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Music City Bowl Winners

Dec. 30, 2025 — Illinois 30, Tennessee 28

Dec. 30, 2024 — Missouri 27, Iowa 24

Dec. 30, 2023 — Maryland 31, Auburn 13

Dec. 30, 2022 — Iowa 21, Kentucky 0

Dec. 30, 2021 — Purdue 48, Tennessee 45, OT

Dec. 30, 2020 — Iowa vs. Missouri, Canceled due to COVID-19

Dec. 30, 2019 — Louisville 38, Mississippi State 28

Dec. 28, 2018 — Auburn 63, Purdue 14

Dec. 29, 2017 — Northwestern 24, Kentucky 23

Dec. 30, 2016 — Tennessee 38, Nebraska 24

Dec. 30, 2015 — Louisville 27, Texas A&M 21

Dec. 30, 2014 — Notre Dame 31, LSU 28

Dec. 30, 2013 — Mississippi 25, Georgia Tech 17

Dec. 31, 2012 — Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24

Dec. 30, 2011 — Mississippi St. 23, Wake Forest 17

Dec. 30, 2010 — North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27, 2OT

Dec. 27, 2009 — Clemson 21, Kentucky 13

Dec. 31, 2008 — Vanderbilt 16, Boston College 14

Dec. 31, 2007 — Kentucky 35, Florida St. 28

Dec. 29, 2006 — Kentucky 28, Clemson 20

Dec. 30, 2005 — Virginia 34, Minnesota 31

Dec. 31, 2004 — Minnesota 20, Alabama 16

Dec. 31, 2003 — Auburn 28, Wisconsin 14

Dec. 30, 2002 — Minnesota 29, Arkansas 14

Dec. 28, 2001 — Boston College 20, Georgia 16

Dec. 28, 2000 — West Virginia 49, Mississippi 38

Dec. 29, 1999 — Syracuse 20, Kentucky 13

Dec. 29, 1998 — Virginia Tech 38, Alabama 7

The Cactus Bowl is back, returning to Arizona State’s campus in December

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Cactus Bowl is back and it's returning to Arizona State's campus. Fiesta Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Cactus bowls, announced the return on Wednesday, ending a nine-year run at Chase Field, home of baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. The game will be played Dec. 26 at Arizona State's Mountain America Stadium. The bowl moved to Chase Field while Arizona State's stadium underwent renovations and had numerous title sponsors, most recently being known as the Rate Bowl from 2024-25.
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