en:2000 MAC Championship Game

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2000

| game_name = MAC Championship Game

| subheader = Conference Championship

| football_season = 2000

| visitor_name_short = Western Michigan

| visitor_nickname = Broncos

| visitor_school = Western Michigan University

| home_name_short = Marshall

| home_nickname = Thundering Herd

| home_school = Marshall University

| visitor_record = 9–2

| home_record = 6–5

| visitor_coach = Gary Darnell

| home_coach = Bob Pruett

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 7

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_1q = 3

| home_2q = 10

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 6

| date_game_played = December 2

| stadium = Marshall Stadium

| city = Huntington, West Virginia

| MVP = QB Byron Leftwich (Marshall)

| odds = WMU by 6.5{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20826742/detroit_free_press/|title=Clipped from Detroit Free Press|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=December 2000|page=75}}

| attendance = 24,816

| us_network = ABC

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Sean McDonough, Ed Cunningham, Leslie Gudel

}}

{{2000 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

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.{{cite press release |title=MAC Football Championship Notes |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1089672 |publisher=MAC-Sports.com |accessdate=September 22, 2009 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240524121056/https://www.webcitation.org/5k4GWdyhu?url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml%3FSPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1089672 |archivedate=May 24, 2024 |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite press release |title=Marshall Wins MAC Championship, 19–14 |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1089697 |publisher=MAC-Sports.com |date=December 2, 2000 |accessdate=September 22, 2009 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106120922/https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1089697 |url-status=dead }}