2017 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
20th Music City Bowl
Kentucky Wildcats Northwestern Wildcats
(7–5) (9–3)
SEC Big Ten
23 24
Head coach: 
Mark Stoops		 Head coach: 
Pat Fitzgerald
APCoachesCFP
202021
1234 Total
Kentucky 7079 23
Northwestern 31407 24
DateDecember 29, 2017
Season2017
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
MVPJustin Jackson (RB, Northwestern)[1]
FavoriteNorthwestern by 6.5[2]
National anthemTrace Adkins
RefereeChris Coyte (Pac-12)
Attendance48,675[2]
PayoutUS$2,750,000[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan
Radio: Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Desmond Purnell
Music City Bowl
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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.

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

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP UK NU
1 12:42 5 67 2:18 UK Benny Snell 3-yard touchdown run, Austin MacGinnis kick good 7 0
1 03:14 11 55 4:00 NU 33-yard field goal by Charlie Kuhbander 7 3
2 14:07 7 80 2:09 NU Justin Jackson 5-yard touchdown run, Charlie Kuhbander kick good 7 10
2 05:12 5 52 2:05 NU Justin Jackson 2-yard touchdown run, Charlie Kuhbander kick good 7 17
3 07:11 6 74 2:30 UK Stephen Johnson 3-yard touchdown run, Austin MacGinnis kick good 14 17
4 07:49 2 14 0:35 NU Kyle Queiro 26-yard interception return, Charlie Kuhbander kick good 14 24
4 04:24 10 44 3:25 UK 48-yard field goal by Austin MacGinnis 17 24
4 00:37 4 39 1:54 UK Stephen Johnson 9-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass by Stephen Johnson failed 23 24
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 23 24

Statistics

[8]

1 2 3 4 Total
UK Wildcats 7 0 7 9 23
NU Wildcats 3 14 0 7 24
Statistics UK NU
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
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

References

  1. ^ "Fantasy College Football Breaking News - Rotoworld.com". Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved December 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Kentucky vs. Northwestern - Game Summary - December 29, 2017 - ESPN".
  3. ^ Bowl payout
  4. ^ Greenstein, Teddy (December 29, 2017). "Northwestern vs. Kentucky: Music City Bowl Matchup and Prediction". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  5. ^ McGuire, Kevin (December 29, 2017). "CFT Previews: Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  6. ^ Greenstein, Teddy (December 29, 2017). "Northwestern Earns 10th Win in Wild Music City Bowl Against Kentucky". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  7. ^ "Homer and Purple Claw Way to 7-0 Win Over Kentucky Wildcats". Decatur Evening Herald. Decatur, Illinois. Associated Press. October 21, 1928. Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kentucky vs. Northwestern". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved February 6, 2018.


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