The 2014 Music City Bowl was an American

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played on December 30, 2014 at

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. The 17th edition of the

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began at approximately 2:00 p.m. CST and was broadcast nationally by

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. It featured the

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, and the

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from the SEC.Barnett, Zach (December 15, 2014)
"Notre Dame Will Play Both QBs vs. LSU in the Music City Bowl"
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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

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

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LSU Tigers

Notre Dame

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