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. Northwestern beat Kentucky by a score of 24–23.
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.
Game summary Scoring 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 StatisticsUK 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
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