For the third consecutive season the Bowling Green Falcons and Northern Illinois Huskies faced off in the MAC Championship Game.
The previous season, the Huskies defeated the Falcons 51-17 to win the conference title.
[2] Bowling Green dominated the MAC East, with their only conference loss coming to West division co-champion Toledo.
Bowling Green's resume also featured non-conference wins over Big Ten Conference teams Maryland and Purdue and a narrow three-point loss to a Memphis team that finished 9–3 in the regular season.
[3] Bowling Green clinched a berth in the championship game following their win over Western Michigan on November 11th.