Music City Bowl

Music City Bowl

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 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. Since 2020, it has been sponsored by TransPerfect.

About Music City Bowl in brief

Summary Music City BowlThe 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 2020, it has been sponsored by TransPerfect. Previous title sponsors include Franklin American Mortgage Company, American General Life & Accident, HomePoint. com, Gaylord Entertainment and Bridgestone. 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. From 2014 through 2019, the bowl had tie-ins with the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big Ten. For 2020 through 2025, the game will have tie-in with the SEC and ACC. The most lopsided game was Auburn’s 63–14 win over Purdue in the 2018 edition. In 2008, four-point underdog Vanderbilt upset Boston College, 24th in the BCS rankings, 16–14.