Motor City Bowl

The Quick Lane Bowl is a bowl game held in Detroit, Michigan since 1997. The original site was the Pontiac Silverdome until Ford Field opened in 2002. The game was known as the Motor City Bowl until 2009, and then the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl from 2010-2013.

Originally, the Mid-American Conference sent a host representative (usually the conference champion, although the champion was not obligated to accept this bid). The opponent, since 2007, has been slated to be a team from the Big Ten Conference, and if no eligible team is available, from the Sun Belt Conference. The host assignment has now shifted to the Big 10, while the Atlantic Coast Conference visits.

Results

26 DEC 1997	Mississippi	34	Marshall	31
23 DEC 1998	Marshall	48	Louisville	29
27 DEC 1999	Marshall	21	Brigham Young	3
27 DEC 2000	Marshall	25	Cincinnati	14
29 DEC 2001	Toledo	23	Cincinnati	16
26 DEC 2002	Boston College	51	Toledo	25
26 DEC 2003	Bowling Green	28	Northwestern	24
27 DEC 2004	Connecticut	39	Toledo	10
26 DEC 2005	Memphis	38	Akron	31
26 DEC 2006	Central Michigan	31	Middle Tennessee State	14
26 DEC 2007	Purdue	51	Central Michigan	48
26 DEC 2008	Florida Atlantic	24	Central Michigan	21
26 DEC 2009	Marshall	21	Ohio	17
26 DEC 2010	Florida International	34	Toledo	32
27 DEC 2011	Purdue	37	Western Michigan	32
26 DEC 2012	Central Michigan	24	Western Kentucky	21
26 DEC 2013	Pittsburgh	30	Bowling Green	27
26 DEC 2014	Rutgers	40	North Carolina	21