| 2005 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 8th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | LP Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Marques Hagans, Virginia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Minnesota by 7 1/2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill Athan (WAC) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,519 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$780,000 per team [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch, Rod Gilmore, Trevor Matich, and Stacey Dales | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2005 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Virginia Cavaliers of the ACC and the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten. 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. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels and Bridgestone, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone.
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