2017 Music City Bowl

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.

2017 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl
20th Music City Bowl
1234 Total
Kentucky 7079 23
Northwestern 31407 24
DateDecember 29, 2017
Season2017
StadiumNissan Stadium
LocationNashville, Tennessee
MVPJustin Jackson (RB, Northwestern)
FavoriteNorthwestern by 6.5
National anthemTrace Adkins
RefereeChris Coyte (Pac-12)
Attendance48,675
PayoutUS$2,750,000
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Taylor Zarzour, Andre Ware, Olivia Harlan
Radio: Mike Corey, Rene Ingoglia, Desmond Purnell

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. Northwestern beat Kentucky by a score of 24–23.

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