2019 Mid-American Conference football season

The 2019 Mid-American Conference football season was the 74th season for the Mid-American Conference (MAC). and is part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30. The entire schedule was released on February 20, 2019. The MAC Championship Game will be held on December 7, 2019.^[1]

2019 Mid-American Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
Sport	Football
Duration	August 29, 2019 - January 2020
Number of teams	12
Regular Season
Season MVP	LeVante Bellamy
East Division champions	Miami RedHawks
East Division runners-up	Ohio Bobcats
West Division champions	Central Michigan
West Division runners-up	Western Michigan
MAC Championship Game
Champions	Miami RedHawks
Runners-up	Central Michigan

2019 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) x$		6	–	2					8	–	6
Ohio		5	–	3					7	–	6
Buffalo		5	–	3					8	–	5
Kent State		5	–	3					7	–	6
Bowling Green		2	–	6					3	–	9
Akron		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Central Michigan x		6	–	2					8	–	6
Western Michigan		5	–	3					7	–	6
Ball State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		4	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		3	–	5					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5					6	–	7
Championship: Miami 26, Central Michigan 21
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The MAC Preseason Poll will be released at the MAC Media Day On July 23, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.^[2]

East

1. Ohio (24), 144 points
2. Miami 107 points
3. Buffalo 100 points
4. Kent State 62 points
5. Akron 54 points
6. Bowling Green 37 points

West

1. Toledo (15), 127 points
2. Western Michigan (5), 112 points
3. Northern Illinois (3), 103 points
4. Eastern Michigan 83 points
5. Ball State 43 points
6. Central Michigan (1), 36 points

(first place votes)

MAC Championship

Ohio received 13 votes as the predicted 2019 MAC Championship Game winner. Toledo (7); Western Michigan (2); Northern Illinois (1) and Central Michigan (1) also received votes.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There will be three new head coaches in MAC for the 2019 season.

Mike Jinks was fired and replaced by Scot Loeffler at Bowling Green.

John Bonamego was fired and replaced by Jim McElwain at Central Michigan.

Rod Carey left Northern Illinois for Temple and was replaced by Thomas Hammock.

Coaches

Team	Head Coach	Previous Job	Years at school	Overall record	MAC record	MAC titles
Akron	Tom Arth	Chattanooga	1	49–21 (.700)	0–0 (–)	0
Ball State	Mike Neu	New Orleans Saints (QB coach)	4	10–22 (.313)	4–20 (.167)	0
Bowling Green	Scot Loeffler	Virginia Tech Hokies (QB Coach)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0
Buffalo	Lance Leipold	Wisconsin-Whitewater	5	23–27 (.460)	15–17 (.469)	0
Central Michigan	Jim McElwain	Florida	1	44–28 (.611)	44–28 (.611)	0
Eastern Michigan	Chris Creighton	Drake	6	22–40 (.355)	13–27 (.325)	0
Kent State	Sean Lewis	Syracuse (Co Off. Coordinator)	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0
Miami	Chuck Martin	Notre Dame	5	24–40 (.375)	20–20 (.500)	0
Northern Illinois	Thomas Hammock	Baltimore Ravens running backs coach	1	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0
Ohio	Frank Solich	Nebraska	15	106–75 (.586)	66–42 (.611)	0
Toledo	Jason Candle	Toledo (Off. Coordinator)	4	28–13 (.683)	20–6 (.769)	1
Western Michigan	Tim Lester	Purdue (QB coach)	3	13–12 (.520)	9–6 (.600)	0

Schedule

Regular season

The Regular season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30

Index to colors and formatting
MAC member won
MAC member lost
MAC teams in bold

Week One

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
August 29	6:00 p.m.	Albany	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	W 38–21	12,207
August 29	6:00 p.m.	Morgan State	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	W 46–3	17,460
August 29	6:00 p.m.	Robert Morris	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Amherst, NY	ESPN+	W 38–10	18,412
August 29	9:00 p.m.	Kent State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	P12N	L 7–30	47,413
August 31	11:00 a.m.	Toledo	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	L 24–38	54,610
August 31	11:00 a.m.	Akron	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	L 3–42	30,654
August 31	11:00 a.m.	Indiana	Ball State	Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN	CBSSN	L 24–34	21,437
August 31	1:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN+	W 41–20	16,665
August 31	2:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN+	W 30–23	14,237
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Illinois State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN+	W 24–10	14,568
August 31	6:00 p.m.	Monmouth	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN3	W 48–13	15,021
August 31	6:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	No. 20 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	FS1	L 24–38	69,250
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Two

