A Look at the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 14:18
- The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (known as the Motor City Bowl until 2009) has been played annually since 1997.
- Starting in 2002, the game was moved to Ford Field in downtown Detroit, Michigan.
- The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl features a bowl-eligible team from the Mid-American Conference (usually the winner of the MAC Championship Game, although that team is not required to accept the bid) playing a bowl-eligible team from the Big Ten Conference.
- The game was jointly sponsored by the "Big Three" automakers in Detroit from 1998 to 2007. Starting with the 2008 game, Chrysler was replaced by the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights as a presenting sponsor. In 2009, Little Caesars became the title sponsor of the game after General Motors and Chrysler reorganized under bankruptcy protection. Ford remained as a sponsor.
- Results:
- 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
- December 26, 2007 Purdue 51 Central Michigan 48
- December 26, 2008 Florida Atlantic 24 Central Michigan 21
- December 26, 2009 Ohio vs. Marshall
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