2001 Motor City Bowl

2001 Motor City Bowl
Cincinnati Bearcats Toledo Rockets (7-4) (9-2) 16 23 Head coach:  Rick Minter Head coach:  Tom Amstutz AP Coaches BCS 25 NR NR
1 2 3 4 Total Cincinnati 0 13 0 3 16 Toledo 3 0 10 10 23
Date	December 29, 2001
Season	2001
Stadium	Pontiac Silverdome
Location	Pontiac, Michigan
Attendance	44,164
Motor City Bowl  < 2000  2002 >

The 2001 Motor City Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game in which the Toledo Rockets of the MAC defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Conference USA 23–16. It was played on December 29, 2001 at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.

The Bearcats were C-USA runners-up fresh off the wins from five of their last six games, which included Syracuse and #20 Southern Mississippi. Toledo was the Mid American Conference Champ defeating Marshall University November 30, 2001 in the Glass Bowl 41-36.

This game marked the first time the Bearcats and Rockets appeared in the Motor City Bowl.

http://www.motorcitybowl.com/history/gamerecaps/index.html?article_id=10 (Archived 2009-07-22)

http://www.motorcitybowl.com/history/finalgame/index.html?article_id=21

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