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Ohio	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	ACCN	L 10–20	42,168
September 7	12:00 p.m.	UAB	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	CBSSN	L 20–31	18,972
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium • Manhattan, KS	FSN	L 0–52	46,075
September 7	12:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN3	W 26–23 OT	18,679
September 7	1:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	No. 13 Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 17–35	45,919
September 7	2:00 p.m.	Fordham	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN3	W 57–29	10,123
September 7	2:30 p.m.	Tennessee Tech	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN+	W 48–17	16,022
September 7	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	No. 17 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	L 0–61	74,437
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Buffalo	No. 15 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	FOX	L 13–45	104,136
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	No. 19 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 17–51	73,113
September 7	7:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	SECN	L 17–38	55,240
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Three

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	W 34–31	34,759
September 14	12:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH (Victory Bell)	ESPNU	L 13–35	35,526
September 14	2:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	L 31–41	14,333
September 14	3:00 p.m.	Akron	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN+	CMU 45–24	18,641
September 14	5:00 p.m.	Louisiana Tech	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN+	L 7–35	18,021
September 14	6:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 17–35	14,584
September 14	6:30 p.m.	Ohio	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ESPN+	L 31–33	27,323
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Kent State	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	ESPN2	L 16–55	84,542
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Georgia State	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN+	W 57–10	22,328
September 14	7:00 p.m.	Murray State	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN3	W 45–0	25,361
September 14	8:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	FS1	L 8–44	89,593
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Four

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 21	12:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	ACCN	L 33–52	40,700
September 21	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN+	L 25–45	17,416
September 21	3:00 p.m.	Troy	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 7–35	16,954
September 22	3:00 p.m.	Central Connecticut	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 34–29	17,286
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	No. 6 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 5–76	102,092
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Bowling Green	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH (Anniversary Award)	ESPN3	KSU 62–20	19,700
September 21	3:30 p.m.	Temple	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	ESPNU	W 38–22	17,621
September 21	4:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Miami	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami, FL	ACCN	L 12–17	49,997
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Ball State	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPNU	L 23–34	57,702
September 21	10:15 p.m.	Toledo	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	W 41–35	24,464
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Five

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPNU	M-OH 34–20	18-419
September 28	12:00 p.m.	BYU	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	W 28–21	24,889
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI (Victory Cannon / Michigan MAC Trophy)	CBSSN	WMU 31–15	20,476
September 28	12:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	SECN	L 18–24	24,519
September 28	3:30 p.m.	Akron	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA	Flo Sports	L 29–37	7,284
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Six

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 5	12:00 p.m.	Kent State	No. 8 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	ESPNU	L 0–48	74,559
October 5	3:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy/Rivalry)	ESPN+	CMU 42–16	15,235
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Ball State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL (Bronze Stalk Trophy)	ESPN3	BSU 27–20	10,365
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	TOL 31–24	22,141
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Bowling Green	No. 9 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	NBC	L 0–52	77,622
October 5	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	ESPN+	OU 21–20 OT	20,042
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Seven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPNU	WMU 38–16	21,702
October 12	12:00 p.m.	Toledo	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75 Trophy)	CBSSN	BGSU 20–7	19,199
October 12	2:00 p.m.	Ball State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN+	BSU 29–23	17,852
October 12	3:00 p.m.	New Mexico State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	W 42–28	15,764
October 12	3:30 p.m.	Kent State	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel)	ESPN3	KSU 26–3	22,692
October 12	3:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN+	NIU 39–36	18,019
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eight

