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Music City Bowl date, time set for 2025-26 college football season
The 27th Music City Bowl is set for Dec. 30 at 4:30 p.m. CT and will air on ESPN, the network announced June 5 with the release of its 2025-26 college football bowl schedule.
Since 1998 Nashville has hosted the Music City Bowl, with Nissan Stadium holding every game since the bowl's first edition was played at Vanderbilt Stadium.
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The Music City Bowl enters its final year holding conference agreements with the SEC and Big Ten, the former of which has been aligned since the bowl's origin.
Last season's Music City Bowl saw No. 23 Missouri take down Iowa, 27-24, after scoring three times in the final 17 minutes of play.
Tennessee's other ESPN-aired bowl game, Memphis' Liberty Bowl, is scheduled for Jan. 2 at 3:30 p.m.
Harrison Campbell covers high school sports for The Daily Herald and The Tennessean. Email him at hcampbell@ and follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @hccamp.
This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Music City Bowl date, time announced for 2025-26 college football season
