Motor City Bowl Tickets

2010 Motor City Bowl:
Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Ohio Bobcats

The Motor City Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually since 1997, which was then called Ford Motor City Bowl. The years 1984 to 1985 marked the first bowl game held in Detroit area. The Motor City Bowl holds games certified by the NCAA with the first five games in 1997-2001 played at Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. The game shifted to the 65,000-seat Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan starting in 2002.

The game features the champion from the Big Ten Conference playing against the champion from the Mid-American Conference. An at-large team is chosen when there is neither Big Ten nor Big East that does not meet the eligible requirement of seven wins. The joint sponsors of the game are Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford, which are the ìBig Threeî automotive makers in Detroit.

The teams with the most number of appearances to the Motor City Bowl is Marshall with four invitations, Toledo with three invitations, and Central Michigan and Cincinnati with two. The most lopsided game was in 1999 in a 21-3 score with Marshall winning over BYU. The closest games were in 1997 and 2007 with Mississippi winning over the Marshall with a 34-31 record in 1997 and Purdue beating Central Michigan in a 51-48 finish ten years after in 2007.

The 2007 season was an exciting match between Purdue and Central Michigan being a close game since 1997. The 2007 season also gathered the most number of spectators, having gathered 60,624 fans.

As the 2008 Motor City Bowl season approaches, the preps are on for the challenging game. Make sure to buy your Motor City Bowl tickets as early as now! Motor City Bowl tickets can get sold up pretty fast.