Quick Lane Bowl

Quick Lane Bowl
Quick Lane Bowl
Stadium	Ford Field
Location	Detroit, Michigan
Operated	2014–present
Conference tie-ins	Big Ten, MAC
Previous conference tie-ins	ACC (2014–2019)
Payout	US$2 million (2019)
Preceded by	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Sponsors
	Ford Motor Company (2014–present)
2022 matchup
	New Mexico State vs. Bowling Green; (New Mexico State 24–19)
2023 matchup
	Minnesota vs. Bowling Green; (Minnesota 30–24)

The Quick Lane Bowl is a post-season college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that began play in the 2014 season. Backed by the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, the game features a bowl-eligible team from the Big Ten Conference competing against an opponent from the Mid-American Conference. The Quick Lane Bowl is played at Ford Field in Detroit as a de facto replacement for the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, and inherited its traditional December 26 scheduling. Unlike its predecessor, which placed the 8th place team in the Big Ten against the Mid-American champion, the competing teams are selected by conference representatives and not based on final rankings.^[3] The Ford Motor Company serves as title sponsor of the game through its auto shop brand Quick Lane.

The inaugural edition of the bowl was played on December 26, 2014, between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and North Carolina Tar Heels.^[4] In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of the bowl was not played; although a specific reason was not given by organizers.^[5]

^ "2021 Quick Lane Bowl tickets on sale August 27".
^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference lions-quicklane was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Rutgers will meet North Carolina in Detroit's inaugural Quick Lane Bowl". NJ.com. 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
^ Crawford, Kirkland (October 30, 2020). "Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit canceled this season; hope is to return in 2021". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved October 30, 2020.