2005 Motor City Bowl

Bowl Game

Akron Zips	Memphis Tigers
(7–5)	(6–5)
31	38
Head coach: J.D. Brookhart	Head coach: Tommy West

	1	2	3	4	Total
Akron	3	0	7	21	31
Memphis	0	13	7	18	38

Date

December 26, 2005

Season

2005

Stadium

Ford Field

Location

Detroit, Michigan

Attendance

50,616

The 2005 Motor City Bowl, part of the 2005–06 NCAA football bowl games season, occurred on December 27, 2005 at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The University of Memphis Tigers football team beat the University of Akron Zips football team 38–31.

This game is most noteworthy for being the first bowl game the University of Akron Zips football team has played in, and for being the final college game for All-American and All-Pro running back DeAngelo Williams.

References

External links

ESPN game recap

2005–06 NCAA football bowl game season

New Orleans (Dec. 20) GMAC (Dec. 21) Las Vegas (Dec. 22) Poinsettia (Dec. 22) Fort Worth (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Champs Sports (Dec. 27) Insight (Dec. 27) MPC Computers (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 28) Emerald (Dec. 29) Holiday (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 30) Sun (Dec. 30) Independence (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 30) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 31) Liberty (Dec. 31) Houston (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 2) Outback (Jan. 2) Gator (Jan. 2) Capital One (Jan. 2)

Bowl Championship Series games: Sugar (Jan. 2) Fiesta (Jan. 2) Orange (Jan. 3) Rose (National Championship Game) (Jan. 4)

All-Star Games: Magnolia Gridiron All-Star Classic (Dec. 24) Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Hula Bowl (Jan. 21) Senior Bowl (Jan. 28)

Motor City / Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

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Broadcasters

Memphis Tigers bowl games

1971 Pasadena Bowl 2003 New Orleans Bowl 2004 GMAC Bowl 2005 Motor City Bowl 2007 New Orleans Bowl 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl 2014 Miami Beach Bowl 2015 Birmingham Bowl 2016 Boca Raton Bowl

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