GameAbove Sports Bowl

The GameAbove Sports Bowl, formerly known as the Quick Lane Bowl, is an annual postseason college football bowl game played in Detroit, Michigan. While not run by the same group that ran the Motor City Bowl, this Detroit bowl game replaced the Little Caesar’s Bowl and has many of the same bowl tie-ins, date, television and of course the same location in Detroit, Michigan. Like the Motor City Bowl for years, the GameAbove Sports Bowl features a Mid-American Conference (MAC) representative against a representative from Big Ten. The GameAbove Sports Bowl is played each year at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions and was tied to the ACC from 2014-2019, but unlike the Motor City Bowl, this game’s tie-ins are not based on the final conference rankings.

The 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl set an all-time bowl game record when Toledo defeated Pitt 48-46 in 6 overtimes.

Past Detroit-based Bowl games & results:

  • 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl – Toledo 48 – Pittsburgh 46 – 6 OT – December 26
  • 2023 QuickLane Bowl – Minnesota 30 – Bowling Green 24 – December 26, 2023
  • 2022 QuickLane Bowl – New Mexico State 24 – Bowling Green 19 – December 26
  • 2021 QuickLane Bowl – Western Michigan 52 – Nevada 24 – December 27, 2021
  • 2020 QuickLane Bowl – Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
  • 2019 QuickLane Bowl – Pittsburgh 34 – Eastern Michigan 30 – December 26, 2019
  • 2018 QuickLane Bowl – Minnesota 34 – Georgia Tech 10 – December 26, 2018
  • 2017 QuickLane Bowl – Duke 36- Northern Illinois 14 – December 26, 2017
  • 2016 QuickLane Bowl – Boston College 36 – Maryland – December 26, 2016
  • 2015 QuickLane Bowl – Minnesota 21 – Central Michigan 14 – December 28, 2015
  • 2014 QuickLane Bowl – Rutgers 40 – North Carolina 21 – December 26, 2014

Past Motor City Bowl games & results:

  • 2013 Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl – Pittsburgh 30 – Bowling Green 27 – December 26
  • 2012 Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl –  Central Michigan 24 – WKU 21 – December 26
  • 2011 Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl – Purdue 37 – Western Michigan 32 – December 27
  • 2010 Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl – Florida International 34 – Toledo 32 – December 26
  • 2009 Little Caesar’s Pizza Bowl – Marshall 21 – Ohio 17 – Dec. 26, 2009
  • 2008 Motor City Bowl – Florida Atlantic 24 – Central Michigan 21 – Dec. 26, 2008
  • 2007 Motor City Bowl – Purdue 51 – Central Michigan 48 – Dec. 26, 2007
  • 2006 Motor City Bowl – Central Michigan 31 – MTSU 14 – Dec. 26, 2006
  • 2005 Motor City Bowl – Memphis 38 – Akron 31 – Dec. 26, 2005
  • 2004 Motor City Bowl – Connecticut 39 – Toledo 10 – Dec. 27, 2004
  • 2003 Motor City Bowl – Bowling Green 28 – Northwestern 24 – Dec. 26, 2003
  • 2002 Motor City Bowl – Boston College 51 – Toledo 25 – Dec. 26, 2002
  • 2001 Motor City Bowl – Toledo 23 – Cincinnati 16 – Dec. 29, 2001
  • 2000 Motor City Bowl – Marshall 25 – Cincinnati 14 – Dec. 27, 2000
  • 1999 Motor City Bowl – Marshall 21 – BYU 3 – Dec. 26, 1999
  • 1998 Motor City Bowl – Marshall 48 – Louisville 29 – Dec. 23, 1998
  • 1997 Motor City Bowl – Mississippi 34 – Marshall 31 – Dec. 26, 1997