2024 Music City Bowl
Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
The 2024 Music City Bowl , officially known as the 2024 TransPerfect Music City Bowl , was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2024, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee . The 26th annual Music City Bowl game featured the 9–3 Missouri Tigers going up against the 8–4 Iowa Hawkeyes . The game began at approximately 1:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN .[ 2] [ 3] 2024–25 bowl games that concluded the 2024 FBS football season . The title sponsor of the game was the TransPerfect translation and language services company.
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
This was the 14th meeting in the series between Iowa and Missouri—with 12 of the prior meetings held before 1911, and 5 before 1900[ 4] 2010 Insight Bowl , 27–24. These two teams were selected to compete in the 2020 Music City Bowl but the game was cancelled due to complications regarding the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 5]
Iowa Hawkeyes
The Hawkeyes entered the game with an 8–4 record (6–3 in the B1G), having finished tied for fifth place in the conference standings.
This was Iowa's second Music City Bowl. The Hawkeyes previously won the 2022 edition (21–0 vs. Kentucky).
Missouri Tigers
The Tigers entered the game with a 9–3 record (5–3 in the SEC), tied for fourth place in the conference standings, and landed at No. 19 in the final College Football Playoff (CFP) ranking.
This was Missouri's first Music City Bowl.
Game summary
2024 TransPerfect Music City Bowl
Quarter
Total
Iowa
14
7
3 0 24
No. 19 Missouri 7
7
7 6 27
at Nissan Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee
Date : Monday, December 30, 2024Game time : 2:34 p.m. EST Game weather : Sunny • Temperature : 61 °F (16 °C) • Wind : 6 mph (9.7 km/h) southeastGame attendance : 43,375Referee : Mike RocheTV announcers (ESPN ) : Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Matt Stinchcomb (analyst), and Alyssa Lang (sideline)Box score
Game information
First quarter (7:49) IOWA – Terrell Washington Jr. 6-yard pass from Brendan Sullivan, Drew Stevens kick (Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 4:32; Iowa 7–0 )
(2:12) MIZ – Theo Wease Jr. 8-yard pass from Brady Cook , Blake Craig kick (Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 5:33; Tied 7–7 )
(1:59) IOWA – Kaden Wetjen 100-yard kickoff return, Drew Stevens kick (Drive: 10 plays, 85 yards, 5:33; Iowa 14–7 ) Second quarter (13:28) MIZ – Marquis Johnson 7-yard pass from Brady Cook, Blake Craig kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:31; Tied 14–14 )
(0:49) IOWA – Kamari Moulton 1-yard run, Drew Stevens kick (Drive: 11 plays, 90 yards, 3:50; Iowa 21–14 ) Third quarter (5:19) IOWA – Drew Stevens 38-yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 35 yards, 5:13; Iowa 24–14 )
(1:49) MIZ – Joshua Manning 4-yard run, Blake Craig kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:30; Iowa 24–21 ) Fourth quarter (10:10) MIZ – Blake Craig 51-yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 20 yards, 2:40; Tied 24–24 )
(4:36) MIZ – Blake Craig 56-yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 39 yards, 3:21; Missouri 27–24 )
Statistics
Statistics
IOWA
MIZZ
First downs
17
23
Total yards
297
376
Rushing yards
166
89
Passing yards
131
287
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
14-18-1
18-33-0
Time of possession
28:30
31:30
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Iowa Passing
Brendan Sullivan
14/18, 131 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Kamari Moulton
14 carries, 96 yards, 1 TD
Receiving
Jarriett Buie
3 receptions, 30 yards
Missouri Passing
Brady Cook 18/32, 287 yards, 2 TD
Rushing
Brady Cook 14 carries, 54 yards
Receiving
Marquis Johnson
7 receptions, 122 yards, 1 TD
References
^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024–25 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . Retrieved December 11, 2024 . ^ Cobb, David (June 6, 2024). "2024–25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels" . CBS Sports . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024–25 season released" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ "Winsipedia – Missouri Tigers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes football series history games list" . Winsipedia . Archived from the original on December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024 .^ Cobb, David (December 27, 2020). "2020 Music City Bowl canceled as COVID-19 outbreak forces Missouri to pull out of game vs. Iowa" . CBSSports.com Archived from the original on December 23, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024 .
External links
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