2022 Music City Bowl

2022 TransPerfect Music City Bowl
24th Music City Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes Kentucky Wildcats (7–5) (7–5) Big Ten SEC Head coach:  Kirk Ferentz Head coach:  Mark Stoops
Date	December 31, 2022
Season	2022
Stadium	Nissan Stadium
Location	Nashville, Tennessee
Favorite	Iowa by 2.5
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Matt Barrie, Louis Riddick, Harry Lyles Jr.

The 2022 Music City Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 31, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. The 24th annual Music City Bowl, the game will feature teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference, the Big Ten Conference, or the Southeastern Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. CST and will air on ABC. It will be one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by translation and language services company TransPerfect, the game will be officially known as the TransPerfect Music City Bowl.

Teams

In what will be the second meeting between the two programs (2022 Citrus Bowl), the game features the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Both teams received and accepted invitations on Sunday, December 4, 2022. Ironically, this is the second consecutive meeting between these two teams in a bowl game.

Iowa Hawkeyes

Main article: 2022 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The Hawkeyes will be playing in the Music City Bowl for the first time, and enter the game with a 7–5 record (5–4 B1G).

Kentucky Wildcats

Main article: 2022 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The Wildcats enter the Music City Bowl with a 7–5 record (3–5 SEC). Kentucky will be making its sixth appearance in the Music City Bowl.

Game summary

2022 TransPerfect Music City Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Iowa	-	-	-	-	0
Kentucky	-	-	-	-	0

at Nissan Stadium • Nashville, Tennessee

• Date: Saturday, December 31, 2022
• Game time: 11:00 a.m. CST
• TV announcers (ABC): Matt Barrie, Louis Riddick, Harry Lyles Jr.

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Iowa Kentucky "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.

Statistics

Team statistical comparison

Statistic	Iowa	Kentucky
First downs
First downs rushing
First downs passing
First downs penalty
Third down efficiency	–	–
Fourth down efficiency	–	–
Total plays–net yards	–	–
Rushing attempts–net yards	–	–
Yards per rush
Yards passing
Pass completions–attempts	–	–
Interceptions thrown
Punt returns–total yards	–	–
Kickoff returns–total yards	–	–
Punts–average yardage	–	–
Fumbles–lost	–	–
Penalties–yards	–	–
Time of possession

Iowa statistics

Hawkeyes passing
	C–A	Yds	TD–INT
	–		–
Hawkeyes rushing
	Car	Yds	TD
Hawkeyes receiving
	Rec	Yds	TD

Kentucky statistics

Wildcats passing
	C–A	Yds	TD–INT
	–		–
Wildcats rushing
	Car	Yds	TD
Wildcats receiving
	Rec	Yds	TD