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 19	12:00 p.m.	Kent State	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	CBSSN	OU 45–38	15,009
October 19	2:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	CMU 38–20	15,100
October 19	2:00 p.m.	Toledo	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	BSU 52–14	15,113
October 19	2:30 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPN+	M-OH 27–24	11,710
October 19	3:30 p.m.	Buffalo	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN3	UB 21–0	16,909
October 19	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	ESPN+	EMU 34–27	20,528
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Nine

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
October 26	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN3	WMU 49–10	16,778
October 26	2:00 p.m.	Ohio	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	ESPN+	OU 34–21	5,572
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	ESPN+	UB 43–20	14,850
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN+	M-OH 23–16	8,455
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN+	TOL 37–34 OT	18,061
October 26	3:30 p.m.	Akron	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	NIU 49–0	9,027
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Ten

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	CBSSN	CMU 48–10	10,438
November 2	12:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPNU	UB 43–14	16,017
November 2	2:00 p.m.	Akron	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPN+	BGSU 35–6	12,113
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Eleven

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 5	7:00 p.m.	Kent State	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	CBSSN	TOL 35–33	16,331
November 5	8:00 p.m.	Ball State	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN2	WMU 35–31	11,314
November 6	8:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	ESPN2	M-OH 24–21	20,589
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Twelve

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 12	7:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	ESPN2	WMU 37–34 OT	11,700
November 12	8:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPNU	EMU 42–14	10,811
November 13	8:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPNU	M-OH 44–3	19,897
November 13	8:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN2	NIU 31–28	15,610
November 14	7:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	CBSSN	KSU 30–27	8,450
November 16	3:30 p.m.	Central Michigan	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	CBSSN	CMU 45–44	7,249
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Thirteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 19	7:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN2	EMU 45–17	5,062
November 19	7:30 p.m.	Ohio	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	ESPNU	OU 66–24	9,715
November 20	7:30 p.m.	Akron	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	ESPNU	M-OH 20–17	22,921
November 20	7:30 p.m.	Toledo	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	ESPN2	UB 49–30	13,830
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Ball State	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN+	KSU 41–38	8,825
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Week Fourteen

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
November 26	6:00 p.m.	Ohio	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	OU 52–3	21,414
November 26	7:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPNU	NIU 17–14	3,568
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	ESPN+	UB 49–7	13,749
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Kent State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN+	KSU 34–26	13,444
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	CBSSN	BSU 41–27	7,155
November 29	12:00 p.m.	Toledo	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPNU	CMU 49–7	9,101
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Championship Game

Week Fifteen (MAC Championship game)

See also: 2019 MAC Championship Game

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Ref.
December 7	12:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Central Michigan	Ford Field • Detroit, MI	ESPN	M-OH 26–21	22,427
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Mid-American vs other conferences

2019–2020 records against non-conference foes:

Regular Season Power 5 Conferences Record ACC 0–4 Big Ten 1–9 Big 12 0–1 BYU/Notre Dame 1–1 Pac-12 0–2 SEC 0–4 Power 5 Total 2–21 Other FBS Conferences Record American 1–1 C-USA 1–3 Independents (Excluding BYU and Notre Dame) 1–2 Mountain West 1–0 Sun Belt 2–2 Other FBS Total 5–8 FCS Opponents Record Football Championship Subdivision 10–0 Total Non-Conference Record 17–29

Post Season Power Conferences 5 Record ACC 0–1 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 BYU/Notre Dame 0-0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 5 Total 0–1 Other FBS Conferences Record American 0–0 C–USA 1–1 Independents (Excluding Notre Dame) 0–0 Mountain West 2–1 Sun Belt 0–1 Other FBS Total 3–3 Total Bowl Record 3–4

