| 2013 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 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[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
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.[5][6]