| 2011 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 53rd Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Isaiah Pead (RB, Cincinnati) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Vanderbilt by 3[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Land Clark (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 57,103 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.35 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave LaMont (Play-by-Play) Ray Bentley (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.88 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 2011, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.[2] With sponsorship from AutoZone, the 53rd edition of the Liberty Bowl was officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
The game, which was telecast at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC, featured the Cincinnati Bearcats, Big East co-champions, versus the Vanderbilt Commodores of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).[2] It was the first edition of the game to be aired by ABC since 1980. Cincinnati won the game, 31–24, in front of a crowd of 57,103.[3]