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 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 another conference.
Results by year (all games played in late December):
- 1997 Mississippi 34, Marshall 31
- 1998 Marshall 48, Louisville 29
- 1999 Marshall 21, Brigham Young 3
- 2000 Marshall 25, Cincinnati 14
- 2001 Toledo 23, Cincinnati 16
- 2002 Boston College 51, Toledo 25
- 2003 Bowling Green 28, Northwestern 24
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