Mid-American vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of games the MAC has scheduled versus power conference teams (ACC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, BYU, Notre Dame and SEC). All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 29	Pac-12	Kent State	Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ	L 7–30
August 31	SEC	Toledo	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	L 24–38
August 31	Big Ten	Akron	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	L 3–42
August 31	Big Ten	Indiana	Ball State	Lucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, IN	L 24–34
August 31	Big Ten	Miami (OH)	No. 20 Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA	L 24–38
September 7	ACC	Ohio	Pittsburgh	Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, PA	L 10–20
September 7	Big 12	Bowling Green	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KS	L 0–52
September 7	Pac-12	Northern Illinois	No. 13 Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UT	L 17–35
September 7	Big Ten	Central Michigan	No. 17 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 0–61
September 7	SEC	Eastern Michigan	Kentucky	Kroger Field • Lexington, KY	L 17–38
September 7	Big Ten	Western Michigan	No. 19 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 17–51
September 7	Big Ten	Buffalo	No. 15 Penn State	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	L 13–45
September 14	Big Ten	Eastern Michigan	Illinois	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	W 34–31
September 14	SEC	Kent State	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 16–55
September 14	Big Ten	Northern Illinois	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	L 8–44
September 21	Big Ten	Miami (OH)	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 5–76
September 21	ACC	Central Michigan	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium • Miami, FL	L 12–17
September 21	ACC	Ball State	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	L 23–34
September 21	ACC	Western Michigan	Syracuse	Carrier Dome • Syracuse, NY	L 33–52
September 28	SEC	Northern Illinois	Vanderbilt	Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN	L 18–24
September 28	Independent	BYU	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	W 28–21
October 5	Big Ten	Kent State	No. 8 Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	L 0–48
October 5	Independent	Bowling Green	No. 9 Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN	L 0–52

Mid-American vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, Mountain or Sun Belt.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 31	Sun Belt	Eastern Michigan	Coastal Carolina	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	W 30–23
September 7	C-USA	UAB	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	W 31–23
September 14	American	Miami (OH)	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OH	L 13–35
September 14	C-USA	Florida Atlantic	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	L 31–41
September 14	C-USA	Louisiana Tech	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	L 7–35
September 14	C-USA	Ohio	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	L 31–33
September 14	Sun Belt	Georgia State	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	W 57–10
September 21	Mountain West	Toledo	Colorado State	Canvas Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	W 41–35
September 21	American	Temple	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	W 38–22
September 21	Sun Belt	Louisiana	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	L 25–45
September 21	Sun Belt	Troy	Akron	InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	L 7–35

Mid-American vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.

Date	Conference	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
September 14	Independents	Buffalo	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	L 17–35
September 28	Independents	Akron	UMass	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MA	L 29–37
October 12	Independents	New Mexico State	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	W 42–28

Mid-American vs FCS matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Site	Score
August 29	Albany	Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	W 38–21
August 29	Morgan State	Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	W 46–3
August 29	Robert Morris	Buffalo	UB Stadium • Buffalo, NY	W 38–10
August 31	Rhode Island	Ohio	Peden Stadium • Athens, OH	W 41–20
August 31	Illinois State	Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	W 24–10
August 31	Monmouth	Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	W 48–13
September 7	Kennesaw State	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	W 26–23 (OT)
September 7	Fordham	Ball State	Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN	W 57–29
September 7	Tennessee Tech	Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Miami, OH	W 48–17
September 14	Murray State	Toledo	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	W 45–0
September 21	Central Connecticut State	Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	W 34–29

Postseason

Bowl games

Legend
	MAC win
	MAC loss

See also: 2019–20 NCAA football bowl games

Bowl game	Date	Site	Television	Time (EST)	MAC team	Opponent	Score	Attendance
Bahamas Bowl	December 20	Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, Bahamas	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Charlotte	31–9	13,547
Frisco Bowl	December 20	Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TX	ESPN2	7:30 p.m.	Kent State	Utah State	51–41	12,120
New Mexico Bowl	December 21	Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	ESPN	2:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	San Diego State	11–48	18,823
Quick Lane Bowl	December 26	Ford Field • Detroit, MI	ESPN	8:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Pittsburgh	30–34	34,765
First Responder Bowl	December 30	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TX	ESPN	12:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	Western Kentucky	20–23	13,164
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl	January 3, 2020	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Nevada	30–21	13,611
LendingTree Bowl	January 6, 2020	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN	7:30 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Louisiana	17–27	29,212

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. MAC teams shown in bold.

