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The Motor City Bowl is a major post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played annually since 1997.
The first five games (1997-2001) were played at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Starting in 2002, the game was moved to 65,000-seat Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
The game features a team from the Mid-American Conference playing one from the Big Ten Conference.
If the Big Ten does not have an eligible team, the game will feature a team from the Big East that meets the requirement of at least seven wins; otherwise, an at-large team is chosen.
The game is jointly sponsored by the "Big Three" automakers in Detroit: Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler.
The Motor City Bowl marked the first bowl game held in the Detroit area since the Cherry Bowl in 1984-1985. |
The 2006 installment, played December 26, 2006 on ESPN, matched up Central Michigan University and Middle Tennessee, because the Big Ten could not fulfill their bowl requirement. The game set a new Motor City Bowl attendance record of 54,113.
Previous results
| Date | Winning Team | Losing Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 26, 1997 | Mississippi | 34 | Marshall | 31 |
| December 23, 1998 | Marshall | 48 | Louisville | 29 |
| December 27, 1999 | Marshall | 21 | BYU | 3 |
| December 27, 2000 | Marshall | 25 | Cincinnati | 14 |
| December 29, 2001 | Toledo | 23 | Cincinnati | 16 |
| December 26, 2002 | Boston College | 51 | Toledo | 25 |
| December 26, 2003 | Bowling Green | 28 | Northwestern | 24 |
| December 27, 2004 | Connecticut | 39 | Toledo | 10 |
| December 26, 2005 | Memphis | 38 | Akron | 31 |
| December 26, 2006 | Central Michigan | 31 | Middle Tennessee | 14 |
Most appearances
| Rank | Team | Appearances | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marshall | 4 | 3-1 |
| 2 | Toledo | 3 | 1-2 |
| 3 | Cincinnati | 2 | 0-2 |
MVPs
| Year | MVP(s) | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Stewart Patridge | Mississippi | QB |
| 1998 | Chad Pennington | Marshall | QB |
| 1999 | Doug Chapman | Marshall | RB |
| 2000 | Byron Leftwich | Marshall | QB |
| 2001 | Chester Taylor | Toledo | RB |
| 2002 | Brian St. Pierre | Boston College | QB |
| 2003 | Josh Harris | Bowling Green | QB |
| 2004 | Dan Orlovsky | Connecticut | QB |
| 2005 | DeAngelo Williams | Memphis | RB |
| 2006 | Dan LeFevour | Central Michigan | QB |
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