Liberty Bowl - wikipedia Liberty Bowl For the stadium, see Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. Liberty Bowl AutoZone Liberty Bowl Stadium Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Location Memphis, Tennessee Previous stadiums John F. Kennedy Stadium ( 1959 -- 1963 ) Convention Hall ( 1964 ) Previous locations Philadelphia ( 1959 -- 1963 ) Atlantic City, New Jersey ( 1964 ) Operated 1959 -- present Conference tie - ins Big 12 # 4 Pick vs SEC Pool Pick The American ( alternate ) Previous conference tie - ins C - USA ( 1996 -- 2013 ) MWC ( 1998 -- 2005 ) winner of the Commander in Chief 's Trophy ( 1989 -- 1992 ) Payout US $ 2,400,000 ( As of 2014 ) Sponsors St. Jude ( 1993 -- 1996 ) AXA Financial ( 1997 -- 2003 ) AutoZone ( 2004 -- present ) Former names Liberty Bowl ( 1959 -- 1992 ) St. Jude Liberty Bowl ( 1993 -- 1996 ) AXA Liberty Bowl ( 1997 -- 2003 ) 2016 matchup Georgia vs. TCU ( Georgia 31 -- 23 ) 2017 matchup Memphis vs. Iowa State ( Iowa State 21 -- 20 ) The Liberty Bowl, officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl for sponsorship purposes, is an annual American college football bowl game played in late December or early January since 1959. Since 1965, the game has been held at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. For its first five years, it was played in Philadelphia. Since 2004, the game has been sponsored by Memphis - based auto parts retailer AutoZone. Because of the scheduling of the bowl game near the end of the calendar year, no game was played during calendar years 2008 or 2015, while two games were played in calendar years 2010 and 2016. Contents 1 History 2 Matchup 2.1 Recent matchups of note 3 Game results 4 MVPs 5 Broadcasters 6 Appearances by team 7 See also 8 References 9 External links History A.F. `` Bud '' Dudley, a former Villanova athletic - director, created the Liberty Bowl in Philadelphia in 1959. The game was played at Philadelphia 's Municipal Stadium. It was the only cold - weather bowl game of its time, and was plagued by poor attendance. The inaugural game was the most successful of the five held in Philadelphia, as 38,000 fans watched Penn State beat Alabama 7 -- 0 in 1959. A group of Atlantic City businessmen convinced Dudley to move his game from Philadelphia to Atlantic City 's Convention Hall for 1964 and guaranteed Dudley $25,000. It would be the first major ( University Division, now Division I ) bowl game played indoors. AstroTurf was still in its developmental stages and was unavailable for the game. Convention Hall was equipped with a 4 - inch - thick ( 100 mm ) grass surface with two inches of burlap underneath it ( as padding ) on top of concrete. To keep the grass growing, artificial lighting was installed and kept on 24 hours a day. The entire process cost about $16,000. End - zones were only 8 yards long. 6,059 fans saw Utah rout West Virginia. Dudley was paid $25,000 from Atlantic City businessmen, $60,000 from the gate, and $95,000 from television revenues, for $10,000 net profit. Dudley moved the game to Memphis in 1965, where it has made its home at what became Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium to much larger crowds and has established itself as one of the oldest non-BCS bowls. Matchup During the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Liberty Bowl offered an automatic invitation to the winner of the Commander - in - Chief 's Trophy, if that team was bowl eligible. Beginning in 1996, the Liberty Bowl began an affiliation with the newly launched Conference USA, offering its champion an automatic bid. Beginning in 2005, the winner of C - USA was determined by the newly created C - USA championship game. The winner of that game was customarily offered the bowl berth from 2005 -- 2013. In 1996 and 1997, the opponent for the C - USA champion was a team from the Big East. In 1998, the Liberty Bowl replaced the Holiday Bowl in a shared contract with the Cotton Bowl and had second choice between the WAC champion and a team from the SEC. From 1999 to 2005, the opponent for the C - USA champion was the Mountain West champion. There were two exceptions : 2004 : Mountain West champion Utah qualified for the BCS. In their place, the Liberty Bowl chose WAC champion Boise State. 