Midweek MACtion took center stage of the college football world as the MAC East division leader and MAC West division leader faced off in a potential preview of December’s conference championship. The high-scoring battle lived up to its potential — and more.
The offensive record books were scorched in a 52-47 barnburner at Dix Stadium. Kent State (5-4, 4-1 MAC) emerged as the victor to hand Northern Illinois (6-3, 4-1 MAC) its first conference loss and snap the Huskies’ five-game win streak. Midweek games are no stranger to bizarre happenings and Wednesday night’s showdown provided plenty of dramatic fireworks between the top two teams in the conference.