2017 Music City Bowl
2017 Music City college football bowl game
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The 2017 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2017, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 20th annual Music City Bowl, the game was sponsored by Franklin American Mortgage and was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.
| 2017 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 20th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted the Music City Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Justin Jackson (RB, Northwestern)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Northwestern by 6.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Trace Adkins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chris Coyte (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,675[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,750,000[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | TV: Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan Radio: Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Desmond Purnell | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Music City Bowl featured the Kentucky Wildcats (7–5) from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Northwestern Wildcats (9–3) from the Big Ten Conference.[4][5] Northwestern beat Kentucky by a score of 24–23.[6]
Teams
This was only the second time that Kentucky and Northwestern had played against each other. Their previous match-up was on October 20, 1928, and was won by Northwestern, 7–0.[7]
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| UK Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 23 |
| NU Wildcats | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Statistics | UK | NU |
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| First downs | 17 | 20 |
| Plays–yards | 338 | 442 |
| Rushing–yards | 65 | 333 |
| Passing yards | 273 | 109 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 21–39–2 | 9–21–0 |
| Time of possession | 24:08 | 35:52 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| UK | Passing | Stephen Johnson | 19–36 257 yards |
| Rushing | Sihiem King | 30 yards | |
| Receiving | Tavin Richardson | 5 rec 89 yards | |
| NU | Passing | Matt Alviti | 4–11 50 yards |
| Rushing | Justin Jackson | 157 yards | |
| Receiving | Charlie Fessler | 1 rec 28 yards |
