2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
| 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
| Date | December 26, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
James Conner (RB) - Pitt Lineman of the Game: Aaron Donald - Pitt |
||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Bowling Green by 5½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Charles Lewis (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 26,259 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Dave Lamont (Play-by-Play) Ray Bentley (Analyst) Niki Noto (Sidelines) |
||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl is an American college football bowl game that was played on December 26, 2013 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The 17th edition of Little Caesars Pizza Bowl featured the Pittsburgh Panthers from the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Bowling Green Falcons from the Mid-American Conference. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season.
Pittsburgh defeated Bowling Green by a score of 30–27. Pittsburgh running back James Conner, who rushed for 229 yards, was named the game's most valuable player.
The game was the final edition of the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl; it was displaced by the Quick Lane Bowl, organized by the Detroit Lions, beginning in 2014.
The 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl marked the fourth time Pittsburgh and Bowling Green have played each other. Because Pittsburgh was not selected for one of the ACC's seven contractual bowl tie-ins and with the Big Ten having just seven bowl-eligible teams and not able to send a team to the Little Caesar's Pizza Bowl, Pittsburgh was selected. Pittsburgh came into the game holding a 2-1 lead in the series.
In the Panthers' first season in the ACC, Pittsburgh finished 6th in the Coastal Division with a 6-6 (3-5 conference) record. The Panthers' offense was led by wide receivers Devin Street (who was unable to play in the game due to injuries) and Tyler Boyd, as well as senior quarterback Tom Savage. Pittsburgh's defense was led by All-American defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who entered the game with 10 sacks on the season. The Panthers were coached by Paul Chryst.
...
Wikipedia