Music City Bowl

Music City Bowl
Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
Stadium	Nissan Stadium
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Previous stadiums	Vanderbilt Stadium (1998)
Operated	1998–present
Conference tie-ins	ACC/Big Ten, SEC
Previous conference tie-ins	Big East (1998–2001) Big Ten (2002–2005)
Payout	US$2,750,000 (as of 2015)
Sponsors
American General Life & Accident (1998) HomePoint.com (1999) Gaylord Entertainment (2002-2003) Gaylord Entertainment, Bridgestone (2004–2009) Franklin American Mortgage Company (2010–present)
Former names
Music City Bowl (1998) HomePoint.com Music City Bowl (1999) Music City Bowl (2000-2001) Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl (2002-2003) Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented by Bridgestone (2004–2009)
2016 matchup
Nebraska vs. Tennessee (Tennessee: 38–24)
2017 matchup

The Music City Bowl is a post-season American college football bowl game certified by the NCAA that has been played in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1998.

The game initially featured a matchup between representatives of the Southeastern Conference and the Big East Conference. The Big East was replaced by the Big Ten Conference in 2002. Beginning with the 2006 game the Big Ten Conference was replaced by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The ACC also took part in the 2005 game, when Virginia appeared because the SEC did not have enough bowl-eligible teams. Beginning in 2014, the Music City Bowl shares its tie in with the TaxSlayer Bowl; the Music City Bowl receives second choice of either an ACC or Big Ten team.

The first Music City Bowl was played at Vanderbilt Stadium in 1998. Beginning in 1999, the game was moved to the just completed home stadium of the Tennessee Titans, now known as Nissan Stadium. Beginning in 2002, the game became known as the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. In 2003, Bridgestone became the presenting sponsor of the game, and its full title became the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone. Both sponsors are based in Nashville. Previous sponsors of the bowl game included American General Life & Accident (now a subsidiary of AIG) in the inaugural 1998 game, and the now-defunct "homepoint.com" in the 1999 game. There was no sponsor in 2000 and 2001. Bridgestone dropped its presenting sponsorship following the 2007 game. Beginning with the 2010 game, Franklin American Mortgage served as title sponsor, though Gaylord still served as a major sponsor of the event. The new name is the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl.