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Auburn, Purdue to face off in Music City Bowl

Posted at 4:18 PM, Dec 02, 2018
and last updated 2018-12-02 17:29:05-05

It will be a Southeastern Conference-Big Ten matchup in this year’s Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl as the Auburn University Tigers face off against the Purdue University Boilermakers. 

Kickoff will be Friday, December 28 at 12:30 p.m. at Nissan Stadium in Nashville.

Last year, Northwestern defeated Kentucky 24-23 in front of a crowd of 50,478.

This season, Purdue went 6-6 overall, with a 5-4 record in the Big Ten. 

Auburn finished the regular season 7-5, going 3-5 in the SEC. This will mark Auburn’s 2nd appearance in the Music City Bowl. 

Since its inception, the Bowl has produced over $310 million in direct economic impact to Nashville.