2005 : Mountain West champion TCU chose to play in the Houston Bowl. At - large WAC team Fresno State took their place. In 1999, the Mountain West Conference did not have an outright champion, as three teams tied for the conference lead. The conference 's bid for the game was given to Colorado State. The bowl 's contract from 2006 until 2013 pitted the winner of the C - USA championship game against the eighth pick from the SEC. The American was to provide its fifth - place team as an alternate if the SEC could not provide a team. The SEC was also given veto power for the bowl, and elected to use it in 2011 to block C - USA champion Southern Miss from playing Vanderbilt ; instead Cincinnati got the spot and Southern Miss accepted an invitation to the Hawaii Bowl instead. Since 2014, the matchup features a team from the SEC against the # 4 pick from the Big 12 Conference. The Liberty Bowl is part of a six - bowl SEC pool arrangement that also involves the Belk, Music City, Outback, TaxSlayer, and Texas bowls ; these bowls will choose one representative from the conference each, while the College Football Playoff receiving first choice ( usually the Sugar Bowl in years it does not serve as a national semifinal ) and the Citrus Bowl second choice. The game is televised nationally on ESPN, and is carried nationwide by ESPN Radio, and internationally by ESPN International. Recent matchups of note The 2010 win by UCF was the program 's first - ever bowl victory. The 2011 game matched Coaches ' Poll # 24 ranked Cincinnati against upstart Vanderbilt, and unlike most lower tier bowls, it aired on the broadcast network ABC rather than its cable brethren ESPN. Cincinnati defeated Vanderbilt in a second - half comeback. The 2012 Liberty Bowl featured a matchup between the Iowa State Cyclones ( 9th place in the Big 12 ) and the Tulsa Golden Hurricane ( Conference USA champions ). Iowa State defeated Tulsa 38 -- 23 in the season 's first weekend, however Tulsa defeated Iowa State 31 -- 17 in the rematch of the regular season game. Though the bowl normally selects a team from the SEC, it invited Iowa State because the SEC did not have enough bowl - eligible teams to fill all of its contracted bowl games. Game results Boise State and Louisville square off in the 2004 Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. Date Played Winning Team Losing Team Notes December 19, 1959 Penn State 7 Alabama 0 notes December 20, 1960 Penn State 41 Oregon 12 notes December 16, 1961 Syracuse 15 Miami ( Florida ) 14 notes December 15, 1962 Oregon State 6 Villanova 0 notes December 21, 1963 Mississippi State 16 North Carolina State 12 notes December 19, 1964 Utah 32 West Virginia 6 notes December 18, 1965 Mississippi 13 Auburn 7 notes December 10, 1966 Miami ( Florida ) 14 Virginia Tech 7 notes December 16, 1967 North Carolina State 14 Georgia 7 notes December 14, 1968 Mississippi 34 Virginia Tech 17 notes December 13, 1969 Colorado 47 Alabama 33 notes December 12, 1970 Tulane 17 Colorado notes December 20, 1971 Tennessee 14 Arkansas 13 notes December 18, 1972 Georgia Tech 31 Iowa State 30 notes December 17, 1973 North Carolina State 31 Kansas 18 notes December 16, 1974 Tennessee 7 Maryland notes December 22, 1975 USC 20 Texas A&M 0 notes December 20, 1976 Alabama 36 UCLA 6 notes December 19, 1977 Nebraska 21 North Carolina 17 notes December 23, 1978 Missouri 20 LSU 15 notes December 22, 1979 Penn State 9 Tulane 6 notes December 27, 1980 Purdue 28 Missouri 25 notes December 30, 1981 Ohio State 31 Navy 28 notes December 29, 1982 Alabama 