2019 Mid-American Conference football season


The 2019 Mid-American Conference football season was the 74th season for the Mid-American Conference. and is part of the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30. The entire schedule was released on February 20, 2019. The MAC Championship Game will be held on December 7, 2019.

Previous season

in 2018, Northern Illinois won the West Division with a 6–2 Conference record while the Buffalo won the East Division with a 7–1 Conference record. Northern Illinois defeated Buffalo in the MAC Championship Game.

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The MAC Preseason Poll will be released at the MAC Media Day On July 23, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan.

East

  1. Ohio , 144 points
  2. Miami 107 points
  3. Buffalo 100 points
  4. Kent State 62 points
  5. Akron 54 points
  6. Bowling Green 37 points

    West

  7. Toledo , 127 points
  8. Western Michigan , 112 points
  9. Northern Illinois , 103 points
  10. Eastern Michigan 83 points
  11. Ball State 43 points
  12. Central Michigan , 36 points

MAC Championship

Ohio received 13 votes as the predicted 2019 MAC Championship Game winner. Toledo ; Western Michigan ; Northern Illinois and Central Michigan also received votes.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There will be three new head coaches in MAC for the 2019 season.
Mike Jinks was fired and replaced by Scot Loeffler at Bowling Green.
John Bonamego was fired and replaced by Jim McElwain at Central Michigan.
Rod Carey left Northern Illinois for Temple and was replaced by Thomas Hammock.

Coaches

Schedule

Regular season

The Regular season will begin on August 29 and will end on November 30
Index to colors and formatting
MAC member won
MAC member lost
MAC teams in bold

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Week Thirteen

Week Fourteen

Championship Game

Week Fifteen (MAC Championship game)

Mid-American vs other conferences

2019–2020 records against non-conference foes:
Regular Season
Post Season

Mid-American vs Power 5 matchups

This is a list of games the MAC has scheduled versus power conference teams. All rankings are from the current AP Poll at the time of the game.
DateConferenceVisitorHomeSiteScore
August 29Pac-12Kent StateArizona StateSun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZL 7–30
August 31SECToledoKentuckyKroger Field • Lexington, KYL 24–38
August 31Big TenAkronIllinoisMemorial Stadium • Champaign, ILL 3–42
August 31Big TenIndianaBall StateLucas Oil Stadium • Indianapolis, INL 24–34
August 31Big TenMiami No. 20 IowaKinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IAL 24–38
September 7ACCOhioPittsburghHeinz Field • Pittsburgh, PAL 10–20
September 7Big 12Bowling GreenKansas StateBill Snyder Family Stadium • Manhattan, KSL 0–52
September 7Pac-12Northern IllinoisNo. 13 UtahRice–Eccles Stadium • Salt Lake City, UTL 17–35
September 7Big TenCentral MichiganNo. 17 WisconsinCamp Randall Stadium • Madison, WIL 0–61
September 7SECEastern MichiganKentuckyKroger Field • Lexington, KYL 17–38
September 7Big TenWestern MichiganNo. 19 Michigan StateSpartan Stadium • East Lansing, MIL 17–51
September 7Big TenBuffaloNo. 15 Penn StateBeaver Stadium • University Park, PAL 13–45
September 14Big TenEastern MichiganIllinoisMemorial Stadium • Champaign, ILW 34–31
September 14SECKent StateAuburnJordan–Hare Stadium • Auburn, ALL 16–55
September 14Big TenNorthern IllinoisNebraskaMemorial Stadium • Lincoln, NEL 8–44
September 21Big TenMiami Ohio StateOhio Stadium • Columbus, OHL 5–76
September 21ACCCentral MichiganMiami Hard Rock Stadium • Miami, FLL 12–17
September 21ACCBall StateNC StateCarter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NCL 23–34
September 21ACCWestern MichiganSyracuseCarrier Dome • Syracuse, NYL 33–52
September 28SECNorthern IllinoisVanderbiltVanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TNL 18–24
September 28IndependentBYUToledoGlass Bowl • Toledo, OHW 28–21
October 5Big TenKent StateNo. 8 WisconsinCamp Randall Stadium • Madison, WIL 0–48
October 5IndependentBowling GreenNo. 9 Notre DameNotre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, INL 0–52

Mid-American vs Group of Five matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against teams from the American, C-USA, Mountain or Sun Belt.
DateConferenceVisitorHomeSiteScore
August 31Sun BeltEastern MichiganCoastal CarolinaBrooks Stadium • Conway, SCW 30–23
September 7C-USAUABAkronInfoCision Stadium • Akron, OHW 31–23
September 14AmericanMiami CincinnatiNippert Stadium • Cincinnati, OHL 13–35
September 14C-USAFlorida AtlanticBall StateScheumann Stadium • Muncie, INL 31–41
September 14C-USALouisiana TechBowling GreenDoyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OHL 7–35
September 14C-USAOhioMarshallJoan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WVL 31–33
September 14Sun BeltGeorgia StateWestern MichiganWaldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MIW 57–10
September 21Mountain WestToledoColorado StateCanvas Stadium • Fort Collins, COW 41–35
September 21AmericanTempleBuffaloUB Stadium • Buffalo, NYW 38–22
September 21Sun BeltLouisianaOhioPeden Stadium • Athens, OHL 25–45
September 21Sun BeltTroyAkronInfoCision Stadium • Akron, OHL 7–35

