The 2006 Motor City Bowl, part of the

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season, occurred on December 26, 2006, at

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. The

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beat the

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31–14. The Chippewas claimed their first bowl win since the 1990 California Bowl.

References

Motor City Bowl The Little Caesars Pizza Bowl (known as the Motor City Bowl until 2009) was a post-season college football bowl game that was played annually from 1997 to 2013. The first five games (1997–2001) were played at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, M ...

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Central Michigan Chippewas football bowl games Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football bowl games December 2006 sports events in the United States

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