| 2001 Motor City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Pontiac Silverdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pontiac, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chester Taylor (RB, Toledo) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Toledo by 4½ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 44,164 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pam Ward (Play by Play) Dean Blevins (Analyst) Alex Flanagan (Sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2001 Motor City Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game part of 2001–02 NCAA football bowl games 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. This was the last Bowl game that was played in the Pontiac Silverdome.