1999 Music City Bowl was a college football postseason game matching the University of Kentucky Wildcats against the Syracuse University Orangemen. Both teams entered the game with 6-5 records, unranked in the polls, though Syracuse had been ranked as high as #16 in the AP poll during the season. Kentucky was favored by 3 points. With 1:56 left in the second quarter Syracuse scored on a 2 yard Johnson touchdown run. Neither team scored in the third quarter. Syracuse's James Mungro was the game's MVP with 12 rushes for 162 yards and two touchdowns.