| 2023 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 65th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 29, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Seth Henigan (QB, Memphis) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Iowa State by 8.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Loeffler (SEC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,789 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | John Schriffen (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline) (ESPN) Jorge Sedano (play-by-play) and Orlando Franklin (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2023, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 65th annual Liberty Bowl featured Iowa State from the Big 12 Conference and Memphis from the American Athletic Conference (The American). The game began at approximately 2:30 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN.[3][4] The Liberty Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by automotive retailer AutoZone and was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.