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​WMU leads six MAC teams to bowl dates

12/4/2016

 
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CLEVELAND, OH -- For the second time in Mid-American Conference history a member institution will be playing in one of the prestigious New Year’s Six Bowl Games, as MAC champion Western Michigan will face Wisconsin in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan. 2 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
 
Five other MAC programs will also be involved  in bowl games. The six bowl invitations are one shy of the MAC single-season record of seven bowl invites.
 
Here’s the upcoming slate:
 
2016 MAC Bowl Schedule:
> Toledo vs. Appalachian State (Sun Belt), Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, Dec. 17, 5:30 pm ET (ESPN)
> Central Michigan vs. Tulsa (American Athletic), Miami Beach Bowl, Dec. 19, 2:30 pm ET (ESPN)
> Eastern Michigan vs. Old Dominion (C-USA), Popeyes Bahamas Bowl, Dec. 23, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN)
> Ohio vs. Troy (Sun Belt), Dollar General Bowl, Dec. 23, 8:00 pm ET (ESPN)
> Miami vs. Mississippi State, St. Petersburg Bowl, Dec. 26, 11:00 am ET (ESPN)
> Western Michigan vs. Wisconsin (Big Ten), Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Jan. 2, 1:00 pm ET (ESPN)

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This will be Western Michigan’s first appearance in a New Year’s Six Bowl Game and the program’s eighth bowl appearance in school history. For the MAC, the previous New Year’s Day bowl appearance came four years ago during the BCS era as Northern Illinois faced Florida State on Jan. 1, 2013 in the Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.
  
This also marks the ninth time in MAC history to have five or more programs receive a bowl invitation (2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016) in a single-season. In the previous five bowl seasons, the MAC has a record of 11-18 in 29 bowl games – 2015 (3-4); 2014 (2-3); 2013 (0-5); 2012 (2-5); 2011 (4-1). 
  
“I am extremely proud of the students, coaches and fans at the six MAC member institutions that have received bowl invitations and our collective accomplishments as a conference this season,” said Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, Commissioner of the Mid-American Conference.  “The commitment of our students to excel has earned them this opportunity. I am very pleased with our bowl lineup and I look forward to watching the MAC teams compete. I also want to thank our bowl partners, as I speak for the entire conference, we appreciate these partnerships. The students, coaches and fans from our programs are going to have wonderful experiences.”


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