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DETROIT – Bowling Green State University and New Mexico State University will play in the 2022 Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field on Monday, December 26, at 2:30 PM EST. The game will be televised nationally on ESPN.
Tickets are available at www.quicklanebowl.com or in person at the Ford Field Ticket Office, Monday through Friday between 10 AM and 6 PM. Fans can follow the official Quick Lane Bowl Twitter account (@quicklanebowl) for the latest game information.
This will mark both Bowling Green and New Mexico State’s first appearance in the Quick Lane Bowl and the first meeting between the Falcons and Aggies in football.
Bowling Green is 6-6 and finished 5-3 in MAC play. The Falcons began their 2022 season in search of their first win of the season in game three against Marshall University with an overtime win, defeating the Thundering Herd 34-31. The Falcons continued to balance out their season with some hits and some victories, picking up their fifth win in nine games against Western Michigan to give BGSU their most wins in a season since winning the MAC Championship in 2015. A game 11 42-35 win over Toledo gave BGSU their first bowl eligibility since 2015. The Quick Lane Bowl was BGSU’s 14th bowl appearance (first since 2015) and first under of fourth-year Head Coach Scot Loeffler. Although this is Bowling Green’s first appearance in the Quick Lane Bowl, it will be the third time BGSU will play a bowl game at Ford Field. BGSU previously played in the now-defunct Motor City Bowl in 2003 and in 2013 when it changed names to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. BGSU is 1-1 all-time in bowl games at Ford Field, highlighted by a 28-24 win over Northwestern in the 2003 Motor City Bowl.
New Mexico State stands at 6-6 in the Bowl Season. An FBS independent, NM State begins the 2022 season with a new head coach for the first time in nine years when 23-year coaching veteran Jerry Kill was named the 35th head coach of the NM State football program on Nov. 29, 2021. Under one of the most respected program rebuilders in the country, the Aggies opened their season by dropping each of their four tilts but would eventually pick up its first win in period of Kill. The offense excelled at home against Hawaii in week five of play – scoring more points (45) than in the first four games combined (32) to beat the Rainbow Warriors 45-26 on Sept. 24. The second half of the The Aggies season opened with back-to-back victories at UMass (23-13) and at home against Lamar (51-14). The win over the UMass Minutemen marked NM State’s first true road win in nearly 1,500 days. With their hopes of earning a bowl bid likely on the line, the Aggies put together their most impressive performance of the 2022 season as they routed the Liberty Flames – winning 49-14 to account for their fifth win of Aggies in season. This is the Aggies’ fifth bowl game appearance and first under first-year head coach Jerry Kill.
This is the eighth year of a multiyear agreement for Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center as the title sponsor of the annual college football bowl game at Ford Field.
The Detroit Lions own, host and operate this college football bowl game. The Lions’ entertainment division, DLI Entertainment, has promoted multiple major shows and events at Ford Field since 2002 and has been the home of the MAC Football Championship since 2004. Notably, Garth Brooks set an attendance record at Ford Field to 74,000 in his sold-out show on February 22, 2020. DLI has also hosted 11 Kenny Chesney shows. In recent news, The Weeknd performed on July 27 for the first time at Ford Field with a sold-out show. Other shows hosted by Ford Field include Taylor Swift, The Rolling Stones, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé & Jay –Z and the Luke Bryan stadium tour.
About Quick Lane Bowl:
- The 2022 Quick Lane Bowl is a postseason collegiate football bowl game presented by Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center.
- Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center offers tire repair and replacement and a full menu of auto services that include oil and filter changes, brakes, alignments, batteries, shocks and struts on all vehicle make and model at more than 800 locations in the US. visit www.quicklane.com to learn more.
- The annual bowl game will take place at Ford Field on December 26 at 2:30 PM EST and will be televised nationally on ESPN.
- This game is unrelated to previous bowl games in Michigan, such as the Little Caesars Bowl or the Motor City Bowl.
- For ticket information, please visit www.quicklanebowl.com.
Accommodations, Activities and Special Events:
- The teams are expected to arrive in Detroit on December 22
- DiBella’s Old-Fashioned Sub’s, Detroit Wing Company and Salvatore Scallopini Italian will provide late-night snacks at the hotel.
- Buffalo Wild Wings (MAC) and Jolly Pumpkin (FBS Independent) have been named official restaurants for each teams’ fans and will provide special discounts at the Quick Lane Bowl.
- A welcome reception at the historic Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation included a private tour of the museum highlighted by a “life after football” panel discussion featuring TJ Lang and Chris Spielman.
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For further inquiries, contact QLBmedia@lions.nfl.net.
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