| 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ryan Radcliff - CMU Lineman of the Game: Shamari Benton (LB) - CMU | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | W. Kentucky by 5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Epperley (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 23,310 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Neely (Play-by-Play) Ray Bentley (Analyst) Jemele Hill (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2012 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, the 16th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game that was held on December 26, 2012 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan as part of the 2012–13 NCAA football bowl season.
The game was telecasted at 7:30 pm ET on ESPN. It featured the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers from the Sun Belt Conference against the Central Michigan Chippewas from the Mid-American Conference and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Hilltoppers accepted their invitation after finishing 7–5 during their regular season, while the Chippewas accepted theirs after finishing 6–6.[2] Central Michigan won the game by a score of 24-21 over Western Kentucky.