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College football game
2008 Motor City Bowl
Florida Atlantic Owls
Central Michigan Chippewas
(6–6)
(8–4)
Sun Belt
MAC
24
21
Head coach: Howard Schnellenberger
Head coach: Butch Jones
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida Atlantic
7
3
7
7
24
Central Michigan
0
10
3
8
21
Date
December 26, 2008
Season
2008
Stadium
Ford Field
Location
Detroit, Michigan
MVP
QB Rusty Smith, FAU
Favorite
CMU by 7
Referee
Tom Walker (Big 12)
Attendance
41,399
Payout
US$750,000[1]
United States TV coverage
Network
ESPN
Announcers
Todd Harris, Ray Bentley
Nielsen ratings
2.1
Motor City Bowl
< 2007
2009 >
The 2008 Motor City Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game in which the Florida Atlantic Owls defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 24–21. It was played on December 26, 2008, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and aired on ESPN. The underdog FAU team from the Sun Belt Conference was led by game Most Valuable Player Rusty Smith. CMU had finished in third place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.
The game was the 12th installment of the Motor City Bowl and was attended by 41,399 people, the fourth-lowest all time for the Motor City Bowl.[citation needed]
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