2017 Liberty Bowl

2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
59th Liberty Bowl
Iowa State Cyclones	Memphis Tigers
(7–5)	(10–2)
Big 12	The American
21	20
Head coach: ; Matt Campbell	Head coach: ; Mike Norvell
Date	December 30, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
MVP	Allen Lazard (WR, Iowa State)
Favorite	Memphis by 1.5
Referee	Duane Heydt (ACC)
Halftime show	The Isley Brothers
Attendance	57,266
Payout	US$4,700,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC/ESPN Radio
Announcers	TV: Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra; Radio: Bill Roth, Barrett Jones, Dawn Davenport
Liberty Bowl
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DateDecember 30, 2017

Season2017

The 2017 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 30, 2017, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 59th edition of the Liberty Bowl featured the Iowa State Cyclones of the Big 12 Conference against the Memphis Tigers of the American Athletic Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by automobile parts and accessories store AutoZone, it was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

This was the last event that ESPN Play-by-Play announcer, Mike Patrick, called.^[5]

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
ISU	Passing	Kyle Kempt	24/38, 314 yds
	Rushing	David Montgomery	24 car, 52 yds
	Receiving	Allen Lazard	10 rec, 142 yds, 1 TD
MEM	Passing	Riley Ferguson	21/33, 286 yds
	Rushing	Patrick Taylor Jr.	17 car, 68 yds
	Receiving	Phil Mayhue	5 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD

v t e 2017–18 NCAA football bowl game season
New Mexico (Dec. 16) Las Vegas (Dec. 16) Camellia (Dec. 16) Cure (Dec. 16) New Orleans (Dec. 16) Boca Raton (Dec. 19) Frisco (Dec. 20) Gasparilla (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Bahamas (Dec. 22) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Birmingham (Dec. 23) Dollar General (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Cactus (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 27) Pinstripe (Dec. 27) Texas (Dec. 27) Foster Farms (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 28) Camping World (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Belk (Dec. 29) Cotton (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 29) Arizona (Dec. 29) Fiesta (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 30) Orange (Dec. 30) TaxSlayer (Dec. 30) Citrus (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Peach (Jan. 1)
College Football Playoff games: Rose (semifinal) (Jan. 1) Sugar (semifinal) (Jan. 1) National Championship Game (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27)

v t e Liberty Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Convention Hall Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Big 12 Conference Southeastern Conference American Athletic Conference
Games	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 (Jan) 2010 (Dec) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 (Jan) 2016 (Dec) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2026
Notes	There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015. There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.

Iowa State Cyclones

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cyclones	7	7	7	0	21
Tigers	7	3	10	0	20