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Liberty Bowl

Location: Memphis, TN

Games: 65 (1959-2023)

First Game: December 19, 1959 (Penn State 7, Alabama 0)

Last Game: December 29, 2023 (Memphis 36, Iowa State 26)

Most Points: 55 (Arkansas in 2022)
Fewest Points: 0 (6 times)
Largest Margin: +37 (Mississippi State over Rice in 2013)

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65 Games

65 Games Table
Year	Date	Day	Winner/Tie	Pts	Loser/Tie	Pts	Attendance	MVP	Sponsor
2023	Dec 29, 2023	Fri	Memphis	36	Iowa State	26	48,789	Memphis QB Seth Henigan	AutoZone
2022	Dec 28, 2022	Wed	Arkansas	55	Kansas	53	52,847	Arkansas QB KJ Jefferson	AutoZone
2021	Dec 28, 2021	Tue	Texas Tech	34	Mississippi State	7	48,615	Texas Tech QB Donovan Smith	AutoZone
2020	Dec 31, 2020	Thu	West Virginia	24	Army	21	8,187	West Virginia WR T.J. Simmons	AutoZone
2019	Dec 31, 2019	Tue	Navy (21)	20	Kansas State	17	50,515	Navy QB Malcolm Perry	AutoZone
2018	Dec 31, 2018	Mon	Oklahoma State	38	Missouri (24)	33	51,587	Oklahoma State QB Taylor Cornelius	AutoZone
2017	Dec 30, 2017	Sat	Iowa State	21	Memphis (19)	20	57,266	Iowa State WR Allen Lazard	AutoZone
2016	Dec 30, 2016	Fri	Georgia	31	Texas Christian	23	51,087	Georgia DT Trenton Thompson	AutoZone
2015	Jan 2, 2016	Sat	Arkansas	45	Kansas State	23	61,136	Arkansas RB Alex Collins	AutoZone
2014	Dec 29, 2014	Mon	Texas A&M	45	West Virginia	37	51,282	QB Kyle Allen (Texas A&M)	Autozone
2013	Dec 31, 2013	Tue	Mississippi State	44	Rice	7	57,846	QB Dak Prescott (Mississippi State)	AutoZone
2012	Dec 31, 2012	Mon	Tulsa	31	Iowa State	17	53,687	RB Trey Watts (Tulsa)	AutoZone
2011	Dec 31, 2011	Sat	Cincinnati	31	Vanderbilt	24	57,103	RB Isaiah Pead (Cincinnati)	AutoZone
2010	Dec 31, 2010	Fri	Central Florida	10	Georgia	6	51,231	RB Latavius Murray (Central Florida)	AutoZone
2009	Jan 2, 2010	Sat	Arkansas	20	East Carolina	17	62,742	QB Ryan Mallett (Arkansas)	AutoZone
2008	Jan 2, 2009	Fri	Kentucky	25	East Carolina	19	56,125	DL Ventrell Jenkins (Kentucky)	AutoZone
2007	Dec 29, 2007	Sat	Mississippi State	10	Central Florida	3	63,816	DB Derek Pegues (Mississippi State)	AutoZone
2006	Dec 29, 2006	Fri	South Carolina	44	Houston	36	56,103	QB Blake Mitchell (South Carolina)	AutoZone
2005	Dec 31, 2005	Sat	Tulsa	31	Fresno State	24	54,894	QB Paul Smith (Tulsa)	AutoZone
2004	Dec 31, 2004	Fri	Louisville (7)	44	Boise State (10)	40	58,355	QB Stefan LeFors (Louisville)	AutoZone
2003	Dec 31, 2003	Wed	Utah (25)	17	Southern Mississippi	0	55,989	RB Brandon Warfield (Utah)	AXA Financial
2002	Dec 31, 2002	Tue	Texas Christian	17	Colorado State (23)	3	55,207	WR LaTarence Dunbar (Texas Christian)	AXA Financial
2001	Dec 31, 2001	Mon	Louisville (23)	28	Brigham Young (19)	10	58,968	QB Dave Ragone (Louisville)	AXA Financial
2000	Dec 29, 2000	Fri	Colorado State (23)	22	Louisville (22)	17	58,302	RB Cecil Sapp (Colorado State)	AXA Financial
1999	Dec 31, 1999	Fri	Southern Mississippi (16)	23	Colorado State	17	54,866	DL Adalius Thomas (Southern Mississippi)	AXA Financial
1998	Dec 31, 1998	Thu	Tulane (10)	41	Brigham Young	27	52,192	QB Shaun King (Tulane)	AXA Financial
1997	Dec 31, 1997	Wed	Southern Mississippi (22)	41	Pittsburgh	7	50,209	WR Sherrod Gideon (Southern Mississippi)	AXA Financial
1996	Dec 27, 1996	Fri	Syracuse (23)	30	Houston	17	49,163	RB Malcolm Thomas (Syracuse)
