2001 Motor City Bowl

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.

Scoring summary

Scoring play	Score
1st Quarter
UT– France 28 yard FG, 9:24	UT 3–0
2nd Quarter
UC– Ruffin 29 yard FG, 9:05	Tie 3–3
UC– Walker 28 yard pass from Guidugli (Ruffin kick), 2:43	UC 10–3
UC– Ruffin 46 yard FG, 0:00	UC 13–3
3rd Quarter
UT– France 42 yard FG, 11:33	UC 13–6
UT– Bolden 28 yard TD run (France kick), 1:44	Tie 13-13
4th Quarter
UT– France 30 yard FG, 9:42	UT 16-13
UC–Ruffin 25 yard FG, 6:26	Tie 16-16
UT– Taylor 24 yard TD run (France kick), 3:23	UT 23–16

References

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