2025 Music City Bowl
| 2025 Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 27th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Nissan Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Luke Altmyer (QB, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Tennessee by 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Riley Johnson (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 52,815 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (analyst), and Cole Cubelic (sideline reporter) (ESPN) Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), and Stephanie Otey (sideline reporter) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2025, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 27th annual Music City Bowl game began at approximately 4:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Liberty Mutual insurance company and was officially known as the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl.
The Illinois Fighting Illini from the Big Ten Conference defeated the Tennessee Volunteers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) by a score of 30–28.