2000 MAC Championship Game

The 2000 MAC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2000 at Marshall Stadium, now known as Joan C. Edwards Stadium, in Huntington, West Virginia.^[2] The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd, of the East Division, and the Western Michigan Broncos, of the West Division. The Thundering Herd beat the Broncos 19−14.^[3]

2000 MAC Championship Game
Conference Championship
Western Michigan Broncos Marshall Thundering Herd (9–2) (6–5) 14 19 Head coach:  Gary Darnell Head coach:  Bob Pruett
1 2 3 4 Total Western Michigan 0 0 7 7 14 Marshall 3 10 0 6 19
Date	December 2, 2000
Season	2000
Stadium	Marshall Stadium
Location	Huntington, West Virginia
MVP	QB Byron Leftwich (Marshall)
Favorite	WMU by 6.5[1]
Attendance	24,816
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham, Leslie Gudel[2]
MAC Championship Game  ← 1999  2001 →

2000 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Div							Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Marshall xy$		5	–	1					5	–	3					8	–	5
Akron x		5	–	1					5	–	3					6	–	5
Ohio		4	–	2					5	–	3					7	–	4
Miami (OH)		4	–	2					5	–	3					6	–	5
Bowling Green		1	–	5					2	–	6					2	–	9
Buffalo		2	–	4					2	–	6					2	–	9
Kent State		0	–	6					1	–	7					1	–	10
West Division
Western Michigan xy		4	–	1					7	–	1					9	–	3
Toledo x		4	–	1					6	–	1					10	–	1
Northern Illinois		2	–	3					4	–	3					6	–	5
Ball State		2	–	3					4	–	3					5	–	6
Eastern Michigan		2	–	3					2	–	5					3	–	8
Central Michigan		1	–	4					2	–	6					2	–	9
Championship: Marshall 19, Western Michigan 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.