2003 MAC Championship Game

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2003

| title_sponsor = Marathon

| game_name = MAC Championship Game

| subheader = Conference Championship

| football_season = 2003

| visitor_name_short = Miami

| visitor_nickname = RedHawks

| visitor_school = Miami University

| home_name_short = Bowling Green

| home_nickname = Falcons

| home_school = Bowling Green State University

| visitor_record = 11–1

| home_record = 10–2

| visitor_coach = Terry Hoeppner

| home_coach = Gregg Brandon

| visitor_rank_AP = 14

| visitor_rank_coaches = 15

| visitor_rank_BCS = 11

| home_rank_AP = 20

| home_rank_coaches = 23

| home_rank_BCS = 18

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 14

| visitor_3q = 21

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 10

| home_3q = 3

| home_4q = 7

| date_game_played = December 4

| stadium = Doyt Perry Stadium

| city = Bowling Green, Ohio

| MVP = Ben Roethlisberger (QB, Miami)

| odds = Miami by 7

| referee = Todd Geerlings

| attendance = 24,813

| us_network = ESPN2

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Dr. Jerry Punch

}}

{{2003 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

The 2003 MAC Championship Game was played on December 4, 2003 at Doyt Perry Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.{{cite press release |title=Seventh MAC Championship Football Game Set for Thursday Night |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1092140 |publisher=MAC-Sports.com |date=December 3, 2003 |accessdate=September 22, 2009|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524121347/https://www.webcitation.org/5k4GedGde?url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml%3FSPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1092140 |archivedate=May 24, 2024 |url-status=live }} The game featured the winner of each division of the Mid-American Conference. The game featured the Miami RedHawks, of the East Division, and the Bowling Green Falcons, of the West Division. The RedHawks beat the Falcons 49–27.{{cite press release |title=Miami Grabs MAC Football Crown |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1092150 |publisher=MAC-Sports.com |date=December 4, 2003 |accessdate=September 22, 2009}} Miami quarterback Ben Roethlisberger threw for a game-record 440 yards in the process.

To date, this is the last MAC Championship game to be hosted by one of the schools involved. Subsequent contests have been played at Ford Field in Detroit.