2017 Music City Bowl: Northwestern v. Kentucky

EVANSTON, IL — The college football regular season has ended and 40 Bowl Games are set to kick off across the country from mid to late December. And this year, they include an all-Wildcat showdown, as the Northwestern University Wildcats (9-3) will take on the University of Kentucky Wildcats (7-5) in Nashville on Friday, Dec. 29 at 3:30 p.m.

The (purple) Wildcats of Northwestern, ranked No. 20, will be making their first-ever trip to Nashville for a bowl game after closing out the regular season with a seven-game winning streak.

It's Northwestern's eighth bowl trip under Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald and it follows last year's victory in the Pinstripe Bowl, which was just the third win in Wildcat history.

The (blue) Wildcats of Kentucky have already played more often in the Music City Bowl than any other team. It will be their 17th bowl overall and fifth trip to Nashville, having previously played in the bowl's 1996, 2006, 2007 and 2009 editions.

Here's what you need to know if you plan to head to the game:

WHERE: Nissan Stadium, 1 Titans Way, Nashville, TN 37213
TEAMS: Northwestern vs. Kentucky
WHEN: Dec. 29, 2017 at 3:30 p.m. CT
TICKETS: Tickets are on sale to the general public. You can buy them here.
HOTELS: Here is a list of nearby hotels from the Nashville Chamber of Commerce.
BROADCAST STATION: ESPN

Check out Northwestern's announcement video below:

_{Top photo: Ryan Field at Northwestern University's Evanston campus| Patch archive via Tim Moran}