CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Since the conference inception in 1946, the MAC has played in 93 bowl games with a 39-54 (.419) overall bowl record. In the early years, bowl games were few and far between before the consistency of a single-bowl game became into existence in 1981. However, over the last decade the MAC has witnessed a significant increase in the number of bowl invitations both from primary and secondary bowl partnerships, but also several at-large bowl selections as well.
From 1946 to 1980, the MAC appeared in a total of 17 bowl games in the first 35 years of the Conference in operation.