2011 Music City Bowl
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The 2011 Franklin American Mortgage
Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, will be a post-season American college football
bowl game
, held on December 30, 2011
at LP Field
in Nashville, Tennessee
as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season
.
The game, which will telecast at 6:40 p.m. ET
on ESPN
, will feature a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference
versus a team from the Southeastern Conference
.
Franklin American Mortgage Company
Franklin American Mortgage Company is a privately held mortgage banking firm headquartered in Nashville suburb Franklin, Tennessee.FAMC was founded in 1993. Franklin American Mortgage Company was listed as an Inc. 500 honoree from 1999-2004...
Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, will be a post-season American college football
College football
College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...
bowl game
Bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is commonly considered to refer to one of a number of post-season college football games. Prior to 2002, bowl game statistics were not included in players' career totals and the games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating...
, held on December 30, 2011
2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level, began on Thursday, September 1, 2011...
at LP Field
LP Field
LP Field is a football stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, owned by the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County....
in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season
2011–12 NCAA football bowl games
The 2011–12 NCAA football bowl games, which will conclude the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, are tentatively scheduled to include 35 team-competitive bowl games, and four all-star games...
.
The game, which will telecast at 6:40 p.m. ET
Eastern Time Zone
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on ESPN
ESPN
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, will feature a team from the Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
versus a team from the Southeastern Conference
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
.