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Music City Bowl

27 games in our records, 1998–2025.

Most appearances: Kentucky, 6. Most wins: Auburn, Kentucky, Louisville, Minnesota and Vanderbilt, 2 each.

The logos13

1. 1998
2. 2000–2001
3. 2002
4. 2003–2006
5. 2007
6. 2008–2009
7. 2010–2016
8. 2017
9. 2018–2019
10. 2020–2021
11. 2022
12. 2023–2024
13. since 2025

Years as SportsLogos.net labels them, by the calendar year the game was played: a January game counts in the year it was played, one later than its season.

Every game27

Newest first. Each team is shown with the logo it used that season, or its letters when no logo from that season is on file.

1. 2025ILLIllinois 30-28 TENNTennesseeDec 30, 2025
2. 2024MIZMissouri 27-24 IOWAIowaDec 30, 2024
3. 2023MDMaryland 31-13 AUBAuburnDec 30, 2023
4. 2022IOWAIowa 21-0 UKKentuckyDec 31, 2022
5. 2021PURPurdue 48-45 TENNTennesseeDec 30, 2021
6. 2019LOULouisville 38-28 MSSTMississippi StateDec 30, 2019
7. 2018AUBAuburn 63-14 PURPurdueDec 28, 2018
8. 2017NUNorthwestern 24-23 UKKentuckyDec 29, 2017
9. 2016TENNTennessee 38-24 NEBNebraskaDec 30, 2016
10. 2015LOULouisville 27-21 TA&MTexas A&MDec 31, 2015
11. 2014NDNotre Dame 31-28 LSULSUDec 30, 2014
12. 2013MISSOle Miss 25-17 GTGeorgia TechDec 30, 2013
13. 2012VANVanderbilt 38-24 NCSUNC StateDec 31, 2012
14. 2011MSSTMississippi State 23-17 WAKEWake ForestDec 30, 2011
15. 2010UNCNorth Carolina 30-27 TENNTennesseeDec 30, 2010
16. 2009CLEMClemson 21-13 UKKentuckyDec 27, 2009
17. 2008VANVanderbilt 16-14 BCBoston CollegeDec 31, 2008
18. 2007UKKentucky 35-28 FSUFlorida StateDec 31, 2007
19. 2006UKKentucky 28-20 CLEMClemsonDec 29, 2006
20. 2005UVAVirginia 34-31 MINNMinnesotaDec 30, 2005
21. 2004MINNMinnesota 20-16 ALAAlabamaDec 31, 2004
22. 2003AUBAuburn 28-14 WISWisconsinDec 31, 2003
23. 2002MINNMinnesota 29-14 ARKArkansasDec 30, 2002
24. 2001BCBoston College 20-16 UGAGeorgiaDec 28, 2001
25. 2000WVUWest Virginia 49-38 MISSOle MissDec 28, 2000
26. 1999SYRSyracuse 20-13 UKKentuckyDec 29, 1999
27. 1998VTVirginia Tech 38-7 ALAAlabamaDec 29, 1998