TransPerfect Music City Bowl ·

TransPerfect Music City Bowl

TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Tennessee7-645
Purdue9-448Final
Thu, Dec 30 · Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tenn. (neutral site) · Crowd 69,489 · 63°, clearESPN

Records are after this game.

Purdue beat Tennessee by 3 points in overtime, the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.

It was played at a neutral site: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TN.

How the game turned

Purdue aheadTennessee aheadBiggest swingLow: 7%
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OT1 Purdue 48, Tennessee 45

Purdue 100% to win

Fineran 39-yd field goal, Purdue wins it 48-45

Big moments

  1. 1Q2 0:19 · Purdue 23, Tennessee 21Purdue's win chance rose from 31% to 37%.O'Connell 2-yd TD pass to Durham, Purdue goes ahead 23-21
  2. 2Q3 12:45 · Purdue 23, Tennessee 28Purdue's win chance fell from 28% to 20%.Hooker 15-yd TD pass to Jones, Tennessee goes ahead 28-23
  3. 3Q3 9:04 · Purdue 30, Tennessee 28Purdue's win chance rose from 30% to 45%.O'Connell 10-yd TD pass to Sheffield, Purdue goes ahead 30-28
  4. 4Q3 3:44 · Purdue 30, Tennessee 31Purdue's win chance fell from 40% to 34%.McGrath 30-yd field goal, Tennessee goes ahead 31-30
  5. 5Q4 4:58 · Purdue 38, Tennessee 31Purdue's win chance rose from 33% to 81%.O'Connell 62-yd TD pass to Durham, two-point try good, Purdue goes ahead 38-31
  6. 6Q4 2:57 · Purdue 45, Tennessee 38Purdue's win chance rose from 38% to 85%.O'Connell 70-yd TD pass to Thompson, Purdue goes ahead 45-38
  7. 7Q4 1:35 · Purdue 45, Tennessee 45Purdue's win chance fell from 82% to 42%.Hooker 2-yd TD pass to Hyatt, ties it 45-45
  8. 8OT1 · Purdue 48, Tennessee 45Purdue's win chance rose from 39% to 100%.Fineran 39-yd field goal, Purdue wins it 48-45

Purdue's lowest chance to win was 7 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

The biggest swing

In overtime, Purdue's chance to win went from 39 percent to 99 percent when Purdue kicked a field goal.

The score went from Purdue 45, Tennessee 45 to Purdue 48, Tennessee 45.

The play: Fineran 39-yd field goal, Purdue wins it 48-45.

What happened next

  1. Purdue finished the 2021 season 9-4.

  2. Tennessee finished the 2021 season 7-6.

  3. Purdue's first game of the 2022 season: L 31-35 vs Penn State, Sep 1, 2022

    about 8 months later

  4. Tennessee's first game of the 2022 season: W 59-10 vs Ball State, Sep 1, 2022

    about 8 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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