Music City Bowl
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| Music City Bowl | |
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| Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone | |
 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl logo |
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| Stadium | LP Field |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Previous Stadiums | Vanderbilt Stadium (1998) |
| Operated | 1998 — present |
| Conference Tie-ins | SEC, ACC |
| Previous Conference Tie-ins | SEC, Big East (1998 — 2001) SEC, Big Ten (2002 — 2005) |
| Payout | US$1,600,000 (2006) |
| Sponsors | |
| American General Life & Accident (1998) homepoint.com (1999) Gaylord Hotels (2002 — present) Bridgestone (2003 — present) |
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| Former names | |
| Music City Bowl (1998 — 2001) Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (2002) |
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| 2006 Matchup | |
| Clemson vs. Kentucky | |
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. The first game was at Vanderbilt Stadium. Beginning in 1999, the game has been played at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans. 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. The game initially featured a matchup between representatives of the Southeastern Conference and the Big East Conference, but the Big East was replaced by the Big Ten Conference effective in 2002. Beginning with the 2006 game, the Big Ten Conference will be replaced by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Previous sponsors of the bowl game have 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.
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[edit] Previous results
| Date Played | Winning Team | Losing Team | ||
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| December 29, 1998 | Virginia Tech | 38 | Alabama | 7 |
| December 29, 1999 | Syracuse | 20 | Kentucky | 13 |
| December 28, 2000 | West Virginia | 49 | Mississippi | 38 |
| December 28, 2001 | Boston College | 20 | Georgia | 16 |
| December 30, 2002 | Minnesota | 29 | Arkansas | 14 |
| December 31, 2003 | Auburn | 28 | Wisconsin | 14 |
| December 31, 2004 | Minnesota | 20 | Alabama | 16 |
| December 30, 2005 [1] | Virginia | 34 | Minnesota | 31 |
| December 29, 2006 | Kentucky | 28 | Clemson | 20 |
- ^ Virginia from the ACC replaced the SEC team, as that conference did not have enough teams with six wins for qualifying to a bowl game.
[edit] MVPs
| Date played | MVP | Team | Position |
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| December 29, 1998 | Corey Moore | Virginia Tech | DE |
| December 29, 1999 | James Mungro | Syracuse | RB |
| December 29, 2000 | Brad Lewis | West Virginia | QB |
| December 28, 2001 | William Green | Boston College | RB |
| December 30, 2002 | Dan Nystrom | Minnesota | K |
| December 31, 2003 | Jason Campbell | Auburn | QB |
| December 31, 2004 | Marion Barber | Minnesota | RB |
| December 30, 2005 | Marques Hagans | Virginia | QB |
| December 29, 2006 | Andre' Woodson | Kentucky | QB |
[edit] Trivia
The Music City Bowl has a history of upsets. Underdogs have won the game 6 out of the 8 times it has been played. 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. The only favored teams to have won the Music City Bowl are Auburn (-3) over Wisconsin in 2003 and Virginia Tech (-5) over Alabama in the first Music City Bowl in 1998.
Minnesota has the most Music City Bowl appearances (3) followed by Alabama and Kentucky at 2 each.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official Website of the Music City Bowl
- The Razorback Legacy - 2002 Music City Bowl (Arkansas vs Minnesota) photos
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