| 2021 TransPerfect Music City Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 23rd Music City Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Broc Thompson (WR, Purdue)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Tennessee by 3[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry Magallanes (ACC) [3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 69,489 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN: Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (color), and Cole Cubelic (sidelines) ESPN Radio: Dave Neal (play-by-play), Deuce McAllister (analyst), and Andraya Carter (sideline) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Renan do Couto (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) | |||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2021, with kickoff at 3:00 p.m. EST (2:00 p.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN.[4] It was the 23rd edition of the Music City Bowl (after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by translation and language services company TransPerfect, the game was officially known as the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.