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Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Information




The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was a NCAA football bowl game that had been played annually since 1997. The first five games (1997 to 2001) were played at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. Starting in 2002, the game was moved to Ford Field in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl featured a bowl-eligible team from the Mid-American Conference playing a bowl-eligible team from the Big Ten Conference. The 2013 game was the final edition of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. It was replaced by the Quick Lane Bowl, organized by the Detroit Lions, beginning in 2014.

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Stadium: Ford Field
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Surface: FieldTurf		Sponsor(s)
Ford, Chrysler, GM (1998-2007)
Ford, GM, UAW (2008)
Little Caesars (2009-2013)


Previous Name(s)
Ford Motor City Bowl (1997)
Motor City Bowl (1998 to 2008)
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl(2009-2013)

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Results

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Game Results

Date Bowl Name Result Attendance
26-Dec-13 Little Ceasars Bowl Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green State 27 26,259
26-Dec-12 Little Ceasars Bowl Central Michigan 24, Western Kentucky 21 23,310
27-Dec-11 Little Ceasars Bowl Purdue 37, Western Michigan 32 46,177
26-Dec-10 Little Ceasars Bowl Florida International 34, Toledo 32 32,431
26-Dec-09 Little Ceasars Bowl Marshall 21, Ohio University 17 30,331
26-Dec-08 Motor City Bowl Central Michigan 21, Florida Atlantic 24 41,399
26-Dec-07 Motor City Bowl Purdue 51, Central Michigan 48 60,624
26-Dec-06 Motor City Bowl Central Michigan 31, Middle Tennessee 14 54,113
26-Dec-05 Motor City Bowl Memphis 38, Akron 31 50,616
27-Dec-04 Motor City Bowl Connecticut 39, Toledo 10 52,552
26-Dec-03 Motor City Bowl Bowling Green 28, Northwestern 24 51,286
26-Dec-02 Motor City Bowl Boston College 51, Toledo 25 51,872
29-Dec-01 Motor City Bowl Toledo 23, Cincinnati 16 44,164
27-Dec-00 Motor City Bowl Marshall 25, Cincinnati 14 52,911
27-Dec-99 Motor City Bowl Marshall 21, Brigham Young 3 44,863
23-Dec-98 Motor City Bowl Marshall 48, Louisville 29 32,206
26-Dec-97 Motor City Bowl Mississippi 34, Marshall 31 43,340
26-Dec-97 Ford Motor City Bowl Mississippi 34, Marshall 31 79,417


Little Caesars Pizza Bowl MVP Awards

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl MVP Awards

Date MVP
26-Dec-13 James Conner
Pittsburgh RB


26-Dec-12 Ryan Radcliff
Central Michigan QB


27-Dec-11 Akeem Shavers
Purdue RB


26-Dec-10 T. Y. Hilton
FIU WR


26-Dec-09 Martin Ward
Marshall RB


26-Dec-08 Rusty Smith
Florida Atlantic QB


26-Dec-07 Curtis Painter
Purdue QB


26-Dec-06 Dan LeFevour
Central Michigan QB


26-Dec-05 DeAngelo Williams
Memphis RB


27-Dec-04 Dan Orlovsky
Connecticut QB


26-Dec-03 Josh Harris
Bowling Green QB		 Jason Wright
Northwestern RB

26-Dec-02 Brian St. Pierre
Boston College QB


29-Dec-01 Chester Taylor
Toledo RB


27-Dec-00 Byron Leftwich
Marshall QB


27-Dec-99 Doug Chapman
Marshall RB


23-Dec-98 Chad Pennington
Marshall QB


26-Dec-97 Stewart Patridge
Mississippi QB


26-Dec-97 Stewart Patridge
Mississippi QB