Mid-American vs FBS independents matchups

The following games include MAC teams competing against FBS Independents, which includes Army, Liberty, New Mexico State, or UMass.
DateConferenceVisitorHomeSiteScore
September 14IndependentsBuffaloLibertyWilliams Stadium • Lynchburg, VAL 17–35
September 28IndependentsAkronUMassWarren McGuirk Alumni Stadium • Amherst, MAL 29–37
October 12IndependentsNew Mexico StateCentral MichiganKelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MIW 42–28

Mid-American vs FCS matchups

DateVisitorHomeSiteScore
August 29AlbanyCentral MichiganKelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MIW 38–21
August 29Morgan StateBowling GreenDoyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OHW 46–3
August 29Robert MorrisBuffaloUB Stadium • Buffalo, NYW 38–10
August 31Rhode IslandOhioPeden Stadium • Athens, OHW 41–20
August 31Illinois StateNorthern IllinoisHuskie Stadium • DeKalb, ILW 24–10
August 31MonmouthWestern MichiganWaldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MIW 48–13
September 7Kennesaw StateKent StateDix Stadium • Kent, OHW 26–23
September 7FordhamBall StateScheumann Stadium • Muncie, INW 57–29
September 7Tennessee TechMiami Yager Stadium • Miami, OHW 48–17
September 14Murray StateToledoGlass Bowl • Toledo, OHW 45–0
September 21Central Connecticut StateEastern MichiganRynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MIW 34–29

Postseason

Bowl games

Bowl gameDateSiteTelevisionTime MAC teamOpponentScoreAttendance
Bahamas BowlDecember 20Thomas Robinson Stadium • Nassau, BahamasESPN2:00 p.m.BuffaloCharlotte31–913,547
Frisco BowlDecember 20Toyota Stadium • Frisco, TXESPN27:30 p.m.Kent StateUtah State51–4112,120
New Mexico BowlDecember 21Dreamstyle Stadium • Albuquerque, NMESPN2:00 p.m.Central MichiganSan Diego State11–4818,823
Quick Lane BowlDecember 26Ford Field • Detroit, MIESPN8:00 p.m.Eastern MichiganPittsburgh30–3434,765
First Responder BowlDecember 30Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Dallas, TXESPN12:30 p.m.Western MichiganWestern Kentucky20–2313,164
Famous Idaho Potato BowlJanuary 3, 2020Albertsons Stadium • Boise, IDESPN3:30 p.m.OhioNevada30–2113,611
LendingTree BowlJanuary 6, 2020Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, ALESPN7:30 p.m.Miami Louisiana17–2729,212

Rankings are from CFP rankings. All times Eastern Time Zone. MAC teams shown in bold.

Selection of teams

Player of the week honors

East Division

West Division

MAC Individual Awards

The following individuals received postseason honors as voted by the Mid-American Conference football coaches at the end of the season
AwardPlayerSchool
Offensive Player of the YearLeVante BellamyWestern Michigan
Defensive Player of the YearTreshaun HaywardWestern Michigan
Special Teams Player of the YearMatthew TrickettKent State
Freshman Player of the YearBrett GabbertMiami
Vern Smith Leadership AwardLeVante BellamyWestern Michigan
Coach of the YearJim McElwainCentral Michigan

All-conference teams

*Denotes Unanimous Selection
Ref:
All Conference Honorable Mentions:

All-Americans

The 2019 College Football All-America Teams are composed of the following College Football All-American first teams chosen by the following selector organizations: Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America, American Football Coaches Association, Walter Camp Foundation, The Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, USA Today ESPN, CBS Sports, FOX Sports College Football News, Bleacher Report, Scout.com, Phil Steele, SB Nation, Athlon Sports, Pro Football Focus and Yahoo! Sports.
Currently, the NCAA compiles consensus all-America teams in the sports of Division I-FBS football and Division I men's basketball using a point system computed from All-America teams named by coaches associations or media sources. The system consists of three points for a first-team honor, two points for second-team honor, and one point for third-team honor. Honorable mention and fourth team or lower recognitions are not accorded any points. Football consensus teams are compiled by position and the player accumulating the most points at each position is named first team consensus all-American. Currently, the NCAA recognizes All-Americans selected by the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and the WCFF to determine Consensus and Unanimous All-Americans. Any player named to the First Team by all five of the NCAA-recognized selectors is deemed a Unanimous All-American.
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National award winners

2019 College Football Award Winners

Home game attendance

Bold – Exceed capacity

†Season High

NFL Draft

The following list includes all MAC players who were drafted in the 2020 NFL draft.
PlayerPositionSchoolDraft
Round		Round
Pick		Overall
Pick		Team
Danny PinterGBall State53149Indianapolis Colts
Sam SlomanKMiami 734248Los Angeles Rams