Selection of teams

• Bowl eligible: Buffalo, Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Miami, Ohio, Western Michigan, Toledo
• Bowl-ineligible: Akron, Bowling Green, Ball State, Northern Illinois

Awards and honors

Player of the week honors

East Division

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sept. 2)		Darius Wade	Bowling Green	QB		Jared Dorse	Ohio	LB		Derek Adams	Kent State	P
Week 2 (Sept. 9)		Dustin Burkhart	Akron	WR		Joey Banks	Buffalo	S		Matthew Trickett	Kent State	K
Week 3 (Sept. 16)		Nathan Rourke	Ohio	QB		Kameron Butler	Miami (OH)	DL		Derek Adams (2)	Kent State	P
Week 4 (Sept. 23)		Dustin Crum	Kent State	QB		Joey Banks (2)	Buffalo	S		Louie Zervos	Ohio	K
Week 5 (Sept. 30)		Jaylon Bester	Miami (OH)	RB		Mike Brown	Miami (OH)	DB		Sam Sloman	Miami (OH)	K
Week 6 (Oct. 5)		O'Shaan Allison	Ohio	RB		Taylor Riggins	Buffalo	DE		Derek Adams (3)	Kent State	P
Week 7 (Oct. 12)		Grant Loy	Bowling Green	QB		Elvis Hines	Kent State	DB		Matthew Trickett (2)	Kent State	K
Week 8 (Oct. 19)		Nathan Rourke (2)	Ohio	QB		Ledarius Mack	Buffalo	DE		Maurice Thomas	Miami (OH)	KR/PR
Week 9 (Oct. 28)		Nathan Rourke (3)	Ohio	QB		Joey Banks (3)	Buffalo	S		Sam Sloman (2)	Miami (OH)	PK
Week 10 (Nov. 4)		Kyle Vantrease	Buffalo	QB		Chibueze Onwuka	Buffalo	DT		Mason Lawler	Bowling Green	K
Week 11 (Nov. 11)		Dustin Crum (2)	Kent State	QB		Sterling Weatherford	Miami (OH)	DB		Sam Sloman (3)	Miami (OH)	K
Week 12 (Nov. 18)		Xavier Williams	Kent State	RB		Travion Banks	Miami (OH)	DB		Matthew Trickett (3)	Kent State	K
Week 13 (Nov. 25)		Dustin Crum (3) Jaret Patterson	Kent State Buffalo	QB RB		Ivan Pace Jr.	Miami (OH)	LB		Louie Zervos (2)	Ohio	K
Week 14 (Dec. 2)		Jaret Patterson (2)	Buffalo	RB		KJ Sherald	Kent State	DB		Lonnie Phelps	Miami (OH)	DL

West Division

Week		Offensive				Defensive				Special Teams
		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position		Player	Team	Position
Week 1 (Sept. 2)		Mike Glass III Jon Wassink	Eastern Michigan Western Michigan	QB		Jalen McKie	Northern Illinois	DB		Keith Mixon	Western Michigan	WR/KR/PR
Week 2 (Sept. 9)		Drew Plitt	Ball State	QB		Brody Hoying	Eastern Michigan	DB		Brady Buell	Central Michigan	P
Week 3 (Sept. 16)		Mike Glass III (2)	Eastern Michigan	QB		Treshaun Hayward	Western Michigan	LB		Chad Ryland	Eastern Michigan	K
Week 4 (Sept. 23)		Bryant Koback	Toledo	RB		Sean Adesanya	Central Michigan	DE		Mathew Sexton	Eastern Michigan	WR/PR/KR
Week 5 (Sept. 30)		Shakif Seymour	Toledo	RB		Kahlil Robinson	Toledo	S		Evan Davis	Toledo	K
Week 6 (Oct. 5)		Caleb Huntley Jonathan Ward	Ball State Central Michigan	RB		Saeed Holt	Toledo	LB		Ryan Rimmler	Ball State	K
Week 7 (Oct. 12)		Tre Harbison	Northern Illinois	RB		Drake Spears	Western Michigan	LB		John Richardson	Northern Illinois	K
Week 8 (Oct. 19)		Preston Hutchinson	Eastern Michigan	QB		Da'Quaun Jamison	Central Michigan	DB		Jake Julien	Eastern Michigan	P
Week 9 (Oct. 28)		LeVante Bellamy	Western Michigan	RB		Treshaun Hayward (2)	Western Michigan	LB		Ronnie Jones	Toledo	KR
Week 10 (Nov. 4)		Jonathan Ward (2)	Central Michigan	RB		Michael Oliver	Central Michigan	LB		Matt Ference	Northern Illinois	P
Week 11 (Nov. 11)		LeVante Bellamy (2)	Western Michigan	RB		Jamal Hines	Toledo	DE		Malik Dunner	Ball State	KR/PR
Week 12 (Nov. 18)		Jonathan Ward (3)	Central Michigan	RB		Jack Heflin	Northern Illinois	DT		John Richardson (2)	Northern Illinois	K
Week 13 (Nov. 15)		Mike Glass III (3)	Eastern Michigan	QB		Kobie Beltram	Eastern Michigan	LB		Ronnie Jones (2)	Toledo	KR/PR
Week 14 (Dec. 2)		Drew Plitt (2)	Ball State	QB		Michael Oliver (2)	Central Michigan	LB		Matt Ference (2)	Northern Illinois	P

