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| game_name = MAC Championship Game

| subheader = Conference Championship

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| date_game_played = December 4

| year_game_played = 1998

| football_season = 1998

| stadium = [[Joan C. Edwards Stadium|Marshall Stadium]]

| city = [[Huntington, West Virginia]]

| visitor_school = University of Toledo

| visitor_name_short = Toledo

| visitor_nickname = Rockets

| visitor_record = 7–4

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| visitor_coach = [[Gary Pinkel]]

| visitor_1q = 7

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 10

| home_school = Marshall University

| home_name_short = Marshall

| home_nickname = Thundering Herd

| home_record = 10–1

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| home_coach = [[Bob Pruett]]

| home_1q = 6

| home_2q = 0

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 17

| MVP = QB [[Chad Pennington]] (Marshall)

| odds = Marshall by 12

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| attendance = 28,085

| us_network = [[ESPN2]]

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The '''1998 MAC Championship Game''' was the second conference championship game of the [[Mid-American Conference]], and was played on December 4, 1998, at Marshall Stadium, now known as [[Joan C. Edwards Stadium]], in [[Huntington, West Virginia]]. The game featured a rematch of the [[1997 MAC Championship Game|1997 game]], between the East Division's [[1998 Marshall Thundering Herd football team|Marshall Thundering Herd]], and the West Division's [[1998 Toledo Rockets football team|Toledo Rockets]]. Marshall was heavily favored to win the game.<ref>{{cite web|last=Schmadtke|first=Alan|url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1999-10-14/sports/9910140102_1_toledo-marshall-puggi|title=Toledo At Marshall|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]|date=October 14, 1999|accessdate=November 5, 2012}}</ref> Marshall defeated Toledo to claim their second consecutive conference title by a score of 23–17.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mac/1998-schedule.html|title=1998 Mid-American Conference Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/scores101/101334/101334340.htm|title=NCAA Football – Marshall vs. Toledo|work=[[USA Today]]|date=November 11, 2001|accessdate=November 5, 2012}}</ref> During the game, Marshall starting quarterback [[Chad Pennington]] was hurt, and was replaced by [[Byron Leftwich]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Stephens|first=Tim|url=http://www.huntingtonquarterly.com/articles/issue45/byron_leftwich.html|title=Armed & Ready|publisher=Huntington Quarterly|accessdate=November 5, 2012}}</ref>

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