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Motor City Bowl

Since 1997, the Motor City Bowl has been thrilling college football fans across the nation. Held in late December each year, the Motor City Bowl is now played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. Always a popular event with a history of big games, big name players and strong attendance figures, the Motor City Bowl matches a Mid-American Conference (MAC) representative vs. a representative from the Big Ten Conference. However, in the nine years prior to the 2006 Motor City Bowl, only once has the Big Ten been able to fill their spot in this game. As a result an at-large bowl-eligible school is chosen. Members of the SEC, Big East, Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference have all faced the MAC's representative in the past nine years with the MAC having an overall 5-4 record in those nine Motor City Bowl games.

Past Motor City Bowl Results:

2008 Motor City Bowl

TBA (Big Ten) - TBA (MAC)

2007 Motor City Bowl

Purdue (Big Ten) 51 -
Central Michigan (MAC) 48 - preview & pick

2006 Motor City Bowl

Central Michigan (MAC) 31 -
Middle Tennessee State (Sun Belt) 14

2005 Motor City Bowl

- Memphis (C-USA) 38 - Akron (MAC) 31

2004 Motor City Bowl

Connecticut (Big East) 39 - Toledo (MAC) 10

2003 Motor City Bowl

Bowling Green (MAC) 28 - Northwestern (Big Ten) 24

2002 Motor City Bowl

Boston College (Big East) 51 - Toledo (MAC) 25

2001 Motor City Bowl

Toledo (MAC) 23 - Cincinnati (C-USA) 16

2000 Motor City Bowl

Marshall (MAC) 25 - Cincinnati (C-USA) 14

1999 Motor City Bowl

Marshall (MAC) 21 - BYU (MWC) 3

1998 Motor City Bowl

Marshall (MAC) 48 - Louisville (C-USA) 29

1997 Motor City Bowl

Mississippi (SEC) 34 - Marshall (MAC) 31

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