Liberty Bowl

The Liberty Bowl is a bowl game held at the stadium of the same name in Memphis, Tennessee since 1965, after having been played in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium from 1959-1963, and then indoors at Atlantic City's Convention Hall in 1964.

For the first few years, the host was an Eastern independent. The invitations were open from 1963-1988 before the bowl reached an agreement with the service academies to accept the winner of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy as host school. That state of affairs lasted from 1989-1992. Since 1996, the champion of Conference USA hosted the game; from 1999-2005, their opponent was the Mountain West Conference champion. Beginning in 2006, the visiting team was a selection from the Southeastern Conference.

Results

19 DEC 1959	Penn State	7	Alabama	0
20 DEC 1960	Penn State	41	Oregon	12

16 DEC 1961	Syracuse	15	Miami (FL)	3
15 DEC 1962	Oregon State	6	Villanova	14
21 DEC 1963	Mississippi State	16	North Carolina State	0
19 DEC 1964	Utah	32	West Virginia	12
18 DEC 1965	Mississippi	13	Auburn	6
10 DEC 1966	Miami (FL)	14	Virginia Tech	7
16 DEC 1967	North Carolina State	14	Georgia	7
14 DEC 1968	Mississippi	34	Virginia Tech	7
13 DEC 1969	Colorado	47	Alabama	17
12 DEC 1970	Tulane	17	Colorado	33

20 DEC 1971	Tennessee	14	Arkansas	25
18 DEC 1972	Georgia Tech	31	Iowa State	13
17 DEC 1973	North Carolina State	31	Kansas	30
16 DEC 1974	Tennessee	7	Maryland	18
22 DEC 1975	Southern California	20	Texas A&M	3
20 DEC 1976	Alabama	36	Cal-Los Angeles	0
19 DEC 1977	Nebraska	21	North Carolina	6
23 DEC 1978	Missouri	20	Louisiana State	17
22 DEC 1979	Penn State	9	Tulane	15
27 DEC 1980	Purdue	28	Missouri	6

30 DEC 1981	Ohio State	31	Navy	11
29 DEC 1982	Alabama	21	Illinois	28
29 DEC 1983	Notre Dame	19	Boston College	15
27 DEC 1984	Auburn	21	Arkansas	18
27 DEC 1985	Baylor	21	Louisiana State	15
29 DEC 1986	Tennessee	21	Minnesota	7
29 DEC 1987	Georgia	20	Arkansas	14
28 DEC 1988	Indiana	34	South Carolina	17
29 DEC 1989	Mississippi	42	Air Force	10
27 DEC 1990	Air Force	23	Ohio State	29

29 DEC 1991	Air Force	38	Mississippi State	17
31 DEC 1992	Mississippi	13	Air Force	15
28 DEC 1993	Louisville	18	Michigan State	0
31 DEC 1994	Illinois	30	East Carolina	7
30 DEC 1995	East Carolina	19	Stanford	0
27 DEC 1996	Syracuse	30	Houston	13
31 DEC 1997	Southern Mississippi	41	Pittsburgh	17
31 DEC 1998	Tulane	41	Brigham Young	7
31 DEC 1999	Southern Mississippi	23	Colorado State	27
29 DEC 2000	Colorado State	22	Louisville	17

31 DEC 2001	Louisville	28	Brigham Young	6
31 DEC 2002	Texas Christian	17	Colorado State	10
31 DEC 2003	Utah	17	Southern Mississippi	3
31 DEC 2004	Louisville	44	Boise State	0
31 DEC 2005	Tulsa	31	Fresno State	40
29 DEC 2006	South Carolina	44	Houston	24
29 DEC 2007	Mississippi State	10	Central Florida	36
02 JAN 2009	Kentucky	25	East Carolina	3
02 JAN 2010	Arkansas	20	East Carolina	19
31 DEC 2010	Central Florida	10	Georgia	17