Music City Bowl

The Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl is an annual post-season college football bowl game. Played at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, the game hosts teams from the Southeastern Conference and the Atlantic Coast Conference.http://espn.go.com/ncf/topics/_/page/music-city-bowl Previously, teams from the Big East Conference and Big Ten Conference were invited to the game.http://www.musiccitybowl.com/about_us/history.php

In the 2010 Music City Bowl, the North Carolina Tar Heels from the ACC defeated the Tennessee Volunteers from the SEC 30-27.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=303642633 The game took place at 6:40 p.m. EST on December 30, 2010, and aired on ESPN. North Carolina brought a 7-5 overall record and even 4-4 conference record while Tennessee entered with a 6-6 overall record including going 3-5 in SEC games.http://espn.go.com/ncf/preview?gameId=303642633

In 2009, the game was played on December 27 at 8:30 p.m. EST between the Kentucky Wildcats and the Clemson Tigers. Clemson defeated Kentucky 21-13.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=293610228 C.J. Spiller led the Tigers in the win with 172 all-purpose yards in his final college game.http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=293610228

The Vanderbilt Commodores defeated the Boston College Eagles in the 2008 Music City Bowl, by a final score of 16-14.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=283660238&confId=80 It was the first win in a bowl game for the Commodores in 53 years.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=283660238

• 2007: Kentucky 35 - Florida State 28http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2006: Kentucky 28 - Clemson 20http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2005: Minnesota 31 - Virginia 34http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2004: Alabama 16 - Minnesota 20http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2003: Wisconsin 14 - Auburn 28http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2002: Minnesota 29 - Arkansas 14http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2001: Boston College 20 - Georgia 16http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 2000: West Virginia 49 - Ole Miss 38http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 1999: Syracuse 20 - Kentucky 13http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190
• 1998: Virginia Tech 38 - Alabama 7http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=190