COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECORDS
Liberty Bowl
Stadium: Liberty Bowl Memorial
Capacity: 62,598
Surface: natural/artificial
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Playing sites:
Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia PA (1959-63)
Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ (1964)
Memphis Memorial Stadium, Memphis TN (1965-75)
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (since 1976)
Corporate title sponsor: AutoZone
Dec. 27, 2024 - Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 26
MVP: Taylen Green, Arkansas
Dec. 29, 2023 - Memphis 36, Iowa State 26
MVP: Seth Henigan, Memphis
Dec. 28, 2022 - Arkansas 53, Kansas 51
MVP: KJ Jefferson, Arkansas
Dec. 28, 2021 - Texas Tech 34, Mississippi State 7
MVP: Donovan Smith, Texas Tech
Dec. 31, 2020 - West Virginia 24, Army 21
MVP: TJ Simmons, West Virginia
Dec. 31, 2019 - Navy 20, Kansas State 17
MVP: Malcolm Perry, Navy
Dec. 31, 2018 - Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 33
MVP: Taylor Cornelius, Oklahoma State
Dec. 30, 2017 - Iowa State 21, Memphis 20
MVP: Allen Lazard, Iowa State
Dec. 30, 2016 - Georgia 31, TCU 23
MVP: Trenton Thompson, Georgia
Jan. 2, 2016 - Arkansas 45, Kansas State 23
MVP: Alex Collins, Arkansas
Dec. 26, 2014 - Texas A&M 45, West Virginia 37
MVP: Kyle Allen, Texas A&M
Dec. 31, 2013 - Mississippi State 44, Rice 7
MVP: Dak Prescott, Mississippi State
Dec. 31, 2012 - Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
MVP: Trey Watt, Tulsa
Dec. 31, 2011 - Cincinnati 31, Vanderbilt 24
MVP: Isaiah Pead, Cincinnati
Dec. 31, 2010 - Central Florida 10, Georgia 6
MVP: Latavius Murray, Central Florida
Jan. 2, 2010 - Arkansas 20, East Carolina 17
MVP: Ryan Mallett, Arkansas
Jan. 2, 2009 - Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19
MVP: Ventrell Jenkins, Kentucky
Dec. 29, 2007 - Mississippi State 10, Central Florida 3
MVP: Derek Pegues, Mississippi State
Dec. 29, 2006 - South Carolina 44, Houston 36
MVP: Blake Mitchell, South Carolina
Dec. 31, 2005 - Tulsa 31, Fresno State 24
MVP: Paul Smith, Tulsa
Dec. 31, 2004 - Louisville 44, Boise State 40
MVP: Stefan LeFors, Louisville
Dec. 31, 2003 - Utah 17, Southern Mississippi 0
MVP: Brandon Warfield, Utah
Dec. 31, 2002 - Texas Christian 17, Colorado State 3
MVP: LaTarence Dunbar & Jason Goss, TCU
Dec. 31, 2001 - Louisville 28, Brigham Young 10
MVP: Dave Ragone, Louisville
Dec. 29, 2000 - Colorado State 22, Louisville 17
MVP: Cecil Sapp, Colorado State
Dec. 31, 1999 - Southern Mississippi 23, Colorado State 17
MVP: Adalius Thomas, Southern Mississippi
Dec. 31, 1998 - Tulane 41, Brigham Young 27
MVP: Shaun King, Tulane
Dec. 31, 1997 - Southern Mississippi 41, Pittsburgh 7