MAC Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mid-American Conference football coaches at the end of the season

Award	Player	School
Offensive Player of the Year	LeVante Bellamy	Western Michigan
Defensive Player of the Year	Treshaun Hayward	Western Michigan
Special Teams Player of the Year	Matthew Trickett	Kent State
Freshman Player of the Year	Brett Gabbert	Miami (OH)
Vern Smith Leadership Award	LeVante Bellamy	Western Michigan
Coach of the Year	Jim McElwain	Central Michigan

All-conference teams

Position Player Team First Team Offense WR Kalil Pimpleton Central Michigan WR Justin Hall Ball State WR Skyy Moore Western Michigan WR JaCorey Sullivan Central Michigan OL Danny Pinter Ball State OL Luke Juriga Western Michigan OL Jordan Steckler Northern Illinois OL Evin Ksiezarczyk Buffalo OL Tommy Doyle Miami (OH) TE Giovanni Ricci Western Michigan QB Nathan Rourke Ohio RB LeVante Bellamy Western Michigan RB Jaret Patterson Buffalo PK Matthew Trickett Kent State First Team Defense DL Sean Adesanya Central Michigan DL Taylor Riggins Buffalo DL Malcolm Koonce Buffalo DL Doug Costin Miami (OH) OLB Treshaun Hayward Western Michigan OLB Troy Brown Central Michigan ILB Jacob White Ball State ILB John Lako Akron DB Joey Banks Buffalo DB Javon Hagan Ohio DB Vince Calhoun Eastern Michigan DB Antonio Phillips Ball State P Kyle Kramer Miami (OH) First Team Specialists KRS Keith Mixon Western Michigan PRS Kalil Pimpleton Central Michigan

Position Player Team Second Team Offense WR Riley Miller Ball State WR Arthur Jackson Eastern Michigan WR Bryce Mitchell Toledo WR Quintin Morris Bowling Green OL Austen Pleasants Ohio OL Jaylon Moore Western Michigan OL Kayode Awosika Buffalo OL Mike Caliendo Western Michigan OL Paul Nosworthy Buffalo TE Tony Poljan Central Michigan QB Mike Glass III Eastern Michigan RB Bryant Koback Toledo RB Caleb Huntley Ball State PK Sam Sloman Miami (OH) Second Team Defense DL Ali Fayad Western Michigan DL Jack Heflin Northern Illinois DL Ledarius Mack Buffalo DL Kameron Butler Miami (OH) OLB Brody Hoying Eastern Michigan OLB Kadofi Wright Buffalo ILB Michael Oliver Central Michigan ILB Drake Spears Western Michigan DB Jamal Parker Kent State DB Mykelti Williams Northern Illinois DB Amechi Uzodinma Ball State DB Tyrone Hill Buffalo P Michael Farkas Ohio Second Team Specialists KRS Malik Dunner Ball State PRS Maurice Thomas Miami (OH)

