2012 Music City Bowl

2012 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
15th Music City Bowl
1234 Total
NC State 014010 24
Vanderbilt 72137 38
DateDecember 31, 2012
Season2012
StadiumLP Field
LocationNashville, Tennessee
MVPZac Stacy (RB- Vanderbilt)
FavoriteVanderbilt by 6[1]
RefereeRon Snodgrass (MAC)
Attendance55,801 [2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersCarter Blackburn (Play-by-Play)
Rod Gilmore (Analyst)
Jemele Hill (Sidelines)
Music City Bowl
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The 2012 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 31, 2012, at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The fifteenth edition of the Music City Bowl began at 11:05 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It featured the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against the Vanderbilt Commodores from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Wolfpack accepted their invitation to the game after attaining a 7–5 regular-season record, while the hometown Commodores accepted theirs after attaining an 8–4 record.[3]

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2012
  2. ^ "North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Vanderbilt Commodores". ESPN. December 31, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  3. ^ "North Carolina State To Play Vanderbilt in the 15th Annual Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl". Music City Bowl. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 3, 2012.