The 2023 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2023, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 25th annual Music City Bowl featured Auburn of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Maryland of the Big Ten Conference. The game began at approximately 1:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ABC.[4][5] The Music City Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by translation and language services company TransPerfect and was officially known as the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.
| 2023 TransPerfect Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 25th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Billy Edwards Jr. (QB, Maryland)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Auburn by 5.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Alvarez (Big 12)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,088 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play) Matt Stinchcomb (analyst) Alyssa Lang (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams
editConsistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl featured the Auburn Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Maryland Terrapins of the Big Ten Conference.
This was the fourth meeting between Auburn and Maryland; entering the bowl, the Tigers led the Terrapins in the all-time series, 2–1.[6]
Auburn Tigers
editThe Tigers entered the game with a 6–6 record (3–5 in the SEC), having finished in fifth place in their conference's West Division.
This was Auburn's third Music City Bowl, tying Minnesota and Tennessee for the second-most appearances in the game. The Tigers previously won the 2003 edition and the 2018 edition.
Maryland Terrapins
editThe Terrapins entered the game with a 7–5 record (4–5 in the Big Ten), having finished in fourth place in their conference's East Division.
This was Maryland's first Music City Bowl.
Game summary
edit| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Auburn | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Mayland | 21 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
at Nissan Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee
- Date: Saturday, December 30, 2023
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 40 °F (4 °C) • Wind: 9 mph (14 km/h) SW
- Game attendance: 50,088
- Referee: David Alvarez
- TV announcers (ABC): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), and Alyssa Lang (sideline)
- Box score
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Statistics
edit| Statistics | AUB | MAR |
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| First downs | 20 | 15 |
| Plays–yards | 77–300 | 59–310 |
| Rushes–yards | 35–76 | 32–102 |
| Passing yards | 224 | 208 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 21–42–2 | 10–26–1 |
| Time of possession | 31:52 | 28:08 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Auburn | Passing | Hank Brown | 7/9, 132 YDS |
| Rushing | Jarquez Hunter | 13 Car, 44 YDS | |
| Receiving | Caleb Burton III | 5 Rec, 78 YDS | |
| Maryland | Passing | Billy Edwards Jr. | 6/20, 126 YDS, 1 TD |
| Rushing | Billy Edwards Jr. | 13 Car, 50 YDS, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Roman Hemby | 1 Rec, 61 YDS |
References
edit- ^ @MDSportsblog (December 30, 2023). "Billy Edwards Jr. is the MVP of the Music City Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 30, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Maryland 31-Auburn 13 (Dec 30, 2023) Box Score - ESPN". ESPN. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 3, 2023). "2023-24 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ Lewis, Barry. "2023-24 College Football Bowl Schedule, Dates, Times Announced". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ Straka, Dean (May 31, 2023). "2023-24 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
- ^ "Winsipedia – Auburn Tigers vs. Maryland Terrapins". Winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
External links
edit- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com