| 2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 59th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Allen Lazard (WR, Iowa State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Memphis by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Duane Heydt (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | The Isley Brothers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 57,266[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$4,700,000[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | TV: Mike Patrick, Tommy Tuberville, Paul Carcaterra Radio: Bill Roth, Barrett Jones, Dawn Davenport[4] | ||||||||||||||||||
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.