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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 the Franklin American Mortgage Company and was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.
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20th 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]
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]
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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 |
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