12,073 | [114] |
November 12 | 6:00 | Ball State | Buffalo | University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York | ESPN U | 20-3 | 11,355 | [115] |
November 13 | 2:00 | Army | Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | L 45-28 | 17,222 | [116] | |
November 13 | 2:00 | Eastern Michigan | Western Michigan | Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Michigan | 30-45 | 12,136 | [117] | |
November 13 | 3:30 | Central Michigan | Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland | L 37-38 | 34,333 | [118] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
For week eleven, Ohio, Akron, and Temple had the week off.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 16 | 8:00 | Ohio | Temple | Lincoln Financial Field • Philadelphia | ESPN2 | 31-23 | 16,433 | [119] |
November 17 | 6:00/ 8:00 | Miami University | Akron | InfoCision Stadium • Akron, Ohio | ESPN 2 or ESPNU | 19-14 | 7,671 | [120] |
November 17 | 6:00/ 8:00 | Bowling Green | Toledo | Glass Bowl • Toledo, Ohio (Battle of I-75) | ESPN 2 or ESPN U | 14-33 | 22,071 | [121] |
November 20 | 1:00 | Northern Illinois | Ball State | Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, Indiana (Bronze Stalk Trophy) | 59-21 | 5,524 | [122] | |
November 20 | 2:00 | Eastern Michigan | Buffalo | University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst, New York | STO | 21-17 | 9,786 | [123] |
November 20 | 2:00 | Kent State | Western Michigan | Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, Michigan | 3-38 | 8,763 | [124] | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
For week twelve, Central Michigan had the week off.
With their win over Ball State, Northern Illinois clinched the West Division championship and a berth to the MAC Championship Game; the Huskies were one game ahead of the next team (Toledo) with one game remaining, and would win a tie-breaker based on their earlier defeat of the Rockets.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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November 23 | 7:00 | Temple | Miami University | Yager Stadium • Oxford, Ohio | ESPN2 | 3-23 | 13,235 | [125] |
November 26 | 11:00 | Ohio | Kent State | Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio | ESPN U | 6-28 | 8,340 | [126] |
November 26 | 12:00 | Northern Illinois | Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, Michigan | ESPNU | 71-3 | 5,147 | [127] |
November 26 | 2:00 | Western Michigan | Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, Ohio | ESPN U | 41-7 | 5,121 | [128] |
November 26 | 2:00 | Buffalo | Akron | InfoCision Stadium • Akron, Ohio | ESPN U | 14-22 | 5,216 | [129] |
November 26 | 2:00 | Central Michigan | Toledo | Glass Bowl • Toledo, Ohio | ESPN U | 31-42 | 12,121 | [130] |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Ball State did not play in week 13; the Cardinals' final game was on November 20.
With their win over Temple, Miami secured a 7-1 conference record, but because the RedHawks lost to Ohio earlier in the season, they did not win the East Division until the Bobcats lost to Kent State three days later.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Ref. |
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December 3 | 7:00 | Miami University | #23 Northern Illinois | Ford Field • Detroit, Michigan | ESPN2 | 26-21 | 12,031 | |
#Rankings from AP / Coaches polls released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Bowl | Date | Opponents | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Location | Time | Network | Notes |
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New Orleans Bowl | December 18, 2010 | Troy vs. Ohio | Troy | 48 | Ohio | 21 | New Orleans, Louisiana | 6:30 p.m. CT | ESPN | |
Humanitarian Bowl | December 18, 2010 | Fresno State vs. Northern Illinois | Northern Illinois | 40 | Fresno State | 17 | Boise, Idaho | 8:30 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | December 26, 2010 | FIU vs. Toledo | FIU | 34 | Toledo | 32 | Detroit, Michigan | 8:30 p.m. ET | ESPN | |
GoDaddy.com Bowl | January 6, 2011 | Middle Tennessee vs. Miami | Miami | 35 | Middle Tennessee | 21 | Mobile, Alabama | 8:00 p.m. ET | ESPN |
The following summarizes MAC performance against other conferences.
