Middle Tennessee State Accepts Motor City Bowl Invite

12/3/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football

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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) -Middle Tennessee will face Central Michigan in the Motor City Bowl in Detroit on Dec. 26 in its first bowl appearance as a Division I-A team.

The Blue Raiders' last bowl appearance was when they beat Muskingum in the Grantland Rice Bowl in 1964.

Middle Tennessee (7-5) was poised to win the Sun Belt championship before a 21-20 loss to Troy on Nov. 25.

``Middle Tennessee under first-year head coach Rick Stockstill has had a tremendous season,'' Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Wright Waters said. ``They won their first six conference games and are very deserving of the first bowl game in their program's history.''