21 Illinois 15 notes December 29, 1983 Notre Dame 19 Boston College 18 notes December 27, 1984 Auburn 21 Arkansas 15 notes December 27, 1985 Baylor 21 LSU 7 notes December 29, 1986 Tennessee 21 Minnesota 14 notes December 29, 1987 Georgia 20 Arkansas 17 notes December 28, 1988 Indiana 34 South Carolina 10 notes December 29, 1989 Mississippi 42 Air Force 29 notes December 27, 1990 Air Force 23 Ohio State 11 notes December 29, 1991 Air Force 38 Mississippi State 15 notes December 31, 1992 Mississippi 13 Air Force 0 notes December 28, 1993 Louisville 18 Michigan State 7 notes December 31, 1994 Illinois 30 East Carolina 0 notes December 30, 1995 East Carolina 19 Stanford 13 notes December 27, 1996 Syracuse 30 Houston 17 notes December 31, 1997 Southern Mississippi 41 Pittsburgh 7 notes December 31, 1998 Tulane 41 BYU 27 notes December 31, 1999 Southern Mississippi 23 Colorado State 17 notes December 29, 2000 Colorado State 22 Louisville 17 notes December 31, 2001 Louisville 28 BYU 10 notes December 31, 2002 TCU 17 Colorado State notes December 31, 2003 Utah 17 Southern Mississippi 0 notes December 31, 2004 Louisville 44 Boise State 40 notes December 31, 2005 Tulsa 31 Fresno State 24 notes December 29, 2006 South Carolina 44 Houston 36 notes December 29, 2007 Mississippi State 10 Central Florida notes January 2, 2009 Kentucky 25 East Carolina 19 notes January 2, 2010 Arkansas 20 East Carolina 17 notes December 31, 2010 Central Florida 10 Georgia 6 notes December 31, 2011 Cincinnati 31 Vanderbilt 24 notes December 31, 2012 Tulsa 31 Iowa State 17 notes December 31, 2013 Mississippi State 44 Rice 7 notes December 29, 2014 Texas A&M 45 West Virginia 37 notes January 2, 2016 Arkansas 45 Kansas State 23 notes December 30, 2016 Georgia 31 TCU 23 notes December 30, 2017 Iowa State 21 Memphis 20 notes Jump up ^ Mountain West Conference champion Utah was released from their contractual obligation to the Liberty Bowl after earning a BCS berth in 2004. Western Athletic Conference champion Boise State took Utah 's place. MVPs Year MVP School Position 1959 Jay Huffman Penn State 1960 Dick Hoak Penn State RB 1961 Dick Easterly Syracuse RB 1962 Terry Baker Oregon State QB 1963 Ode Burrell Mississippi State HB 1964 Ernest Allen Utah QB 1965 Tom Bryan Auburn FB 1966 Jimmy Cox Miami ( Florida ) SE 1967 Jim Donnan North Carolina State QB 1968 Steve Hindman Ole Miss TB 1969 Bobby Anderson Colorado TB 1970 Dave Abercrombie Tulane TB 1971 Joe Ferguson Arkansas QB 1972 Jim Stevens Georgia Tech QB 1973 Stan Fritts North Carolina State FB Randy White Maryland DT Ricky Bell USC RB 1976 Barry Krauss Alabama LB 1977 Matt Kupec North Carolina QB 1978 James Wilder Missouri RB 1979 Roch Hontas Tulane QB 1980 Mark Herrmann Purdue QB 1981 Eddie Myers Navy TB 1982 Jeremiah Castille Alabama DB Doug Flutie Boston College QB 1984 Bo Jackson Auburn RB 1985 Cody Carlson Baylor QB 1986 Jeff Francis Tennessee QB Greg Thomas Arkansas QB 1988 Dave Schnell Indiana QB Year MVP School Position 1989 Randy Baldwin Ole Miss RB 1990 Rob Perez Air Force QB 1991 Rob Perez Air Force QB 1992 Cassius Ware Ole Miss LB 1993 Jeff Brohm Louisville QB 1994 Johnny Johnson Illinois QB 1995 Kwame Ellis Stanford CB Malcolm Thomas Syracuse RB 1997 Sherrod Gideon Southern Miss. WR 1998 Shaun King Tulane QB 1999 Adalius Thomas Southern Miss. DE 2000 Cecil Sapp Colorado State RB 2001 Dave Ragone Louisville QB 2002 LaTarence Dunbar TCU WR 2003 Brandon Warfield Utah RB Stefan LeFors Louisville QB 2005 Paul Smith Tulsa QB 2006 Blake Mitchell South Carolina QB 2007 Derek Pegues Mississippi State FS 2009 Ventrell Jenkins Kentucky DT 2010 ( Jan ) Ryan Mallett Arkansas QB 2010 ( Dec ) Latavius Murray UCF RB 2011 Isaiah Pead Cincinnati RB 2012 Trey Watts Tulsa RB 2013 Dak Prescott Mississippi State QB 2014 Kyle Allen Texas A&M QB 2016 ( Jan ) Alex Collins Arkansas RB 2016 ( Dec ) Trenton Thompson Georgia DT 2017 Allen Lazard Iowa State