The TransPerfect Music City Bowl has been canceled after the Missouri Tigers pulled out of the game due to a rise in COVID-19 cases in their program, it was announced Sunday.
The Tigers were set to face Iowa on Wednesday in Nashville, but Missouri canceled practice Sunday after an increase in positive COVID-19 tests and paused all team activities until Jan. 2.
A source told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the new cases have been traced to Missouri’s Dec. 19 game at Mississippi State.
Iowa was not aware of Missouri’s issues until after the Hawkeyes practiced Sunday morning. Iowa resumed activities Saturday after a five-day pause because of COVID-19 cases in the program, which included coach Kirk Ferentz.
Missouri completed its regular season at 5-5 under first-year coach Eliah Drinkwitz, finishing third in the SEC East. Iowa played all eight games of the Big Ten’s regular season before a Dec. 19 game against Michigan was canceled because of COVID-19 issues with the Wolverines.