2016 Liberty Bowl (January)
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| 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 57th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Alex Collins (RB, Arkansas) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Arkansas by 11½[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Betty Cantrell[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Craig Morgan[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 61,136[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN) Mark Neely, Jay Walker, & Kevin Weidl (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 57th edition of the Liberty Bowl featured the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference against the Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southeastern Conference. It began at 2:20 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by automobile parts and accessories store AutoZone, it was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.[2]