In the end, Northwestern was able to hold off a late Kentucky charge and got a huge stop on a two-point conversion in the final seconds to seal a 24-23 victory.
For a long time, it looked like Friday’s Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl was going to be remembered for who didn’t finish it than for how it actually finished.
But the finish won out.
Kentucky twice came back from 10 points down to get within a point, 24-23, with 37 seconds to play, but Stephen Johnson’s pass on the two-point conversion didn’t get to Tavin Richardson.