2014 Music City Bowl
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| 2014 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 17th Music City Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | LP Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | QB Malik Zaire, Notre Dame[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | LSU by 8.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Jonathan Jackson[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Michael Batlan[3] (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 60,419[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore, Jessica Mendoza (ESPN) Mark Neely, David Diaz-Infante, Dawn Davenport (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Music City Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2014 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee. The 17th edition of the Music City Bowl began at approximately 2:00 p.m. CST and was broadcast nationally by ESPN. It featured the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and the LSU Tigers from the SEC.[4] It was one of the final 2014-15 bowl games of the 2014 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Franklin American Mortgage Company and is officially known as the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. Notre Dame defeated Louisiana State by a final score of 31–28.
Teams[edit]
The game was the eleventh overall meeting between these two teams, with the series previously tied 5–5. The last time these two teams met was in 2006. It represented the third bowl game between these two teams; the previous bowls were the 1997 Independence Bowl and the 2007 Sugar Bowl.
LSU Tigers[edit]
Notre Dame[edit]
Game summary[edit]
Scoring summary[edit]
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Source:[5]
Statistics[edit]
| Statistics[3] | ND | LSU |
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| First downs | 23 | 17 |
| Plays–yards | 69–448 | 52–436 |
| Rushes–yards | 51–263 | 38–285 |
| Passing yards | 185 | 151 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 18–26–0 | 7–14–0 |
| Time of possession | 37:00 | 23:00 |
References[edit]
- ^ Stankevitz, JJ (December 30, 2014). "Everett Golson, Malik Zaire team up to push Notre Dame past LSU". irish.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
- ^ @JonathanJackson (December 30, 2014). "I'm honored to sing the National..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c Boxscore
- ^ Barnett, Zach (December 15, 2014). "Notre Dame Will Play Both QBs vs. LSU in the Music City Bowl", NBC Sports. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ^ "Notre Dame Fighting Irish vs. LSU Tigers - Play By Play". ESPN. Retrieved December 30, 2014.