Conference | Wins | Losses |
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ACC | 0 | 3 |
Big 12 | 0 | 3 |
Big East | 1 | 3 |
Big South | 0 | 2 |
Big Ten | 2 | 11 |
Colonial Athletic | 2 | 0 |
Conference USA | 1 | 3 |
Great West | 1 | 0 |
MEAC | 1 | 0 |
Independents | 1 | 4 |
Mountain West | 1 | 1 |
Ohio Valley | 2 | 0 |
Pac-10 | 0 | 1 |
SEC | 0 | 3 |
Southern | 1 | 0 |
Southland | 1 | 0 |
Sun Belt | 1 | 1 |
WAC | 0 | 2 |
Overall | 15 | 35 |
During the season, MAC teams played several games against AQ conference opponents. Some of these games are regularly contested rivalry games.
Date | Visitor | Home | Significance | Winning Team |
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September 2 | Northern Illinois | Iowa State | Iowa State | |
September 3 | Arizona | Toledo | Arizona | |
September 4 | Western Michigan | Michigan State | Michigan State | |
September 4 | Miami University | Florida | Florida | |
September 4 | Syracuse | Akron | Syracuse | |
September 11 | Kent State | Boston College | Boston College | |
September 11 | Buffalo | Baylor | Baylor | |
September 18 | Connecticut | Temple | Temple | |
September 18 | Ball State | Purdue | Purdue | |
September 18 | Kent State | Penn State | Penn State | |
September 18 | Ohio | Ohio State | Ohio State | |
September 18 | Northern Illinois | Illinois | Illinois | |
September 18 | Akron | Kentucky | Kentucky | |
September 25 | Buffalo | Connecticut | Connecticut | |
September 25 | Central Michigan | Northwestern | Northwestern | |
September 25 | Bowling Green | Michigan | Michigan | |
September 25 | Ball State | Iowa | Iowa | |
September 25 | Toledo | Purdue | Toledo | |
September 25 | Miami University | Missouri | Missouri | |
September 25 | Eastern Michigan | Ohio State | Ohio State | |
September 25 | Temple | Penn State | Penn State | |
September 25 | Akron | Indiana | Indiana | |
September 25 | Northern Illinois | Minnesota | Northern Illinois | |
October 9 | Central Michigan | Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech | |
October 9 | Eastern Michigan | Vanderbilt | Vanderbilt | |
October 9 | Miami University | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | |
October 16 | Western Michigan | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | |
October 23 | Eastern Michigan | Virginia | Virginia | |
November 13 | Army | Kent State | Army | |
November 13 | Central Michigan | Navy | Navy |
Throughout the regular season, the Mid-American Conference offices name offensive, defensive and special teams players of the week for each division. Several players won multiple awards: Matt Rinehart from Kent State was the East Division Special Teams Player of the Week three times ( week 6,9 and 10). Chandler Harnish from Northern Illinois was the West Division Offensive Player of the Week three times(week 5,6 and 11) Paul Hershey from Ohio was the East Division Special Teams Player of the Week twice (week 3 and week 4), Muhammad Wilkerson from Temple was the East Division Defensive Player of the Week twice (week 2 and week 8), Freddy Cortez from Kent State was the East Division Special Teams Player of the Week twice (week 2 and week 8), Nick Harwell from Ball State was the East Division Offensive player of the week twice ( week 9 and week 11), Dwayne Woods from Bowling Green was named East Division Defensive player of the week twice (week 3 and week 11), Trevor Cook from Miami was named East Division Special Teams player of the week twice (week 5 and week 11), Ian McGarvey from Ball State was named West Division Special Teams player of the week twice (week 10 and week 11)and Dwayne Priest of Eastern Michigan was named West Division Offensive player of the week twice (week 1 and week 12). Through week 12, only Akron has failed to produce a Player of the Week.
