Motor City Bowl at Detroit, MI December 26 7:30 pm  ESPN

Central Michigan 31 V S Middle Tennessee 14

Central Michigan (9-4)

Coach: Jeff Quinn Record at CMU: 0-0 (1 year) Bowl appearances: 2 Bowl record: 0-2 2006 MAC West finish: 7-1, 1st

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Middle Tennessee (7-5)

Coach: Rick Stockstill Record at MTSU: 7-5 (1 year) Bowl appearances: 0 Bowl record: 0-0 2006 Sun Belt finish: 6-1, t-1st

Recap: Central Michigan scored on its first two drives and added another touchdown early in the second half.

That was more than enough.

Ontario Sneed scored twice early and Doug Kress returned an interception for a touchdown on the opening possession of the second half Tuesday night, helping the Chippewas beat Middle Tennessee State 31-14 in the Motor City Bowl for their first Division I-A bowl victory...more

Scoring Summary  FIRST QUARTER  CMI TD 11:06 Ontario Sneed 1 yard run (Chippewas 6, Blue Raiders 0)    CMI PAT 11:06 Rick Albreski kick (Chippewas 7, Blue Raiders 0)    CMI TD 5:53 Ontario Sneed 29 yard pass from Dan LeFevour (Chippewas 13, Blue Raiders 0)    CMI PAT 5:53 Rick Albreski kick (Chippewas 14, Blue Raiders 0)    SECOND QUARTER  MTS TD 10:57 Eugene Gross 3 yard run (Chippewas 14, Blue Raiders 6)    MTS PAT 10:57 Colby Smith kick (Chippewas 14, Blue Raiders 7)    CMI TD 10:18 Dan LeFevour 9 yard run (Chippewas 20, Blue Raiders 7)    CMI PAT 10:18 Rick Albreski kick (Chippewas 21, Blue Raiders 7)    THIRD QUARTER  CMI TD 9:27 Doug Kress 56 yard interception return (Chippewas 27, Blue Raiders 7)    CMI PAT 9:27 Rick Albreski kick (Chippewas 28, Blue Raiders 7)    FOURTH QUARTER  MTS TD 11:32 DeMarco McNair 6 yard run (Chippewas 28, Blue Raiders 13)    MTS PAT 11:32 Colby Smith kick (Chippewas 28, Blue Raiders 14)    CMI FG 3:22 Rick Albreski 43 yard (Chippewas 31, Blue Raiders 14)      Statistics  Middle Tennessee Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Joe Craddock IV 2/4 8 5 0 0   Clint Marks 25/37 251 25 0 2   Team 27/41 259 25 0 2    Cent. Michigan Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Dan LeFevour 16/26 162 29 1 0   Team 16/26 162 29 1 0  Middle Tennessee Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Desmond Gee 1 13 13.0 0 13   Joe Craddock IV 1 2 2.0 0 2   Clint Marks 5 -14 -2.8 0 4   Eugene Gross 12 37 3.1 1 5   DeMarco McNair 11 23 2.1 1 12   Team 30 61 2.0 2 13    Cent. Michigan Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Marcel Archer 4 26 6.5 0 14   Ontario Sneed 11 48 4.4 1 26   Dan LeFevour 15 69 4.6 1 23   Damien Linson 1 -5 -5.0 0 0   Bryan Anderson 1 11 11.0 0 11   Team 32 149 4.7 2 26  Middle Tennessee Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Clinton Corder 1 13 13.0 0 13   Jonathan Grigsby 5 86 17.2 0 25   Pierre Ingram 2 15 7.5 0 9   Desmond Gee 9 63 7.0 0 18   Bobby Williams 3 21 7.0 0 9   Taron Henry 1 16 16.0 0 16   Michael Cannon 1 8 8.0 0 8   Eugene Gross 3 24 8.0 0 18   DeMarco McNair 2 13 6.5 0 10   Team 27 259 9.6 0 25    Cent. Michigan Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Obed Cetoute 1 20 20.0 0 20   Justin Gardner 2 30 15.0 0 26   Ontario Sneed 6 48 8.0 1 29   Damien Linson 1 13 13.0 0 13   Bryan Anderson 6 51 8.5 0 21   Team 16 162 10.1 1 29  Team Stat Comparison   MTS CMI  Passing attempts - completions 41-27 26-16    Gross passing yards 259 162    Rushing attempts - yards 30-61 32-149    First downs 19 22    Punts - average 5-40.0 4-47.0    Return yards 39 53    Fumbles - lost 0-0 0-0    Penalties - yards 10-103 4-55    Time of possession 36:41 23:19