Toledo is playing in its second consecutive Mid-American Conference championship game, and Miami is appearing in Detroit for the first time since it won the title in 2018.
The Rockets are 4-3 all-time in the MAC title game, while the RedHawks are 3-2. The only championship game matchup between the two schools came in 2004, a 35-27 Toledo victory.
Exactly half — 13 of 26 — of the MAC championship games have been decided by one score. Toledo and Miami have played a combined nine one-score games this season, including the first time they met in October, a 21-17 UT victory.