2011 Music City Bowl
The 2011 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011, at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.
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| Date | December 30, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | LP Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Vick Ballard (RB, Mississippi State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Mississippi State by 6[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Don Willard (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,208 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.7 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones (Play-by-Play) Ed Cunningham (Analyst) Samantha Ponder (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.66 | ||||||||||||||||||
The game, which began telecast at 6:40 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference versus the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Mississippi State won, 23–17, securing its fifth bowl win in a row[2] and its second in two seasons.
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References
- Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 7, 2011
- Stevens, Matthew (January 1, 2012), "Music to your ears: MSU wins fifth straight bowl game", The Dispatch
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