WR Broadcasters Main article : List of Liberty Bowl broadcasters The inaugural Liberty Bowl in 1959 was televised by NBC, followed by ABC for 11 years. Between 1981 and 1988, the game was broadcast by several different networks. Since 1990, the game has been broadcast annually by ABC or ESPN. Appearances by team Through the December 2017 playing, there have been 59 games ( 118 total appearances ). Teams with multiple appearances Rank Team Games W -- L Arkansas 5 2 -- 3 T2 Ole Miss 4 -- 0 T2 Louisville 3 -- 1 T2 Mississippi State 3 -- 1 T2 Air Force 2 -- 2 T2 Alabama 2 -- 2 T2 Georgia 2 -- 2 T2 East Carolina 1 -- 3 Tennessee 3 -- 0 T3 Penn State 3 -- 0 T3 North Carolina State 2 -- 1 T3 Southern Miss 2 -- 1 T3 Tulane 2 -- 1 T3 Colorado State 1 -- 2 T3 Iowa State 1 -- 2 Rank Team Games W -- L T4 Syracuse 2 -- 0 T4 Tulsa 2 -- 0 T4 Utah 2 -- 0 T4 UCF 1 -- 1 T4 South Carolina 1 -- 1 T4 Auburn 1 -- 1 T4 Colorado 1 -- 1 T4 Illinois 1 -- 1 T4 Miami ( Florida ) 1 -- 1 T4 Missouri 1 -- 1 T4 Ohio State 1 -- 1 T4 Texas A&M 1 -- 1 T4 TCU 1 -- 1 T4 BYU 0 -- 2 T4 Houston 0 -- 2 T4 LSU 0 -- 2 T4 Virginia Tech 0 -- 2 T4 West Virginia 0 -- 2 Teams with a single appearance Won : Baylor, Cincinnati, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oregon State, Purdue, USC Lost : Boise State, Boston College, Fresno State, Kansas, Kansas State, Maryland, Memphis, Michigan State, Minnesota, Navy, North Carolina, Oregon, Pittsburgh, Rice, Stanford, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Villanova See also List of college bowl games References Jump up ^ `` Liberty Bowl teams with Big 12 ''. ESPN.com. Associated Press. August 23, 2013. Jump up ^ libertydev. `` AutoZone Liberty Bowl ''. www.libertybowl.org. Retrieved 31 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` American Athletic Conference - American Athletic Conference Announces 2014 - 19 Bowl Lineup ''. theamerican.org. Retrieved 31 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` AutoZone Liberty Bowl doubling payout in new deal with SEC ''. Retrieved 31 December 2017. Jump up ^ `` AutoZone Liberty Bowl ''. libertybowl.org. Retrieved May 16, 2017. Jump up ^ Mazda, Jason ( Dec 31, 2014 ). `` 50 years ago, indoor college football debuted in Atlantic City ''. Press of Atlantic City. Jump up ^ Antonick, John ( 2005 - 06 - 22 ). `` Unique Game ''. West Virginia Mountaineers. MSNsportsNET.com. Archived from the original on 2011 - 05 - 26. Retrieved 2009 - 04 - 26. Jump up ^ Cavanaugh, Jack ( 1989 - 11 - 12 ). `` COLLEGE FOOTBALL ; Boston College Surprises Army ''. New York Times. Retrieved 2009 - 05 - 04. Jump up ^ UCF Knights news, scores & more for the University of Central Florida - Orlando Sentinel Archived 2011 - 12 - 07 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ John ( 27 April 2010 ). `` JSilver 's UConn blog : Big East Bowl lineup complete ''. Retrieved 31 December 2017. ^ Jump up to : Chatmon, Brandon ( 2012 - 12 - 02 ). `` AutoZone Liberty Bowl ''. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 02. Jump up ^ Higgins, Ron ( 2012 - 12 - 02 ). `` Tulsa, Iowa State land in Liberty Bowl ; Rebels to Birmingham ''. The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 2012 - 12 - 02. Jump up ^ AutoZoneLibertyBowl ( 30 December 2017 ). `` Congratulations to game MVP @ AllenLazard # AZLB59 ! pic.twitter.com/SItOouRn6O ''. Retrieved 31 December 2017. External links Official website Liberty Bowl History & conference tie - ins History Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Convention Hall Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Broadcasters Big 12 Conference Southeastern Conference American Athletic Conference Games 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 2016 2017 Notes There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015. There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016. 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