Week | East Division | West Division | ||||||||||
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Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||||||
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Week 1 [131] | Spencer Keith | Kent State | Keith Morgan | Bowling Green | Brandon McManus | Temple | Dwayne Priest | Eastern Michigan | Nick Bellore | Central Michigan | Ben Armer | Western Michigan |
Week 2 [132] | Thomas Merriweather | Miami | Muhammad Wilkerson | Temple | Freddy Cortez | Kent State | Alex Carder | Western Michigan | Dan Molls | Toledo | Jay Karutz | Eastern Michigan |
Week 3 [133] | Bernard Pierce | Temple | Dwayne Woods | Bowling Green | Paul Hershey | Ohio | Paris Cotton | Central Michigan | Desmond Marrow | Toledo | Josh Wilber | Northern Illinois |
Week 4 [134] | Terrence McCrae | Ohio | Jaiquawn Jarrett | Temple | Paul Hershey | Ohio | Chad Spann | Northern Illinois | Archie Donald | Toledo | Jimmie Ward | Northern Illinois |
Week 5 [135] | Matt Brown | Temple | Khalil Mack | Buffalo | Trevor Cook | Miami | Chandler Harnish | Northern Illinois | Robert Eddins | Ball State | Ben Armer | Western Michigan |
Week 6 [136] | Phil Bates | Ohio | Roosevelt Nix | Kent State | Matt Rinehart | Kent State | Chandler Harnish | Northern Illinois | Lewis Toler | Western Michigan | John Potter | Western Michigan |
Week 7 [137] | Boo Jackson | Ohio | Evan Harris | Miami | Adrian Robinson | Temple | Alex Gillett | Eastern Michigan | T.J. Fatinikun | Toledo | Jimmie Ward | Northern Illinois |
Week 8 [138] | Tyshon Goode | Kent State | Muhammad Wilkerson | Temple | Freddy Cortez | Kent State | Juan Nunez | Western Michigan | Tyrone Clark | Northern Illinois | Isaiah Ballard | Toledo |
Week 9 [139] | Nick Harwell | Miami | Chris Jones | Bowling Green | Matt Rinehart | Kent State | Jordan White | Western Michigan | Jake Coffman | Northern Illinois | Vince Penza | Toledo |
Week 10 [140] | Mike Gerardi | Toledo | Stafford Gatling | Ohio | Matt Rinehart | Kent State | Jack Tomlinson | Ball State | Armond Staten | Central Michigan | Ian McGarvey | Ball State |
Week 11 [141] | Nick Harwell | Miami | Dwayne Woods | Bowling Green | Trevor Cook | Miami | Chandler Harnish | Northern Illinois | Sean Baker | Ball State | Ian McGarvey | Ball State |
Week 12 [142] | Vince Davidson | Ohio | Brandon Stephens | Miami | Eugene Cooper | Bowling Green | Dwayne Priest | Eastern Michigan | Jamail Berry | Western Michigan | Jordan Delegal | Northern Illinois |
Scoring Offense | ||||||
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Team | G | PTS | AVG | |||
Northern Illinois | 12 | 471 | 39.2 | |||
Western Michigan | 12 | 388 | 32.3 | |||
Ohio | 12 | 336 | 28.0 | |||
Toledo | 12 | 331 | 27.6 |
Scoring Defense | ||||||
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Team | G | PTS | AVG | |||
Northern Illinois | 12 | 222 | 18.5 | |||
Temple | 12 | 229 | 19.1 | |||
Ohio | 12 | 261 | 21.8 | |||
Kent State | 12 | 275 | 22.9 |
Passing Offense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ATT | YDS | TD | YDS/G | ||
Western Michigan | 475 | 3429 | 30 | 285.8 | ||
Central Michigan | 477 | 3408 | 17 | 284.0 | ||
Miami | 420 | 2921 | 16 | 243.4 | ||
Bowling Green | 459 | 2779 | 12 | 231.6 |
Rushing Offense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ATT | YDS | TD | YDS/G | ||
Northern Illinois | 521 | 3350 | 38 | 279.2 | ||
