Game Name: | Music City Bowl |
Subheader: | 14th Music City Bowl |
Title Sponsor: | Franklin American Mortgage |
Date Game Played: | December 30 |
Year Game Played: | 2011 |
Football Season: | 2011 |
Stadium: | LP Field |
City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
Visitor School: | Mississippi State University |
Visitor Name Short: | Mississippi State |
Visitor Nickname: | Bulldogs |
Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
Visitor Coach: | Dan Mullen |
Visitor Conference: | SEC |
Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
Visitor 2Q: | 9 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
Home School: | Wake Forest University |
Home Name Short: | Wake Forest |
Home Nickname: | Demon Deacons |
Home Record: | 6–6 |
Home Coach: | Jim Grobe |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 3 |
Odds: | Mississippi State by 6[1] |
Mvp: | Vick Ballard (RB, Mississippi State) |
Referee: | Don Willard (MAC) |
Attendance: | 55,208 |
Payout: | 1.7 million per team |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers: | Mark Jones (Play-by-Play) Ed Cunningham (Analyst) Samantha Ponder (Sidelines) |
Ratings: | 2.66 |
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.
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 and its second in two seasons.