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 | The Music City Bowl is a NCAA football bowl game played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. Beginning in 2002, the game became known as the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. In 2003, Bridgestone became the presenting sponsor of the game, and its full title became the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone. Both sponsors are based in Nashville. Previous sponsors of the bowl game included American General Life & Accident in the inaugural 1998 game, and the now-defunct "homepoint.com" in the 1999 game. There was no sponsor in 2000 and 2001. Bridgestone dropped its presenting sponsorship following the 2007 game. Beginning with the 2010 game, Franklin American Mortgage served as title sponsor, though Gaylord still served as a major sponsor of the event. The new name wass the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Since 2025, it has been sponsored by Liberty Mutual and is officially known as the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl. The bowl has had tie-ins with several different athletic conferences, most recently the Big Ten Conference and Southeastern Conference (SEC).
The game initially featured a matchup between representatives of the Southeastern Conference and the Big East Conference. The Big East was replaced by the Big Ten Conference in 2002. Beginning with the 2006 game the Big Ten Conference was replaced by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC also took part in the 2005 game, when Virginia appeared because the SEC did not have enough bowl-eligible teams. Beginning in 2014, the Music City Bowl shares its tie in with the TaxSlayer Bowl; the Music City Bowl receives second choice of either an ACC or Big Ten team.
Website: http://www.musiccitybowl.com/ |
| Stadium: Nissan Stadium Location: Nashville, Tennessee Surface: Matrix Helix Turf | Sponsor(s) American General Life & Accident (1998) HomePoint.com (1999) Gaylord Entertainment (2002-2003) Gaylord Entertainment, Bridgestone (2004 to 2009) Franklin American Mortgage (2010?2019) TransPerfect (2020?2024) Liberty Mutual (2025?present) Previous Name(s) Music City Bowl (1998) HomePoint.com Music City Bowl (1999) Music City Bowl (2000-2001) Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (2002-2003) Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented by Bridgestone (2004 to 2009) Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (2010?2019) TransPerfect Music City Bowl (2020?2024) |
Music City Bowl Results
Music City Bowl Game Results
| Date | Bowl Name | Result | Attendance |
| 30-Dec-25 | Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl | Illinois 30, Tennessee 28 | 52,815 |
| 30-Dec-24 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | Missouri (23) 27, Iowa 24 | 43,375 |
| 30-Dec-23 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | Maryland 31, Auburn 13 | 50,088 |
| 31-Dec-22 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | Iowa 21, Kentucky 0 | 42,312 |
| 30-Dec-21 | TransPerfect Music City Bowl | Purdue 48, Tennessee 45 | 69,489 |
| 30-Dec-19 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28 | 46,850 |
| 28-Dec-18 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Auburn 63, Purdue 14 | 59,024 |
| 29-Dec-17 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Northwestern (20) 24, Kentucky 23 | 48,675 |
| 30-Dec-16 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Tennessee 38, Nebraska (24) 24 | 68,496 |
| 30-Dec-15 | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Louisville 27, Texas A&M 21 | 50,478 |
| 30-Dec-14 | Music City Bowl | Notre Dame 31, LSU 28 | 60419 |
| 30-Dec-13 | Music City Bowl | Ole Miss 25, Georgia Tech 17 | 52,125 |
| 31-Dec-12 | Music City Bowl | Vanderbilt 38, NC State 24 | 55,801 |
| 30-Dec-11 | Music City Bowl | Mississippi State 23, Wake Forest 17 | 55,208 |
| 30-Dec-10 | Music City Bowl | North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 | 69,143 |
| 27-Dec-09 | Music City Bowl | Kentucky 13, Clemson 21 | 57,280 |
| 31-Dec-08 | Music City Bowl | Boston College 14, Vanderbilt 16 | 54,250 |
| 31-Dec-07 | Music City Bowl | Kentucky 35, Flordia State 28 | 68,661 |
| 29-Dec-06 | Music City Bowl | Kentucky 28, Clemson 20 | 68,024 |
| 30-Dec-05 | Music City Bowl | Virginia 34, Minnesota 31 | 40,519 |
| 31-Dec-04 | Music City Bowl | Minnesota 20, Alabama 16 | 66,089 |
| 31-Dec-03 | Music City Bowl | Auburn 28, Wisconsin 14 | 55,109 |
| 30-Dec-02 | Music City Bowl | Minnesota 29, Arkansas 14 | 39,183 |
| 28-Dec-01 | Music City Bowl | Boston College 20, Georgia 16 | 46,125 |
| 28-Dec-00 | Music City Bowl | West Virginia 49, Mississippi 38 | 47,119 |
| 29-Dec-99 | Music City Bowl | Syracuse 20, Kentucky 13 | 59,221 |
| 29-Dec-98 | Music City Bowl | Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7 | 41,248 |
Music City Bowl MVP Awards
Music City Bowl MVP Awards
| Date | MVP | |||
| 30-Dec-25 | Illinois QB Luke Altmyer | | | |
| 30-Dec-24 | Missouri QB Brady Cook | | | |
| 30-Dec-23 | Maryland QB Billy Edwards Jr. | | | |
| 31-Dec-22 | Iowa DB Cooper DeJean | | | |
| 30-Dec-21 | Purdue WR Broc Thompson | | | |
| 30-Dec-19 | Louisville QB Micale Cunningham | | | |
| 28-Dec-18 | Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham | | | |
| 29-Dec-17 | Northwestern RB Justin Jackson | | | |
| 30-Dec-16 | Tennessee QB Joshua Dobbs | | | |
| 30-Dec-15 | Louisville QB Lamar Jackson | | | |
| 30-Dec-14 | Notre Dame QB | | | |
| 30-Dec-13 | Bo Wallace Ole Miss QB | | | |
| 31-Dec-12 | Zac Stacy Vanderbilt RB | | | |
| 30-Dec-11 | Vick Ballard Mississippi State RB | | | |
| 30-Dec-10 | Shaun Draughn North Carolina RB | | | |
| 27-Dec-09 | C.J. Spiller Clemson RB | | | |
| 31-Dec-08 | Brett Upson Vanderbilt P | | | |
| 31-Dec-07 | André Woodson Kentucky QB | | | |
| 29-Dec-06 | André Woodson Kentucky QB | | | |
| 30-Dec-05 | Marques Hagans Virginia QB | | | |
| 31-Dec-04 | Marion Barber Minnesota RB | | | |
| 31-Dec-03 | Jason Campbell Auburn QB | | | |
| 30-Dec-02 | Dan Nystrom Minnesota K | | | |
| 28-Dec-01 | William Green Boston College RB | | | |
| 28-Dec-00 | Brad Lewis West Virginia QB | | | |
| 29-Dec-99 | James Mungro Syracuse RB | | | |
| 29-Dec-98 | Corey Moore Virginia Tech DE | | | |