Eastern Michigan | 511 | 2080 | 17 | 173.3 | ||
Ohio | 466 | 2030 | 25 | 169.2 | ||
Toledo | 452 | 1872 | 19 | 156.0 |
Total Offense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | RUSH | PASS | TOTAL | TD | YDS/G | |
Northern Illinois | 3350 | 2074 | 5424 | 57 | 452.0 | |
Western Michigan | 1511 | 3429 | 4940 | 48 | 411.7 | |
Central Michigan | 1269 | 3408 | 4677 | 35 | 389.8 | |
Toledo | 1872 | 2442 | 4314 | 41 | 359.5 |
Passing Defense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ATT | YDS | TD | YDS/G | ||
Temple | 357 | 2138 | 9 | 178.2 | ||
Buffalo | 325 | 2177 | 20 | 181.4 | ||
Northern Illinois | 364 | 2294 | 12 | 191.2 | ||
Central Michigan | 360 | 2461 | 16 | 205.1 |
Rushing Defense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ATT | YDS | TD | YDS/G | ||
Kent State | 434 | 1166 | 21 | 97.2 | ||
Ohio | 425 | 1380 | 15 | 115.0 | ||
Miami | 384 | 1486 | 25 | 123.8 | ||
Toledo | 401 | 1567 | 25 | 130.6 |
Total Defense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | RUSH | PASS | TOTAL | TD | YDS/G | |
Kent State | 1166 | 2514 | 3680 | 31 | 306.7 | |
Temple | 1674 | 2138 | 3812 | 25 | 217.6 | |
Northern Illinois | 1598 | 2294 | 324.3 | 25 | 324.3 | |
Ohio | 1380 | 2612 | 3992 | 32 | 332.7 | |
Miami | 1486 | 2506 | 3992 | 36 | 332.7 |
3rd Downs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | CONV | ATT | PCT | |||
Northern Illinois | 78 | 151 | 51.7 | |||
Toledo | 71 | 175 | 40.6 | |||
Western Michigan | 73 | 183 | 39.9 | |||
Central Michigan | 64 | 171 | 37.4 |
Opp. 3rd Downs | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | CONV | ATT | PCT | |||
Miami | 56 | 156 | 35.9 | |||
Northern Illinois | 59 | 162 | 36.4 | |||
Kent State | 69 | 186 | 37.1 | |||
Buffalo | 73 | 200 | 37.2 |
Red Zone Offense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ATT | TD | FG | TOTAL | PCT | |
Ohio | 41 | 31 | 5 | 36 | 87.8 | |
Northern Illinois | 59 | 37 | 13 | 50 | 84.7 | |
Temple | 39 | 23 | 8 | 31 | 79.5 | |
Ball State | 37 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 78.4 | |
Toledo | 37 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 78.4 |
Red Zone Defense | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | ATT | TD | FG | TOTAL | PCT | |
Miami | 40 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 70.0 | |
Northern Illinois | 29 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 72.4 | |
Toledo | 48 | 28 | 7 | 35 | 72.9 | |
Western Michigan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 73.7 | |
Temple | 38 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 73.7 |
Turnover Margin | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | GAIN | LOSS | DIFF | |||
Toledo | 33 | 11 | + 14 | |||
Northern Illinois | 24 | 13 | + 11 | |||
Miami | 29 | 22 | + 7 | |||
Western Michigan | 30 | 27 | + 3 |
Penalties | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | NO. | YDS | AVG/G | |||
Northern Illinois | 54 | 507 | 42.2 | |||
Akron | 66 | 561 | 46.8 | |||
Ohio | 68 | 571 | 47.6 | |||
Miami | 71 | 583 | 48.6 |
Passing | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | COMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPG |
Ryan Radcliff | Central Michigan | 282 | 466 | 3358 | 17 | 17 | 279.8 |
Alex Carder | Western Michigan | 289 | 458 | 3334 | 30 | 12 | 277.8 |
Zac Dysert | Miami | 222 | 342 | 2406 | 13 | 12 | 240.6 |