Position Player Team Third Team Offense WR Isaiah McCoy Kent State WR Antonio Nunn Buffalo WR Mike Carrigan Kent State WR Dylan Drummond Eastern Michigan OL Nick Rosi Toledo OL Danny Godlevske Miami (OH) OL Curtis Blackwell Ball State OL Marques Grimes Ohio OL Steven Hayes Ohio TE Mitchell Brinkman Northern Illinois QB Jon Wassink Western Michigan RB Jonathan Ward Central Michigan RB Tre Harbison Northern Illinois PK John Richardson Northern Illinois Third Team Defense DL Jamal Hines Toledo DL Chibueze Onwuka Buffalo DL Theo Majette Kent State DL Robi Stuart Central Michigan OLB Myles Reid Miami (OH) OLB Kholbe Coleman Bowling Green ILB Kobie Beltram Eastern Michigan ILB Jaylin Thomas Ball State DB Alvin Davis Akron DB Emmanuel Rugamba Miami (OH) DB Patrick Lupro Western Michigan DB Kevin McGill Eastern Michigan P Derek Adams Kent State Third Team Specialists KRS DL Knock Ohio PRS Keith Mixon Western Michigan

*Denotes Unanimous Selection

Ref:^[3]

All Conference Honorable Mentions:

All-Americans

For the complete All-America selections, see 2019 College Football All-America Team.

The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press (AP), Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), Walter Camp Foundation (WCFF), The Sporting News (TSN), Sports Illustrated (SI), USA Today (USAT) ESPN, CBS Sports (CBS), FOX Sports (FOX) College Football News (CFN), Bleacher Report (BR), Scout.com, Phil Steele (PS), SB Nation (SB), Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus (PFF) and Yahoo! Sports (Yahoo!).

Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.^[4][5]

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
First Team All-Americans
None

Position	Player	School	Selector	Unanimous	Consensus
Second Team All-Americans
LB	Treshaun Hayward	Western Michigan	TSN

*AFCA All-America Team
*AP All-America teams
*CBS Sports All-America Team
*ESPN All-America Team
*FWAA All-America Team
*Sports Illustrated All-America Team
*The Athletic All-America Team
*USA Today All-America Team
*Walter Camp All-America Team
*Sporting News All-America Team

All-Academic

National award winners

2019 College Football Award Winners

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field	27,881	18,972	16,954	22,692 †	16,909	10,811	21,414[6]	—	107,752	17,958
Ball State	Scheumann Stadium	22,500	10,123	14,333	15,113 †	5,572	7,249	7,155	—	59,545	9,924
Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium	24,000	17,620	18,021	19,199 †	15,100	12,113	9,715	—	91,768	15,294
Buffalo	UB Stadium	29,013	18,412	17,621	20,042 †	14,850	13,830	13,749	—	98,504	16,417
Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium	30,255	12,207	18,641 †	15,235	15,764	10,438	9,101	—
Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium	30,200	17,286	17,852	20,528 †	16,017	13,444		—
Kent State	Dix Stadium	25,319	18,679	19,700 †	8,455	8,450	8,825		—
Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium	24,286	16,022	18,419	11,710	19,897	22,921 †		—
Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium	24,000	14,568 †	10,365	9,027	5,062	3,568		—
Ohio	Peden Stadium	24,000	16,665	17,416	18,019	15,009	20,589 †	11,700	—
Toledo	Glass Bowl	26,248	25,361 †	24,889	22,141	18,061	16,331	15,610	—
Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium	30,200	15,021	22,328 †	20,476	21,702	16,778	11,314	—

Bold – Exceed capacity
†Season High

NFL Draft

The following list includes all MAC players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.

Player	Position	School	Draft Round	Round Pick	Overall Pick	Team
Danny Pinter	G	Ball State	5	3	149	Indianapolis Colts
Sam Sloman	K	Miami (OH)	7	34	248	Los Angeles Rams