2016 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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19th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 30, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Tennessee by 3[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Mike Mothershed (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$2,750,000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Tom Hart, Andre Ware, Cole Cubelic (ESPN) Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Dawn Davenport (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2016, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. It featured the Nebraska Cornhuskers, from the Big Ten Conference, and the Tennessee Volunteers, from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games of the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and was officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. As of 2023 this was the last bowl berth by Nebraska.