Matt Schilz | Bowling Green | 228 | 377 | 2223 | 8 | 14 | 222.3 |
Rushing | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | YPG |
Chad Spann | Northern Illinois | 226 | 1239 | 5.5 | 20 | 103.2 |
Dwayne Priest | Eastern Michigan | 168 | 716 | 4.3 | 8 | 79.6 |
Adonis Thomas | Toledo | 151 | 905 | 6.0 | 6 | 75.4 |
Alex Allen | Akron | 186 | 877 | 4.7 | 8 | 73.1 |
Receiving | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | REC | YDS | YPC | TD | YPG |
Jordan White | Western Michigan | 94 | 1378 | 14.7 | 10 | 114.8 |
Cody Wilson | Central Michigan | 83 | 1137 | 13.7 | 5 | 94.8 |
Kamar Jordan | Bowling Green | 96 | 1109 | 11.6 | 4 | 92.4 |
Eric Page | Toledo | 94 | 1081 | 11.5 | 8 | 90.1 |
Tackles | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | SOLO | AST | TOTAL | AVG/G | |
Archie Donald | Toledo | 54 | 80 | 134 | 11.2 | |
Dwayne Woods | Bowling Green | 50 | 84 | 134 | 11.2 | |
Dan Molls | Toledo | 33 | 100 | 133 | 11.1 | |
Brian Wagner | Akron | 65 | 65 | 130 | 10.8 |
Sacks | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | SACKS | YARDS | |||
Roosevelt Nix | Kent State | 10.0 | 88 | |||
Muhammad Wilkerson | Temple | 9.5 | 75 | |||
Paul Hazel | Western Michigan | 8.0 | 56 | |||
Shawn Lemon | Akron | 7.0 | 46 |
Interceptions | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | INT | YARDS | TD | ||
Sean Baker | Ball State | 6 | 54 | 0 | ||
Domonic Cook | Buffalo | 6 | 33 | 0 | ||
Evan Harris | Miami | 5 | 114 | 1 | ||
Donovan Fletcher | Ohio | 5 | 79 | 1 | ||
Mario Armstrong | Western Michigan | 5 | 43 | 0 | ||
Lewis Toler | Western Michigan | 5 | 29 | 1 | ||
Norman Wolfe | Kent Stat | 5 | 23 | 0 |
Kick Returns | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | RET | YDS | TD | AVG | LONG |
Eric Page | Toledo | 25 | 794 | 3 | 31.8 | 99 |
Eric Williams | Ball State | 29 | 740 | 1 | 25.5 | 92 |
James Nixon | Temple | 24 | 561 | 0 | 23.4 | 51 |
Corey Welch | Eastern Michigan | 33 | 688 | 0 | 20.8 | 33 |
Punt Returns | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | RET | YDS | TD | AVG | LONG |
Kicking | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | School | PAT | FG | PTS | PTS/G | |
Michael Cklamovski | Northern Illinois | 48-53 | 15-25 | 93 | 7.8 | |
John Potter | Western Michigan | 50-50 | 10-12 | 80 | 6.7 | |
Ian McGarvey | Ball State | 29-30 | 14-17 | 71 | 6.5 | |
Trevor Cook | Miami | 18-19 | 16-21 | 66 | 6.0 |
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temple | Lincoln Financial Field | 68,532 | 32,193 | 15,152 | 18,702 | 23,045 | 17,563 | 16,433 | 123,008 | 20,515 | 29.9 |
Central Michigan | Kelly/Shorts Stadium | 30,295 | 17,311 | 20,152 | 24,761 | 17,659 | 22,355 | — | 102,238 | 20,448 | 67.5 |
Toledo | Glass Bowl | 26,248 | 25,907 | 20,843 | 20,048 | 15,010 | 22,071 | 12,121 | 116,000 | 19,333 | 73.7 |
Ohio | Peden Stadium | 24,000 | 22,955 | 19,455 | 19,855 | 21,645 | 15,255 | 15,112 | 114,277 | 19,047 | 79.3 |
Northern Illinois | Huskie Stadium | 30,076 | 18,046 | 14,011 | 21,230 | 17,042 | 18,472 | — | 88,801 | 17,760 | 59.1 |
Kent State | Dix Stadium | 27,363 | 16,535 | 24,221 | 15,468 | 15,125 | 17,222 | 8,340 | 96,916 | 16,153 | 59.0 |
Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium | 30,200 | 11,318 | 20,348 | 16,753 | 25,860 | 5,147 | — | 79,426 | 15,886 | 52.6 |
Miami | Yager Stadium | 24,286 | 12,857 | 16,691 | 17,666 | 17,144 | 13,235 | — | 77,593 | 15,519 | 63.9 |
