Music City Bowl

From NCAA College Football Information & Resource

The Music City Bowl is a post-season college football game that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998. The first game was at Vanderbilt Stadium. Beginning in 1999, the game has been played at The Coliseum, home of the Tennessee Titans.

Beginning in 2002, the game became known as the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. In 2003, it became officially called the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented by Bridgestone.

The game initially featured a matchup between represenatives of the Southeastern Conference and the Big East Conference, but the Big East was replaced by the Big Ten Conference effective in 2002. Beginning with the 2006 game, the Big Ten Conference will be replaced by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Previous sponsors of the bowl game have included American General Life & Accident in the inaugural 1998 game, and the now-defunct "homepoint.com" in the 1999 game. There was no sponsor in 2000 and 2001.

All-Time Results

Year	Winner	Score	Loser
1998	Virginia Tech	38-7	Alabama
1999	Syracuse	20-13	Kentucky
2000	West Virginia	49-38	Mississippi
2001	Boston College	20-16	Georgia
2002	Minnesota	29-14	Arkansas
2003	Auburn	28-14	Wisconsin
2004	Minnesota	20-16	Alabama
2005	Virginia	34-31	Minnesota