| 2009 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 50th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
 Liberty Bowl 50th Anniversary logo. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | DT Ventrell Jenkins, Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Bill LeMonnier (Big Ten Conference) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 56,125 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.8 million per team[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones, Bob Davie | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2009 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, on January 2, 2009. The 50th edition of the Liberty Bowl, it was the first edition ever played in January. With sponsorship from AutoZone, the game was officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. The game featured the East Carolina Pirates of Conference USA (C-USA) and the Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Kentucky overcame a 13-point halftime deficit to win, 25–19.
- ^ [1] Archived December 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine