The 2018 Quick Lane Bowl was a
college football
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Unlike most ...
bowl game
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played on December 26, 2018, at
Ford Field
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in
Detroit
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. It was the fifth edition of the
Quick Lane Bowl
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 Confere ...
, and one of the
2018–19 bowl games concluding the
2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by
Quick Lane
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tire and auto centers.
Teams
The game was contested between
Minnesota
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from the
Big Ten Conference
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and
Georgia Tech
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from the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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(ACC).
This was the first meeting between these teams.
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Minnesota received and accepted a bid to the Quick Lane Bowl on December 2.
[ The Golden Gophers entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–6 in conference).
]
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech received and accepted a bid to the Quick Lane Bowl on December 2.[ The Yellow Jackets entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–3 in conference). In the weeks prior to the game, head coach Paul Johnson announced that this would be his last game coaching.]
Game summary
Scoring summary
Statistics
References
External links
Box score
at ESPN
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Photo album
at detroitlions.com
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Quick Lane Bowl
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 Confere ...
Quick Lane Bowl
Quick Lane Bowl
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 Confere ...
Quick Lane Bowl
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 Confere ...
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football bowl games
Minnesota Golden Gophers football bowl games