The 2011 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, was a post-season American

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bowl game, held on December 30,

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, at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season. The game, which began telecast at 6:40 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference versus the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from the

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. Mississippi State won, 23–17, securing its fifth bowl win in a row and its second in two seasons.

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