College football game
The2022 MAC Championship Game was acollege football conference championship game played December 3, 2022, atFord Field inDetroit, Michigan . It was the 26th edition of theMAC Football Championship Game and determined the champion of theMid-American Conference (MAC) for the2022 season . The game began at 12:00 p.m.EST and aired onESPN .[ 1] Toledo Rockets against the Eastern Division championOhio Bobcats . For sponsorship reasons, the game is officially known as theRocket Mortgage MAC Championship .[ 2]
Toledo won their fourth championship game with a 17–7 win over the Bobcats.[ 3]
The 2022 MAC title game was held at Ford Field for the 19th consecutive season.[ 4] Detroit at 2000 Brush St., is the home of theDetroit Lions of theNational Football League (NFL) and has aseating capacity for football of 65,000.[ 5]
The game featured theOhio Bobcats , champions of the East Division, and theToledo Rockets , champions of the West Division, of the Mid-American Conference.
Toledo clinched a berth in the championship game with two weeks remaining in the schedule following their win overBall State and a loss byWestern Michigan the following night.[ 6] [ 7] 2017 [ 8]
The Rockets were 2–2 out of conference with wins overFCS LIU andUMass and losses atOhio State andSan Diego State .[ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Central Michigan ,Northern Illinois ,Kent State .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] Dequan Finn was injured in a loss atBuffalo .[ 16] Tucker Gleason led the Rockets to a win overEastern Michigan and Finn returned for a winBall State which wrapped up the division but sat out a loss toBowling Green .[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] Western Michigan in which Finn played sparingly[ 20]
Ohio clinched a berth in the championship game during the final week of the season with a 38–14 win overBowling Green . They entered the game 9–3 with a 7–1 record in theMAC and on a seven-game winning streak.[ 21] 2016 . They are 0–4 in their previous attempts and have not won aconference championship since1968 .[ 22]
The Bobcats were 2–2 out of conference with wins overFlorida Atlantic andFCS Fordham and losses atpower conference foesPenn State andIowa State .[ 23] [ 24] [ 25] [ 26] Kent State and a win over last placeAkron .[ 27] [ 28] Kurtis Rourke .[ 29] [ 30] [ 31] [ 32] [ 33] [ 34] [ 35]
Ohio finished the regular season with consecutive wins overWestern Michigan ,Northern Illinois ,Buffalo ,Miami (OH) ,Ball State , andBowling Green during which Ohio surrendered an average of only 18 points per game.[ 36] [ 37] [ 38] [ 39] [ 40] [ 41] ACL against Ball State and Ohio turned to third string quarterbackC.J. Harris .[ 42]
2022 MAC Championship Game
Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Toledo 7 3 0 7 17 Ohio 0 7 0 0 7
atFord Field •Detroit, MI
Date : Saturday, December 3, 2022Game time : 12:00 p.m.EST Game weather : N/A(game played indoors) Game attendance : 15,550Referee : Tom StapletonTV announcers (ESPN ) :Beth Mowins (play-by-play),Kirk Morrison (analyst) and Stormy Buonantony (sideline reporter)Pregame line : Toledo −3.5 •box score ,Toledo notes ,Ohio notes
Game information First Quarter (11:38) TOL – Jacquez Stuart 29 yard rush, Thomas Cluckey kick (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:22;Toledo 7–0 ) Second Quarter (6:47) OHIO – Sieh Bangura 2 yard rush, Nathanial Vakos kick (Drive: 14 plays, 84 yards, 7:14;Tied 7–7 ) (0:16) TOL – Thomas Cluckey 44 yard field goal (Drive: 13 plays, 55 yards, 4:38;Toledo 10–7 ) Third Quarter Fourth Quarter 10:36 TOL – DeMeer Blankumsee 16 yard pass from Dequan Finn, Thomas Cluckey kick (Drive: 16 plays, 90 yards, 7:15;Toledo 17–7 )
Statistics Toledo Ohio First downs 20 14 Plays–Yards 71–390 60–262 Rushes/yards 46–236 29–99 Passing yards 154 163 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 16–25–0 17–31–1 Time of possession 33:00 27:00
Team Category Player Statistics Toledo Passing Dequan Finn 16/25, 154 yards, 1 TD Rushing Jacquez Stuart 9 carries, 93 yards, 1 TD Receiving Jerjuan Newton 6 receptions, 77 yards Ohio Passing CJ Harris 17/31, 163 yards, 1 INT Rushing Sieh Bangura 20 carries, 56 yards, 1 TD Receiving Will Kacmarek 2 receptions, 39 yards
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