Motor City Bowl
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[edit] History
The Motor City Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game 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 venue 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 has an agreement to feature a team from the Big East Conference.
The game is jointly sponsored by the "Big Three" automakers in Detroit: Ford, General Motors and DaimlerChrysler.
[edit] All-Time Results
| Year | Winner | Score | Loser | MVP (School) | |
| 1997 | Mississippi | 34-31 | Marshall | Stewart Patridge (Mississippi) | |
| 1998 | Marshall | 48-29 | Louisville | Chad Pennington (Marshall) | |
| 1999 | Marshall | 21-3 | BYU | Doug Chapman (Marshall) | |
| 2000 | Marshall | 25-14 | Cincinnati | Byron Leftwich (Marshall) | |
| 2001 | Toledo | 23-16 | Cincinnati | Chester Taylor (Toledo) | |
| 2002 | Boston College | 51-25 | Toledo | Brian St. Pierre (Boston College) | |
| 2003 | Bowling Green | 28-24 | Northwestern | Josh Harris (Bowling Green) | |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 39-10 | Toledo | Dan Orlovsky (Connecticut) | |
| 2005 | Memphis | 38-31 | Akron | DeAngelo Williams (Memphis) | |
| 2006 | Central Michigan | 31-14 | Middle Tennessee | Dan LeFevour (Central Michigan) | |
| 2007 | Purdue | 51-48 | Central Michigan | Curtis Painter (Purdue) |
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