Who Won the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl?
The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl was an annual college football bowl game played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The game began in 1997 as the Motor City Bowl and kept that name until Little Caesars took over in 2009. The final Little Caesars Bowl was held in 2013. The Quick Lane Bowl began at Ford Field in 2014.
| Year | Winner | Runner Up | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Panthers | Bowling Green Falcons | 30-27 |
| 2012 | Central Michigan Chippewas | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers | 24-21 |
| 2011 | Purdue Boilermakers | Western Michigan Broncos | 37-32 |
| 2010 | Florida International Panthers | Toledo Rockets | 34-32 |
| 2009 | Marshall Thundering Herd | Ohio Bobcats | 21-17 |
| 2008 | Florida Atlantic Owls | Central Michigan Chippewas | 24-21 |
| 2007 | Purdue Boilermakers | Central Michigan Chippewas | 51-48 |
| 2006 | Central Michigan Chippewas | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | 31-14 |
| 2005 | Memphis Tigers | Akron Zips | 38-31 |
| 2004 | Connecticut Huskies | Toledo Rockets | 39-10 |
| 2003 | Bowling Green Falcons | Northwestern Wildcats | 28-24 |
| 2002 | Boston College Eagles | Toledo Rockets | 51-25 |
| 2001 | Toledo Rockets | Cincinnati Bearcats | 23-16 |
| 2000 | Marshall Thundering Herd | Cincinnati Bearcats | 25-14 |
| 1999 | Marshall Thundering Herd | BYU Cougars | 21-3 |
| 1998 | Marshall Thundering Herd | Louisville Cardinals | 48-29 |
| 1997 | Mississippi Rebels | Marshall Thundering Herd | 34-31 |