| 2002 Motor City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Detroit,Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brian St. Pierre | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Boston College by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 45,761 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Pam Ward, Chris Spielman, Rob Stone | ||||||||||||||||||
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The2002 Motor City Bowl was a post-seasoncollege footballbowl game between theBoston College Eagles and theToledo Rockets on December 26, 2002, atFord Field inDetroit,Michigan. Boston College scored touchdowns on its first six possessions and routed Toledo 51–25.[1] It was the sixth time the Motor City Bowl had been played and the final game of the2002 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams.
The game between theMid-American Conference (MAC) team Toledo andBig East Conference Boston College was played at neutral-site Ford Field. This was the first Motor City Bowl played at Ford Field; all previous games were played at thePontiac Silverdome.[1] As then organized the Motor City Bowl matched a MAC team and a team from either the Big Ten, theBig East Conference, or an at-large team. Toledo accepted a bid for the Motor City Bowl after losing toMarshall in theMAC Championship Game. Toledo entered the bowl game as the defending champion, having defeatedCincinnati in the2001 Motor City Bowl. Boston College was the first Big East team to play in the Motor City Bowl and was playing in its fourth straight bowl game.[2]
The bowl game MVP was Boston College quarterbackBrian St. Pierre, who completed 25 of 35 passes for 342 yards, a personal career high. Boston College scored on its first six possessions, and its 51 points set a Motor City Bowl record which would later be tied in the2007 Motor City Bowl when thePurdue Boilermakers defeated theCentral Michigan Chippewas 51–48. On a sour note two Toledo players were ejected during the game; one for throwing a punch and another for a late hit out of bounds on St. Pierre.[1]