| Game name | Music City Bowl |
|---|---|
| Subheader | 20th Music City Bowl |
| Title sponsor | Franklin American Mortgage |
| Date game played | December 29 |
| Year game played | 2017 |
| Football season | 2017 |
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium |
| City | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Visitor school | University of Kentucky |
| Visitor name short | Kentucky |
| Visitor nickname | Wildcats |
| Visitor record | 7–5 |
| Visitor conference | SEC |
| Visitor coach | Mark Stoops |
| Visitor 1q | 7 |
| Visitor 2q | 0 |
| Visitor 3q | 7 |
| Visitor 4q | 9 |
| Home school | Northwestern University |
| Home name short | Northwestern |
| Home nickname | Wildcats |
| Home record | 9–3 |
| Home conference | Big Ten |
| Home rank ap | 20 |
| Home rank coaches | 20 |
| Home rank cfp | 21 |
| Home coach | Pat Fitzgerald |
| Home 1q | 3 |
| Home 2q | 14 |
| Home 3q | 0 |
| Home 4q | 7 |
| Odds | Northwestern by 6.5[1] |
| Mvp | Justin Jackson (RB, Northwestern)[2] |
| Referee | Chris Coyte (Pac-12) |
| Attendance | 48,675[1] |
| Payout | 2,750,000[3] |
| Us network | ESPN ESPN Radio |
| Us announcers | TV: Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan Radio: Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Desmond Purnell |
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 Franklin American Mortgage 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
Statistics
| 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
- ^ "Kentucky vs. Northwestern – Game Summary – December 29, 2017 – ESPN"
- ^ "Fantasy College Football Breaking News - Rotoworld.com". Archived from the original on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
- ^ Bowl payout
- ^ Greenstein, Teddy (December 29, 2017). "Northwestern vs. Kentucky: Music City Bowl Matchup and Prediction". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ McGuire, Kevin (December 29, 2017). "CFT Previews: Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl". NBC Sports. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ Greenstein, Teddy (December 29, 2017). "Northwestern Earns 10th Win in Wild Music City Bowl Against Kentucky". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Homer and Purple Claw Way to 7–0 Win Over Kentucky Wildcats". Decatur Evening Herald. Associated Press. October 21, 1928. Retrieved December 29, 2017. – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kentucky vs. Northwestern". ESPN. ESPN. Retrieved 6 February 2018.