Music City Bowl

Music City Bowl
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Stadium Nissan Stadium
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Previous stadiums Vanderbilt Stadium (1998)
Operated 1998–present
Conference tie-ins ACC/Big Ten, SEC
Previous conference tie-ins Big East (1998–2001)
Big Ten (2002–2005)
Payout US$2,750,000 (as of 2015)[1]
Sponsors
American General Life & Accident (1998)
HomePoint.com (1999)
Gaylord Entertainment (2002–2003)
Gaylord Entertainment, Bridgestone (2004–2009)
Franklin American Mortgage Company (2010–present)
Former names
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 (2004–2009)
2017 matchup
Kentucky vs. Northwestern (Northwestern 24–23)
2018 matchup
Teams TBD (December 28, 2018)

The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. Since 2010, it has been sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Previous title sponsors include American General Life & Accident (1998), HomePoint.com (1999), Gaylord Entertainment (2002–2003), and both Gaylord Entertainment and Bridgestone (2004–2009).

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 Gator Bowl; the Music City Bowl receives second choice of either an ACC or Big Ten team.

History

The first Music City Bowl was played at Vanderbilt Stadium in 1998. Beginning in 1999, the game was moved to the just completed home stadium of the Tennessee Titans, now known as Nissan Stadium. 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 (now a subsidiary of AIG) 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.[2]

The Music City Bowl has a history of upsets. The biggest underdog win was when Kentucky (+10) defeated Clemson 28–20 in 2006. Other big upsets include Minnesota (+7) defeating Arkansas 29–14 in 2002 and Virginia (+6) defeating Minnesota 34–31 in 2005. Boston College was a 4-point underdog when they defeated Georgia 20–16 in 2001, West Virginia was a 3-point underdog when they beat Mississippi in 2000, Syracuse was a 3-point underdog when they defeated Kentucky in 1999 and Minnesota was a 1-point underdog when they beat Alabama in 2004. Boston College also fell victim to an upset in the Music City Bowl in 2008, when the Vanderbilt Commodores (+4), making their first bowl appearance since 1982, defeated the 24th-ranked Eagles 16–14. The only favored teams to have won the Music City Bowl are Virginia Tech (−5) over Alabama in the first Music City Bowl in 1998, Auburn (−3) over Wisconsin in 2003, Kentucky (−7) over Florida State in 2007, Mississippi State (-6.5) over Wake Forest in 2011, Vanderbilt (-7.5) over NC State in the 2012 Music City Bowl, and Tennessee (-3) over Nebraska in the 2016 Music City Bowl.

Game records

The most lopsided loss was Virginia Tech's 38–7 win over Alabama in 1998. Alabama's 7 points in that game is a low for the Music City Bowl. The closest game was Vanderbilt's 16–14 win over Boston College in 2008. This also marked the lowest point total in the bowl's history. The highest point total was West Virginia's 49 against Ole Miss in 2000; Ole Miss scored 38 in that game and the 87 point total in that game is a high for the Music City Bowl. The attendance record was set at the 2007 Music City Bowl in Kentucky's win over Florida State.

Game results

The 2009 Music City Bowl

All rankings are taken from the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team Attnd.[3] Notes
December 29, 1998[a 1]Virginia Tech38Alabama741,248notes
December 29, 1999Syracuse20Kentucky1359,221notes
December 28, 2000West Virginia49Ole Miss3847,119notes
December 28, 2001Boston College20#16 Georgia1646,125notes
December 30, 2002Minnesota29#25 Arkansas1439,183notes
December 31, 2003Auburn28Wisconsin1455,109notes
December 31, 2004Minnesota20Alabama1666,089notes
December 30, 2005Virginia[a 2]34Minnesota3140,519notes
December 29, 2006Kentucky28Clemson2068,024notes
December 31, 2007Kentucky35Florida State2868,661notes
December 31, 2008Vanderbilt16Boston College1454,250notes
December 27, 2009 Clemson21Kentucky1357,280notes
December 30, 2010 North Carolina30Tennessee27 (2OT)69,143notes
December 30, 2011 Mississippi State23Wake Forest1755,208notes
December 31, 2012 Vanderbilt38NC State2455,801notes
December 30, 2013 Ole Miss25Georgia Tech1752,125notes
December 30, 2014 Notre Dame31#22 LSU2860,419notes
December 30, 2015 Louisville 27 Texas A&M2150,478notes
December 30, 2016 Tennessee 38 #24 Nebraska2468,496notes
December 29, 2017#20 Northwestern24Kentucky2348,675[4]notes
  1. ↑ The 1998 game was played at Vanderbilt Stadium, while Nissan Stadium (then Adelphia Coliseum) was under construction.
  2. ↑ In 2005, Virginia was invited from the ACC, as the SEC did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all the bowl slots designated for the conference.

Most Valuable Players

Date played MVP Team Position
December 29, 1998Corey MooreVirginia TechDE
December 29, 1999James MungroSyracuseRB
December 29, 2000Brad LewisWest VirginiaQB
December 28, 2001William GreenBoston CollegeRB
December 30, 2002Dan NystromMinnesotaK
December 31, 2003Jason CampbellAuburnQB
December 31, 2004Marion BarberMinnesotaRB
December 30, 2005Marques HagansVirginiaQB
December 29, 2006Andre' WoodsonKentuckyQB
December 31, 2007Andre' WoodsonKentuckyQB
December 31, 2008Brett UpsonVanderbiltP
December 27, 2009C. J. SpillerClemsonRB
December 30, 2010Shaun DraughnNorth CarolinaRB
December 30, 2011Vick BallardMississippi StateRB
December 31, 2012Zac StacyVanderbiltRB
December 30, 2013Bo WallaceOle MissQB
December 30, 2014Malik ZaireNotre DameQB
December 30, 2015Lamar JacksonLouisvilleQB
December 30, 2016Joshua DobbsTennesseeQB
December 29, 2017Justin Jackson[5]NorthwesternRB

Most appearances

Teams with multiple appearances
Rank Team Appearances Record
1Kentucky52–3
2Minnesota32–1
T3Vanderbilt22–0
T3Boston College21–1
T3Clemson21–1
T3Ole Miss21–1
T3Tennessee21–1
T3Alabama20–2
Teams with a single appearance

Won: Auburn, Louisville, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia
Lost: Arkansas, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, LSU, NC State, Nebraska, Texas A&M, Wake Forest, Wisconsin

Appearances by conference

Through the December 2017 playing, there have been 20 games (40 total appearances).

Rank Conference Appearances Wins Losses Pct.
1SEC19811.421
2ACC1046.400
3Big Ten633.500
4Big East4401.000
5Independents[n 1]1101.000
  1. ↑ Notre Dame (2014)

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.statisticbrain.com/college-bowl-game-payouts/
  2. ↑ "Franklin American Mortgage To Title Music City Bowl In 2010".
  3. ↑ "Bowl Recaps". musiccitybowl.com. 2017. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400953403
  5. ↑ http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=CFB&id=134435&line=77809&spln=1
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