Music City Bowl

Music City Bowl
TransPerfect Music City Bowl
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
Previous stadiumsVanderbilt Stadium (1998)
Operated1998–present
Conference tie-insBig Ten, SEC
Previous conference tie-insACC (2006–2019)
Big East (1998–2001)
Big Ten (2002–2005)
PayoutUS$5.7 million (2019)[1]
Sponsors
Former names
  • Music City Bowl (1998, 2000–2001)
  • HomePoint.com Music City Bowl (1999)
  • Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (2002–2009)
      presented by Bridgestone (2003–2007)
  • Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (2010–2019)
2023 matchup
Auburn vs. Maryland (Maryland 31–13)
2024 matchup
(December 30, 2024)

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. Since 2020, it has been sponsored by TransPerfect and is officially known as the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. Previous title sponsors include American General Life & Accident (1998), HomePoint.com (1999), Gaylord Entertainment (2002–2003), both Gaylord Entertainment and Bridgestone (2004–2009), and Franklin American Mortgage Company (2010–2019). From 2014 through 2019, the bowl had tie-ins with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Big Ten Conference, and Southeastern Conference (SEC); for 2020 through 2025, the bowl has tie-ins with the Big Ten and SEC.

The 2020 edition, slated for December 30 between Missouri and Iowa, was cancelled on December 27 due to COVID-19 issues within Missouri's program.[2]

  1. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Cobb, David (December 27, 2020). "2020 Music City Bowl canceled as COVID-19 outbreak forces Missouri to pull out of game vs. Iowa". CBS Sports. Retrieved December 29, 2020.