| Year Game Played: | 2005 |
| Title Sponsor: | Gaylord Hotels |
| Game Name: | Music City Bowl |
| Title Sponsor Suffix: | presented by Bridgestone |
| Subheader: | 8th Music City Bowl |
| Football Season: | 2005 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Virginia |
| Visitor Nickname: | Cavaliers |
| Visitor School: | University of Virginia |
| Home Name Short: | Minnesota |
| Home Nickname: | Golden Gophers |
| Home School: | University of Minnesota |
| Visitor Record: | 6 - 5 |
| Visitor Conference: | ACC |
| Home Record: | 7 - 4 |
| Home Conference: | Big Ten |
| Visitor Coach: | Al Groh |
| Home Coach: | Glen Mason |
| Home Rank Ap: | NR |
| Home Rank Coaches: | NR |
| Home Rank Bcs: | 22 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
| Home 1Q: | 14 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Date Game Played: | December 30 |
| Stadium: | LP Field |
| City: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Mvp: | QB Marques Hagans, Virginia |
| Odds: | Minnesota by 7 1/2 |
| Referee: | Bill Athan (WAC) [1] |
| Attendance: | 40,519 |
| Payout: | 780,000 per team [2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Dave Pasch, Rod Gilmore, Trevor Matich, and Stacey Dales |
The 2005 Music City Bowl was a college football bowl game played between the Virginia Cavaliers of the ACC and the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten. Virginia was invited from the ACC, as the SEC did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all the bowl slots designated for the conference. Sponsored by Gaylord Hotels and Bridgestone, it was officially named the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone.
Minnesota opened the scoring with a 7-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryan Cupito to wide receiver Justin Valentine. Bryan Cupito found tight end Ernie Wheelright for a 44-yard touchdown pass and a 14–0 Minnesota lead. Marques Hagans threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Deyon Williams to get UVA within 7, 14–7. That accounted for the first quarter scoring. In the second quarter, Cupito found wide receiver Jared Ellerson for a 57-yard touchdown pass and a 21–7 Minnesota lead. With no time left in the half, Virginia kicker Connor Hughes kicked a 32-yard field goal to get UVA to 21–10. Opening the third quarter, Wali Lundy scored on a 7-yard touchdown run to make the score 21–17. Minnesota's Joel Monroe kicked a 39-yard field goal to give Minnesota a 24–17 advantage. With 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Marques Hagans found Fontel Mines for a 2-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 24. In the fourth quarter, Bryan Cupito threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Jared Ellerson to give the Gophers a 31–24 lead. Wali Lundy tied it a 31, with a 2-yard touchdown run. With 1:08 left in the game, Connor Hughes kicked the game-winning 39 yard field goal to make the final score 34–31.