Western Michigan | Waldo Stadium | 30,200 | 19,327 | 14,216 | 18,508 | 12,578 | 12,136 | 8,763 | 85,528 | 14,255 | 47.2 |
Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium | 23,724 | 20,515 | 14,544 | 14,279 | 12,073 | 5,121 | — | 66,532 | 13,307 | 56.1 |
Buffalo | UB Stadium | 29,013 | 16,273 | 14,312 | 13,371 | 12,786 | 11,355 | 9,786 | 77,883 | 12,981 | 44.7 |
Akron | InfoCision Stadium | 27,881 | 15,969 | 10,046 | 12,133 | 10,073 | 7,671 | 5,216 | 61,108 | 10,185 | 36.5 |
Ball State | Scheumann Stadium | 25,400 | 10,753 | 9,110 | 11,963 | 10,956 | 5,377 | 5,524 | 53,683 | 8,948 | 35.2 |
Prospects from the MAC who were all invited to the NFL Combine:
On April 28, DT Muhammad Wilkerson, a junior from Temple, was selected by the New York Jets near the end of the first round of the draft, with the 30th overall pick. [144]
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Overtures were made on behalf of UMass to the Big East when the conference announced last month that it was adding two teams. The answer was a polite "not really interested."
Nothing can be made official until September, when a moratorium ends preventing FCS schools from jumping to the FBS. After that, UMass would need to go through a two-year transition period before it could be officially admitted to the MAC for the 2013 season...Ideally, the MAC would like to have UMass and Temple join the conference in all sports. But Temple balked at leaving the Atlantic 10, which is a much higher-profile basketball league than the MAC, and UMass agrees. As a compromise for joining in football only, UMass, like Temple, will be required to schedule a certain number of nonconference games against MAC schools in other sports over the next several years.
Kent State University head football coach Doug Martin announced today that he is resigning following the Golden Flashes' game this Friday (Nov. 26) with Ohio in Dix Stadium. Martin informed Director of Athletics Joel Nielsen of his decision Sunday afternoon.
Amazingly, Hazell is the first Tressel assistant to leave Ohio State for a head-coaching position since defensive coordinator Mark Snyder left for Marshall after the 2004 season.
Temple University is expected to hire Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio as its next head football coach, sources close to the situation told the Daily News today.
Florida offensive coordinator Steve Addazio will be the next head coach at Temple, a University of Florida official confirmed...The Philadelphia Daily News first reported that Addazio would accept the position Wednesday afternoon after several papers in Pennsylvania had been reporting that he was a candidate for the opening left when Al Golden accepted the Miami job on Dec. 12.
Treadwell confirmed to reporters at the Capital One Bowl he has been named the next football coach at Miami-Ohio.
Dropping Out...Bernard Pierce, RB, Temple. Was held to 75 yards on 20 carries and no touchdowns in a win over Villanova.
So far this season, the MAC is 0-5 against the Big Ten, losing by an average of 20 points. Many more measuring sticks will be out this Saturday, with eight MAC vs. Big Ten games on the schedule.
The Jets selected Temple defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson with the 30th overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, giving New York the big-time pass rusher they coveted.[ dead link ]