College football game
2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl59th Liberty Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total Iowa State 7 7 7 0 21 Memphis 7 3 10 0 20
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 CarcaterraBill Roth ,Barrett Jones , Dawn Davenport[ 4]
The2017 Liberty Bowl was a post-season Americancollege football bowl game played on December 30, 2017, atLiberty Bowl Memorial Stadium inMemphis, Tennessee . The 59th edition of theLiberty Bowl featured theIowa State Cyclones of theBig 12 Conference against theMemphis Tigers of theAmerican Athletic Conference . It was one of the2017–18 bowl games concluding the2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by automobile parts and accessories storeAutoZone , it was officially known as theAutoZone Liberty Bowl .
This was the last event that ESPN Play-by-Play announcer, Mike Patrick, called.[ 5]
The game featured conference tie-ins from theSoutheastern Conference and theBig 12 Conference . However, the SEC did not have enough teams to fill its contractual obligations, so the bowl invited the Memphis Tigers of the American Athletic Conference, the team that occupies the Liberty Bowl during the regular season, thus making the contest—which was the Tigers' first appearance in this bowl—a Memphis home game. This is the third Liberty Bowl for Iowa State, having previously played in the1972 and2012 editions of the game.
Iowa State Cyclones [ edit ] Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ISU MEM 1 13:09 6 65 1:51 ISU Hakeem Butler 52-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Kempt, Garrett Owens kick good7 0 1 06:00 2 40 0:16 MEM Anthony Miller 10-yard touchdown reception fromRiley Ferguson ,Riley Patterson kick good7 7 2 04:28 12 55 6:05 ISU Joel Lanning 2-yard touchdown run, Garrett Owens kick good14 7 2 00:00 8 49 1:18 MEM 34-yard field goal by Riley Patterson 14 10 3 13:22 4 66 1:38 MEM Phil Mayhue 36-yard touchdown reception from Riley Ferguson, Riley Patterson kick good 14 17 3 04:28 11 85 5:46 ISU Allen Lazard 5-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Kempt, Garrett Owens kick good21 17 3 02:16 6 49 2:12 MEM 30-yard field goal by Riley Patterson 21 20 "TOP" =time of possession . For other American football terms, seeGlossary of American football . 21 20
1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 7 7 7 0 21 Tigers 7 3 10 0 20
Statistics ISU MEM First downs 22 17 Plays–yards 80-346 59-339 Rushes–yards 42-32 26-53 Passing yards 314 286 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 24-38-0 21-33-0 Time of possession 37:49 22:11
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015. There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.
