en:2004 MAC Championship Game

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2004

| game_name = MAC Championship Game

| image =

| subheader = Conference Championship

| football_season = 2004

| visitor_name_short = Toledo

| visitor_nickname = Rockets

| visitor_school = University of Toledo

| home_name_short = Miami

| home_nickname = RedHawks

| home_school = Miami University

| visitor_record = 8–3

| home_record = 8–3

| visitor_coach = Tom Amstutz

| home_coach = Terry Hoeppner

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 21

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_1q = 14

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 6

| home_4q = 7

| date_game_played = December 2

| stadium = Ford Field

| city = Detroit, Michigan

| MVP = QB Bruce Gradkowski (Toledo)

| odds = Miami by 1

| referee = Stan Evans{{cite web |title=Toledo 35, Miami 27 |url=http://www.utrockets.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=18000&ATCLID=1235508#GAME.NEW |date=December 2, 2004|publisher=UTRockets.com |accessdate=September 22, 2009}}

| attendance = 22,138

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Jill Arrington

}}

{{2004 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

The 2004 MAC Championship Game was played on December 2, 2004, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.{{cite press release |title=MAC Championship Football Game Thursday Night on ESPN at 7:30 (ET) |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1093180 |publisher=MAC-Sports.com |date=November 30, 2004 |accessdate=September 22, 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106120531/https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1093180 |archivedate=November 6, 2012 |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 Toledo Rockets, of the West Division. The Rockets beat the RedHawks 35–27.{{cite press release |title=Rockets Win MAC Championship, Earn Bid to Motor City Bowl |url=https://www.nmnathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=42968&SPID=3802&DB_OEM_ID=9400&ATCLID=1093191 |publisher=MAC-Sports.com |date=December 2, 2004 |accessdate=September 22, 2009}}