When is motor city bowl

In , Little Caesars became the title sponsor of the game after General Motors and Chrysler reorganized under bankruptcy protection.

Ford remained as a sponsor. Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. A bowl record crowd of 60, fans witnessed the bowl game between the Purdue Boilermakers and the Central Michigan Chippewas. Also the Sun Belt Conference and the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl have agreed to a secondary tie-in that will allow a Sun Belt Conference team to play in the Detroit based game should the Big Ten Conference not have an available bowl-eligible team to play.

American Football Database Explore. Recent blog posts Forum. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. History Talk 0. Purdue Purdue matchup Central Michigan vs. ESPN has televised the game since its inception. Retrieved Universal Conquest Wiki. Pontiac Silverdome — Pontiac, Michigan — Western Michigan vs. Purdue Purdue Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky. When the Big Ten pulled out of the bowl game in , the game ended, but the Lions announced it would host a bowl, which it had done the last six seasons.

A Mid-American Conference team has played in the southeast Michigan-based bowl in 20 of the 23 years. A Big Ten team has been in the game six different seasons. Central Michigan has played in the game four different times, Eastern Michigan and Western Michigan have both been there once. Michigan or Michigan State have not played in the game.

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