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No. 23 Tennessee (8-4, 4-4 SEC) will conclude its 2025 football season in the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl. The Vols will face Illinois (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) on Tuesday.
Kickoff between the Vols and Fighting Illini is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EST at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. ESPN will televise the first meeting between the two schools all time.
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Tuesday will mark the seventh time that the Vols will play on Dec. 30. Tennessee has a 4-2 record in previous games contested on this date. Tuesday's contest will also mark the third time the Vols will compete in the Music City Bowl next Dec. 30. Tennessee is 1-2 in its previous bowl game appearances on Dec. 30.
The Vols first appeared in the Music City Bowl in 2010, losing a, 30-27, double-overtime game to North Carolina. In 2016, the Vols defeated Nebraska, 38-24.
In 2021, the Vols lost to Purdue, 48-45, in overtime.
Tennessee last played on Dec. 30 in 2022, defeating Clemson, 31-14, in the Orange Bowl.
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Tennessee also defeated Virginia Tech in the Gator Bowl, 45-23, on Dec. 30, 1994. The Vols first played on Dec. 30 in 1972, defeating LSU, 24-17, in Houston, Texas.
1972: Tennessee 24, LSU 17 (Astro Bluebonnet Bowl)
1994: Tennessee 45, Virginia Tech 23 (Gator Bowl)
2010: North Carolina 30, Tennessee 27 (2OT) (Music City Bowl)
2016: Tennessee 38, Nebraska 24 (Music City Bowl)
2021: Purdue 48, Tennessee 45 (OT) (Music City Bowl)
2022: Tennessee 31, Clemson 14 (Orange Bowl)
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