2000 Liberty Bowl

2000 AXA Liberty Bowl
2000 AXA Liberty Bowl
42nd Liberty Bowl
Colorado State Rams	Louisville Cardinals
(9–2)	(9–2)
Mountain West	C-USA
22	17
Head coach: ; Sonny Lubick	Head coach: ; John L. Smith
Date	December 29, 2000
Season	2000
Stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
MVP	Cecil Sapp (RB, Colorado State)
Referee	David Neal (MAC)
Attendance	58,302
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Rich Waltz, Don McPherson, and Holly Rowe
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The 2000 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29, 2000, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 42nd edition of the Liberty Bowl was played between the Colorado State Rams and the Louisville Cardinals. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. Colorado State won the game, 22–17; Colorado State running back Cecil Sapp, the game's MVP, ran for a career-high 160 yards and a touchdown.^[2]

DateDecember 29, 2000

Season2000

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