2018 Music City Bowl

2018 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
21st Music City Bowl
Purdue Boilermakers Auburn Tigers
(6–6) (7–5)
Big Ten SEC
14 63
Head coach: 
Jeff Brohm		 Head coach: 
Gus Malzahn
1234 Total
Purdue 7070 14
Auburn 282870 63
DateDecember 28, 2018
Season2018
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
MVPJarrett Stidham (QB, Auburn)[1]
FavoriteAuburn by 3.5[2]
RefereeBrad Van Vark (Big 12)
Attendance59,024[3]
PayoutUS$5,650,000 [4]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones
Radio: Dave Neal, D.J. Shockley, Dawn Davenport
Music City Bowl
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The 2018 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2018 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.[5] It was the 21st edition of the Music City Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company, the game was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.

Despite being projected as a close game, Auburn was able create an early 21–0 lead. Purdue then put a touchdown on the board to make it 21–7, but Auburn then scored 35 unanswered points to end the half. The halftime score was 56–7, with Auburn setting the NCAA FBS record for points scored in any half of a bowl game. The final score of the game was 63–14.

  1. ^ @SimoneEli_TV (December 28, 2018). "#Auburn QB Jarrett Stidham makes MVP in his final game in a Tiger's uniform" (Tweet). Retrieved December 28, 2018 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ^ @MikeOrganWriter (December 28, 2018). "Attendance is 59,024" (Tweet). Retrieved December 28, 2018 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "2018 Bowl Schedule". CFP.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.