The 2008 Motor City Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association bowl game in which the Florida Atlantic Owls defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 24–21.

It was played on December 26, 2008, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and aired on ESPN.

The underdog FAU team from the Sun Belt Conference was led by game Most Valuable Player Rusty Smith.

CMU had finished in third place in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.

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