2006 Music City Bowl

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{{Infobox college football game

| name =

| year_game_played = 2006

| title_sponsor = Gaylord Hotels

| game_name = Music City Bowl

| title_sponsor_suffix = presented by Bridgestone

| subheader = 9th Music City Bowl

| football_season = 2006

| visitor_name_short = Clemson

| visitor_nickname = Tigers

| visitor_school = Clemson University

| home_name_short = Kentucky

| home_nickname = Wildcats

| home_school = University of Kentucky

| visitor_record = 8–4

| visitor_conference = ACC

| home_record = 7–5

| home_conference = SEC

| visitor_coach = Tommy Bowden

| home_coach = Rich Brooks

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 6

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 14

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 7

| home_3q = 7

| home_4q = 7

| date_game_played = December 29

| stadium = LP Field

| city = Nashville, Tennessee

| MVP = QB André Woodson, Kentucky

| odds = Clemson favored by 10Phil Steele's 2009 College Football Preview, p.43, p.109

| referee = Clete Blakeman (Big 12)

| attendance = 68,024{{cite web |url=http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Music_City_2006.htm |title=The Music City Bowl 2006 |access-date=2007-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121091903/http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Music_City_2006.htm |archive-date=2008-01-21 |url-status=dead }}

| payout = 1,600,000 per team {{cite web|url=http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=32&url_article_id=4941&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 |title=NCAA.com â€" The Official Website of NCAA Championships | NCAA.com |publisher=Ncaafootball.com |date= |accessdate=2022-05-07}}

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games

| us_announcers = Dave Pasch, Rod Gilmore, Trevor Matich, & Stacey Dales

}}

The 2006 Music City Bowl featured the Clemson Tigers and the Kentucky Wildcats. Clemson entered the game with a record of 8–4 after having been ranked in the AP poll for most weeks of the season, as high as No. 10;{{cite web |url=http://www.appollarchive.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090426041941/http://www.appollarchive.com/ |archive-date=2009-04-26 |url-status=dead }} Kentucky was 7–5 and unranked. Clemson was favored by 10 points.Phil Steele's 2007 College Football Preview, p. 55 Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels and Bridgestone, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone.