2012 Music City Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 January 2013 Music City Bowl 15th Music City Bowl Franklin American Mortgage File:LP Field 2009 crop.jpg LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, hosted the Music City Bowl. December 31 2012 2012 LP Field Nashville, Tennessee North Carolina State University NC State Wolfpack 7–5 Dana Bible(interim) ACC 0 14 0 10 Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt Commodores 8–4 James Franklin SEC 7 21 3 7 Vanderbilt by 6Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2012 Zac Stacy (RB- Vanderbilt) Ron Snodgrass (MAC) 55,801 North Carolina State Wolfpack vs. Vanderbilt Commodores https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=323660238 ESPN December 31, 2012 December 31, 2012 ESPN Carter Blackburn (Play-by-Play) Rod Gilmore (Analyst) Jemele Hill (Sidelines) 2011 2013 The 2012 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game held on December 31, 2012, at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The fifteenth edition of the Music City Bowl began at 11:05 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It featured the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) against the Vanderbilt Commodores from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was the final game of the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season for both teams. The Wolfpack accepted their invitation to the game after attaining a 7–5 regular-season record, while the hometown Commodores accepted theirs after attaining an 8–4 record.http://www.musiccitybowl.com/content/north-carolina-state-play-vanderbilt-15th-annual-franklin-american-mortgage-music-city-bowl North Carolina State To Play Vanderbilt in the 15th Annual Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl Music City Bowl December 2, 2012 December 3, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121206074021/http://www.musiccitybowl.com/content/north-carolina-state-play-vanderbilt-15th-annual-franklin-american-mortgage-music-city-bowl December 6, 2012 dead mdy-all Teams NC State 2012 NC State Wolfpack football team The Wolfpack finished in third place in the Atlantic Division with a 4–4 record, resulting in the firing of head coach Tom O'Brien after the season; assistant coach Dana Bible coached the Wolfpack in the bowl game.Adelson Andrea NC State fires coach O'Brien after 7-5 season ESPN.com 2012-11-25 https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8674086/tom-obrien-fired-head-coach-north-carolina-state-wolfpack 2024-11-18Henderson James Bible: 'They Will Be Ready' 247Sports 2012-12-14 https://247sports.com/college/north-carolina-state/article/bible-they-will-be-ready-104958694/ 2024-11-18 This was the Wolfpack's first Music City Bowl. Vanderbilt 2012 Vanderbilt Commodores football team The Commodores' season, on the other hand, was one of their more successful in recent history; finishing in fourth place in the SEC's Eastern Division with a 5–3 record, the Commodores accepted the bid to their hometown Music City Bowl. This was the Commodores' second Music City Bowl; previously, they had played in the 2008 game, defeating the Boston College Eagles by a score of 16–14. It was also the first time the Commodores have ever been to a bowl game in consecutive seasons; the previous season saw them reach the 2011 Liberty Bowl, losing to the Cincinnati Bearcats by a score of 31–24. Game summary Scoring summary N.C. State Vanderbilt 1 9:55 Vandy 10 60 5:04 RecTD Chris Boyd Jordan Rodgers 5 good Carey Spear 0 7 2 10:08 Vandy 4 27 1:46 RushTD Zac Stacy 6 good Ryan Fowler 0 14 2 6:18 NCSU 11 84 3:50 RushTD Tony Creecy 1 good Niklas Sade 7 14 2 3:47 Vandy 5 47 2:31 RushTD Wesley Tate 7 good Carey Spear 7 21 2 3:35 NCSU - - - Other Tobais Palmer 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, Niklas Sade kick good good Niklas Sade 14 21 2 0:41 Vandy 2 18 0:13 RecTD Jordan Matthews Jordan Rodgers 18 good Ryan Fowler 14 28 3 9:39 Vandy 8 23 3:01 FG 30 Carey Spear 14 31 4 14:56 NCSU 12 66 3:42 FG 24 Niklas Sade 17 31 4 5:11 Vandy 8 44 4:18 RushTD Jordan Rodgers 15 good Carey Spear 17 38 4 2:06 NCSU 10 71 3:05 RecTD Rashard Smith Mike Glennon 19 good Niklas Sade 24 38 24 38 Statistics References 2 Category:Music City Bowl Music City Bowl Music City Bowl Category:NC State Wolfpack football bowl games Category:Vanderbilt Commodores football bowl games Category:December 2012 sports events in the United States Category:2012 in Nashville, Tennessee