1995	Dec 30, 1995	Sat	East Carolina	19	Stanford	13	47,398	K Chad Holcomb (East Carolina)
1994	Dec 31, 1994	Sat	Illinois	30	East Carolina	0	33,280	QB Johnny Johnson (Illinois)
1993	Dec 28, 1993	Tue	Louisville (25)	18	Michigan State	7	21,097	QB Jeff Brohm (Louisville)
1992	Dec 31, 1992	Thu	Mississippi (20)	13	Air Force	0	32,107	LB Cassius Ware (Mississippi)
1991	Dec 29, 1991	Sun	Air Force	38	Mississippi State	15	61,497	QB Rob Perez (Air Force)
1990	Dec 27, 1990	Thu	Air Force	23	Ohio State (24)	11	13,144	QB Rob Perez (Air Force)
1989	Dec 28, 1989	Thu	Mississippi	42	Air Force	29	60,128	RB Randy Baldwin (Mississippi)
1988	Dec 28, 1988	Wed	Indiana	34	South Carolina	10	39,210	QB Dave Schnell (Indiana)
1987	Dec 29, 1987	Tue	Georgia (15)	20	Arkansas	17	53,249	QB Greg Thomas (Arkansas)
1986	Dec 29, 1986	Mon	Tennessee	21	Minnesota	14	51,327	QB Jeff Francis (Tennessee)
1985	Dec 27, 1985	Fri	Baylor	21	Louisiana State (12)	7	40,186	QB Cody Carlson (Baylor)
1984	Dec 27, 1984	Thu	Auburn (16)	21	Arkansas	15	50,108	RB Bo Jackson (Auburn)
1983	Dec 29, 1983	Thu	Notre Dame	19	Boston College (13)	18	38,229	QB Doug Flutie (Boston College)
1982	Dec 29, 1982	Wed	Alabama	21	Illinois	15	54,123	DB Jeremiah Castille (Alabama)
1981	Dec 30, 1981	Wed	Ohio State (15)	31	Navy	28	43,216	RB Eddie Myers (Navy)
1980	Dec 27, 1980	Sat	Purdue	28	Missouri	25	53,667	QB Mark Herrmann (Purdue)
1979	Dec 22, 1979	Sat	Penn State	9	Tulane (15)	6	50,021	QB Roch Hontas (Tulane)
1978	Dec 23, 1978	Sat	Missouri (18)	20	Louisiana State	15	53,064	RB James Wilder (Missouri)
1977	Dec 19, 1977	Mon	Nebraska (12)	21	North Carolina (14)	17	49,456	QB Matt Kupec (North Carolina)
1976	Dec 20, 1976	Mon	Alabama (16)	36	UCLA (7)	6	52,736	LB Barry Krauss (Alabama)
1975	Dec 22, 1975	Mon	Southern California	20	Texas A&M (2)	0	52,129	RB Ricky Bell (Southern California)
1974	Dec 16, 1974	Mon	Tennessee	7	Maryland (10)	3	51,284	DL Randy White (Maryland)
1973	Dec 17, 1973	Mon	North Carolina State (16)	31	Kansas (19)	18	50,011	RB Stan Fritts (North Carolina State)
1972	Dec 18, 1972	Mon	Georgia Tech	31	Iowa State	30	50,021	QB Jim Stevens (Georgia Tech)
1971	Dec 20, 1971	Mon	Tennessee (9)	14	Arkansas (18)	13	51,410	QB Joe Ferguson (Arkansas)
1970	Dec 12, 1970	Sat	Tulane	17	Colorado	3	44,640	RB Dave Abercrombie (Tulane)
1969	Dec 13, 1969	Sat	Colorado	47	Alabama	33	50,042	RB Bobby Anderson (Colorado)
1968	Dec 14, 1968	Sat	Mississippi	34	Virginia Tech	17	46,206	RB Steve Hindman (Mississippi)
1967	Dec 16, 1967	Sat	North Carolina State	14	Georgia	7	35,045	QB Jim Donnan (North Carolina State)
1966	Dec 10, 1966	Sat	Miami (FL) (9)	14	Virginia Tech	7	39,101	WR Jimmy Cox (Miami (FL))
1965	Dec 18, 1965	Sat	Mississippi	13	Auburn	7	38,607	RB Tom Bryan (Auburn)
1964	Dec 19, 1964	Sat	Utah	32	West Virginia	6	6,059	QB Ernest Allen (Utah)
1963	Dec 21, 1963	Sat	Mississippi State	16	North Carolina State	12	8,309	RB Ode Burrell (Mississippi State)
1962	Dec 15, 1962	Sat	Oregon State	6	Villanova	0	17,048	QB Terry Baker (Oregon State)
1961	Dec 16, 1961	Sat	Syracuse	15	Miami (FL)	14	15,712	RB Ernie Davis (Syracuse)
1960	Dec 17, 1960	Sat	Penn State (15)	41	Oregon	12	16,624	RB Dick Hoak (Penn State)
1959	Dec 19, 1959	Sat	Penn State (14)	7	Alabama (11)	0	36,211	OL Jay Huffman (Penn State)

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