MVP: Sherrod Gideon, Southern Mississippi
Dec. 27, 1996 - Syracuse 30, Houston 17
MVP: Malcolm Thomas, Syracuse
Dec. 30, 1995 - East Carolina 19, Stanford 13
MVP: Kwame Ellis, Stanford
Dec. 31, 1994 - Illinois 30, East Carolina 0
MVP: Johnny Johnson, Illinois
Dec. 30, 1993 - Louisville 18, Michigan State 7
MVP: Jeff Brohm, Louisville
Dec. 31, 1992 - Mississippi 13, Air Force 0
MVP: Cassius Ware, Mississippi
Dec. 29, 1991 - Air Force 38, Mississippi State 15
MVP: Rob Perez, Air Force
Dec. 27, 1990 - Air Force 23, Ohio State 11
MVP: Rob Perez, Air Force
Dec. 28, 1989 - Mississippi 42, Air Force 29
MVP: Randy Baldwin, Mississippi
Dec. 28, 1988 - Indiana 34, South Carolina 10
MVP: Dave Schnell, Indiana
Dec. 29, 1987 - Georgia 20, Arkansas 17
MVP: Greg Thomas, Arkansas
Dec. 29, 1986 - Tennessee 21, Minnesota 14
MVP: Jeff Francis, Tennessee
Dec. 27, 1985 - Baylor 21, Louisiana State 7
MVP: Cody Carlson, Baylor
Dec. 27, 1984 - Auburn 21, Arkansas 15
MVP: Bo Jackson, Auburn
Dec. 29, 1983 - Notre Dame 19, Boston College 18
MVP: Doug Flutie, Boston College
Dec. 29, 1982 - Alabama 21, Illinois 15
MVP: Jeremiah Castille, Alabama
Dec. 30, 1981 - Ohio State 31, Navy 28
MVP: Eddie Meyers, Navy
Dec. 27, 1980 - Purdue 28, Missouri 25
MVP: Mark Herrmann, Purdue
Dec. 22, 1979 - Penn State 9, Tulane 6
MVP: Roch Hontas, Tulane
Dec. 23, 1978 - Missouri 20, Louisiana State 15
MVP: James Wilder, Missouri
Dec. 19, 1977 - Nebraska 21, North Carolina 17
MVP: Matt Kupec, North Carolina
Dec. 20, 1976 - Alabama 36, UCLA 6
MVP: Barry Krauss, Alabama
Dec. 22, 1975 - USC 20, Texas A&M 0
MVP: Ricky Bell, USC
Dec. 16, 1974 - Tennessee 7, Maryland 3
MVP: Randy White, Maryland
Dec. 17, 1973 - North Carolina State 31, Kansas 18
MVP: Stan Fritts, NC State
Dec. 18, 1972 - Georgia Tech 31, Iowa State 20
MVP: Jim Stevens, Georgia Tech
Dec. 20, 1971 - Tennessee 14, Arkansas 13
MVP: Joe Ferguson, Arkansas
Dec. 12, 1970 - Tulane 17, Colorado 3
MVP: Dave Abercrombie, Tulane
Dec. 13, 1969 - Colorado 47, Alabama 33
MVP: Bob Anderson, Colorado
Dec. 14, 1968 - Mississippi 34, Virginia Tech 17
MVP: Steve Hindman, Mississippi
Dec. 16, 1967 - North Carolina State 14, Georgia 7
MVP: Jim Donnan, NC State
Dec. 10, 1966 - Miami FL 14, Virginia Tech 7
MVP: Jimmy Cox, Miami FL
Dec. 18, 1965 - Mississippi 13, Auburn 7
MVP: Tom Bryan, Auburn
Dec. 19, 1964 - Utah 32, West Virginia 6
MVP: Ernest Adler, Utah
Dec. 21, 1963 - Mississippi State 16, NC State 12
MVP: Ode Burrell, Mississippi State
Dec. 15, 1962 - Oregon State 6, Villanova 0
MVP: Terry Baker, Oregon State
Dec. 16, 1961 - Syracuse 15, Miami FL 14
MVP: Ernie Davis, Syracuse
Dec. 17, 1960 - Penn State 41, Oregon 12
MVP: Dick Hoak, Penn State
Dec. 19, 1959 - Penn State 7, Alabama 0
MVP: Jay Huffman, Penn State