The 2011 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, the 14th edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 30, 2011 at LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season. The game, which began telecast at 6:40 p.m. ET on ESPN, featured the Wake Forest Demon Deacons from the Atlantic Coast Conference versus the Mississippi State Bulldogs from the Southeastern Conference. Mississippi State won, 23–17, securing its fifth bowl win in a row and its second in two seasons.