From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2008 MAC Championship Game
2008 MAC Championship Game
2008 Marathon MAC Championship Game Team W L W L
Conference Championship East
Ball State Cardinals Buffalo Bulls Buffalo 5 – 3 8 – 6
x†
(12–0) (7–5)
Bowling 4 – 4 6 – 6
24 42 Green
Head coach: Head coach: Temple 4 – 4 5 – 7
Brady Hoke Turner Gill
Ohio 3 – 5 4 – 8
AP Coaches BCS Akron 3 – 5 5 – 7
12 13 12 Kent 3 – 5 4 – 8
State
1 2 3 4 Total
Miami 1 – 7 2 – 10
Ball State 0 10 7 7 24
West
Buffalo 7 0 21 14 42
Ball 8 – 0 12 – 2
State x
Date December 5, 2008
Central 6 – 2 8 – 5
Season 2008 Michigan
Stadium Ford Field Western 6 – 2 9 – 4
Michigan
Location Detroit, Michigan
Northern 5 – 3 6 – 7
Referee Tom McCabe[1] Illinois
Attendance 12,871[1] Toledo 2 – 6 3 – 9
United States TV coverage Eastern 2 – 6 3 – 9
Network ESPN2 Michigan
Announcers:
Announcers: Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman, Rob Championship: Buffalo 42, Ball State 24
Stone[2] † – Conference champion
MAC Championship Game x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The MAC Championship Game matches up the winner of
The 2008 Marathon MAC Championship Game was played the East and West divisions of the Mid-American Confer-
on December 5, 2008 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. ence.
The game featured the winner of each division of the
Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Ball
State Cardinals, of the West Division, and the Buffalo Scoring summary
Bulls, of the East Division. The Buffalo Bulls upset the
#12-ranked Ball State 42–24, ending hopes of an unde- References
feated Cardinals season.
[1] ^ "Ball State vs Buffalo". MAC-Sports.com.
2008-12-05. Archived from the original on
Selection process 2009-09-27. http://mac-sports.com/downloads1/
71321.HTM?ATCLID=3629167&SPSID=42965&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_
2008 Mid-American Conference football standings
Retrieved 2009-09-25.
Conf Overall
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2008 MAC Championship Game
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information[1] Score
Length Time Ball Buffalo
State
1 1:59 3 plays, 25 1:11 Buffalo Naaman Roosevelt 2 yard pass from Drew Willy, A. J. 0 7
yards Principe kick good
2 7:40 9 plays, 80 4:01 Ball MiQuale Lewis 4 yard run, Ian McGarvey kick good 7 7
yards State
0:00 6 plays, 18 1:00 Ball Ian McGarvey 47 yard field goal 10 7
yards State
3 11:24 7 plays, 80 3:36 Buffalo Naaman Roosevelt 39 yard pass from Drew Willy, A. J. 10 14
yards Principe kick good
8:07 7 plays, 65 3:10 Ball MiQuale Lewis 1 yard run 17 14
yards State
3:52 Buffalo Mike Newton 92 yard fumble recovery, A. J. Principe kick 17 21
good
0:19 Buffalo Sherrod Lott 74 yard fumble recovery, A. J. Principe kick 17 28
good
4 6:06 6 plays, 29 2:48 Buffalo Naaman Roosevelt 8 yard pass from Drew Willy, A. J. 17 35
yards Principe kick good
4:17 8 plays, 66 1:41 Ball Louis Johnson 22 yard pass from Nate Davis, Ian McGarvey 24 35
yards State kick good
2:53 4 plays, 25 1:22 Buffalo James Starks 1 yard run, A. J. Principe kick good 24 42
yards
Final score 24 42
[2] "Marathon MAC Football Championship Game"
(Press release). MAC-Sports.com. 2008-12-03.
External links
Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. • MAC-Sports.com
https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf4/355754.pdf.
Retrieved 2009-09-25.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_MAC_Championship_Game&oldid=465950084"
Categories:
• MAC Championship Game
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• Buffalo Bulls football
• 2008 Mid-American Conference football season
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