2002 Music City Bowl

October 2020 March 2026 2002 Gaylord Hotels File:Nissan Stadium 2024 (cropped).jpg The Coliseum in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted the Music City Bowl. 5th Music City Bowl Music City Bowl 2002 Arkansas Razorbacks University of Arkansas Minnesota Golden Gophers University of Minnesota 9–4 SEC 7–5 Big Ten Houston Nutt Glen Mason 25 NR NR 7 0 0 7 6 6 7 10 December 30 The Coliseum Nashville, Tennessee K Dan Nystrom, Minnesota Minnesota by 8.5 Dan Blum (C-USA)http://www.musiccitybowl.com/about_us/ghmcb2002.php Music City Bowl January 16, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080820163544/http://www.musiccitybowl.com/about_us/ghmcb2002.php August 20, 2008 dead 39,183 750,000 per team http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2002/bowls/bowl_sked/ CNNSI.com - 2002 College Bowls - Complete 2002-03 bowl schedule - Saturday January 04, 2003 12:53 AM December 27, 2008 June 22, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110622101141/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/2002/bowls/bowl_sked/ dead ESPN Mark Jones, Bob Davie, and Holly Rowe The 2002 Music City Bowl was the fifth edition of the bowl game. It was played at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee on December 30, 2002, and featured the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl. Game recap Arkansas started the game with a 2-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Matt Jones to wide receiver George Wilson. Kicker Dan Nystrom got Minnesota on the board with a 24-yard field goal. He added another 45-yard field goal to make the score 7–6. In the second quarter, he added field goals of 21 and 22 yards, as Minnesota took a 12–6 halftime lead. Quarterback Asad Abdul-Khaliq threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ben Utecht for a 19–9 lead. In the fourth quarter, Nystrom added his fifth field goal of the game to put the Gophers ahead 22–7. Thomas Tapeh rushed for a 33-yard touchdown as Minnesota built a 29–7 lead. Ryan Sorahan threw a touchdown pass to Richard Smith to cut the lead to 29–14. With the win, the Golden Gophers won their first bowl game since 1985.Minnesota Golden Gophers Bowls https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/bowls.html 2024-11-18 College Football at Sports-Reference.com en The attendance of 39,183 is (as of 2017) the lowest attendance for any Music City Bowl. References External links USA Today game summary Music City Bowl Category:Music City Bowl Category:Arkansas Razorbacks football bowl games Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football bowl games Category:December 2002 sports events in the United States Category:2002 in sports in Tennessee Category:2002 in Nashville, Tennessee