Music City Bowl

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Music City Bowl
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone

Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl logo
Stadium LP Field
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Previous Stadiums Vanderbilt Stadium (1998)
Operated 1998-present
Conference Tie-ins ACC, SEC
Previous Conference Tie-ins Big East (1998-2001)
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)
Former names
Music City Bowl (1998-2001)
Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (2002)
2007 Matchup
Kentucky vs. Florida State (UK 35, FSU 28)
2008 Matchup
SEC vs. ACC #5/6/7 (December 31)

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.

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[edit] Game History

[edit] Site

The first Music City Bowl was played at Vanderbilt Stadium in 1998. Beginning in 1999, the game has been played at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans.

[edit] Sponsors

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.

[edit] Conferences

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.

[edit] Frequent upsets

The Music City Bowl has a history of upsets. Underdogs have won the game six out of the nine 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 Virginia Tech (−5) over Alabama in the first Music City Bowl in 1998, Auburn (−3) over Wisconsin in 2003, and Kentucky (−7) over Florida State.

[edit] Teams

Kentucky and Minnesota have the most Music City Bowl invitations (three each) followed by Alabama with two. Several teams have one appearance in the Music City Bowl: The Southeastern Conference's Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia and Ole Miss; Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, and Virginia from the Atlantic Coast Conference; Syracuse, Virginia Tech and West Virginia from the Big East Conference (Virginia Tech has since migrated to the ACC); and Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference.

[edit] 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 Virginia's 34-31 win over Minnesota in 2005. 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 lowest scoring game was Syracuse's 20-13 win over Kentucky in 1999.

[edit] Previous results

Date Played Winning Team Losing Team Notes
December 29, 1998[1] Virginia Tech 38 Alabama 7 notes
December 29, 1999 Syracuse 20 Kentucky 13 notes
December 28, 2000 West Virginia 49 Mississippi 38 notes
December 28, 2001 Boston College 20 Georgia 16 notes
December 30, 2002 Minnesota 29 Arkansas 14 notes
December 31, 2003 Auburn 28 Wisconsin 14 notes
December 31, 2004 Minnesota 20 Alabama 16 notes
December 30, 2005 [2] Virginia 34 Minnesota 31 notes
December 29, 2006 Kentucky 28 Clemson 20 notes
December 31, 2007 Kentucky 35 Florida State 28 notes
  1. ^ Game played at Vanderbilt Stadium, while LP Field (then-Adelphia Coliseum) was under construction
  2. ^ 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] Most Valuable Players

Date played MVP Team Position
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 André Woodson Kentucky QB
December 31, 2007 André Woodson Kentucky QB

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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