1963 Liberty Bowl

1963 Liberty Bowl
5th Liberty Bowl
1234 Total
Mississippi State 13300 16
NC State 0606 12
DateDecember 21, 1963
Season1963
StadiumPhiladelphia Municipal Stadium
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
MVPOde Burrell (HB, Mississippi State)
Attendance8,309
Liberty Bowl
 < 1962  1964

The 1963 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game played at Philadelphia Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on December 21, 1963. The fifth edition of the Liberty Bowl was played between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the North Carolina State Wolfpack before a crowd of 8,309 fans in brutally cold weather. Coach Paul E. Davis led Mississippi State to victory, but the significant dropoff in attendance from prior games led organizers to relocate the 1964 edition of the bowl to the Atlantic City Convention Hall (now known as Boardwalk Hall) in Atlantic City, New Jersey, as the first college bowl game ever played indoors.[1]

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