The 2020 MAC Championship Game was a college football game played on Friday, December 18, 2020, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, to determine the 2020 champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
[2] The game was contested by the Buffalo Bulls, East Division champions, and the Ball State Cardinals, West Division champions.
Ball State defeated Buffalo, 38–28 to claim their first MAC championship since 1996.
Ball State's only prior appearance in the MAC Championship Game had been a loss to Buffalo in the 2008 edition.
Buffalo's two prior appearances in the MAC Championship Game had been a win over Ball State in 2008 and a loss to Northern Illinois in the 2018 edition.