2010 MAC Championship Game

{{for|the MAC men's basketball championship|2010 MAC men's basketball tournament}}

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2010

| game_name = MAC Championship Game

| subheader = Conference Championship

| football_season = 2010

| visitor_name_short = Northern Illinois

| visitor_nickname = Huskies

| visitor_school = Northern Illinois University

| home_name_short = Miami

| home_nickname = RedHawks

| home_school = Miami University

| visitor_record = 10–2

| home_record = 8–4

| visitor_coach = Jerry Kill

| home_coach = Michael Haywood

| visitor_rank_AP = 24

| visitor_rank_coaches = 23

| visitor_rank_BCS = 25

| visitor_1q = 14

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_1q = 13

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 7

| home_4q = 6

| date_game_played = December 3

| stadium = Ford Field

| city = Detroit, Michigan

| MVP = Thomas Merriweather (RB, Miami)

| odds = N. Illinois by 18.5

| referee = Mike Conlin (R), Ken Zelmanski (U), Bruce Keeling (L), J. Shelton (LJ), Tom Riepenhoff (BJ), Joel Clay (FJ)

| attendance = 12,031

| us_network = ESPN

}}

{{2010 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

The 2010 MAC Championship Game was played at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan to determine the 2010 football champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The game featured the Miami University Redhawks and the Northern Illinois Huskies.

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. The game lasted 3 hours and 12 minutes.Final Gamebook, December 3, 2010