2017 Liberty Bowl

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2017 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
59th Liberty Bowl
1234Total
Iowa State777021
Memphis7310020
DateDecember 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
Attendance57,266 [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]
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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.

Contents

This was the last event that ESPN Play-by-Play announcer, Mike Patrick, called. [5]

Teams

The game featured conference tie-ins from the Southeastern Conference and the Big 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 the 1972 and 2012 editions of the game.

Iowa State Cyclones

Memphis Tigers

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP ISUMEM
113:096651:51ISU Hakeem Butler 52-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Kempt, Garrett Owens kick good70
106:002400:16MEM Anthony Miller 10-yard touchdown reception from Riley Ferguson, Riley Patterson kick good77
204:2812556:05ISU Joel Lanning 2-yard touchdown run, Garrett Owens kick good147
200:008491:18MEM34-yard field goal by Riley Patterson1410
313:224661:38MEMPhil Mayhue 36-yard touchdown reception from Riley Ferguson, Riley Patterson kick good1417
304:2811855:46ISU Allen Lazard 5-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Kempt, Garrett Owens kick good2117
302:166492:12MEM30-yard field goal by Riley Patterson2120
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2120

Statistics

1234Total
Cyclones777021
Tigers7310020
StatisticsISUMEM
First downs2217
Plays–yards80-34659-339
Rushes–yards42-3226-53
Passing yards314286
Passing: Comp–Att–Int24-38-021-33-0
Time of possession37:4922:11
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ISUPassingKyle Kempt24/38, 314 yds
Rushing David Montgomery 24 car, 52 yds
Receiving Allen Lazard 10 rec, 142 yds, 1 TD
MEMPassing Riley Ferguson 21/33, 286 yds
Rushing Patrick Taylor Jr. 17 car, 68 yds
ReceivingPhil Mayhue5 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD

References

  1. AutoZoneLibertyBowl (December 30, 2017). "Congratulations to game MVP @AllenLazard #AZLB59 !pic.twitter.com/SItOouRn6O" . Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  2. "Iowa State vs. Memphis - Game Summary - December 30, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  3. "College Football Poll.com". www.collegefootballpoll.com.
  4. "ESPN's Exclusive Presentation of the College Football Playoff National Championship, the New Year's Six and 29 Additional Bowl Games - ESPN MediaZone". espnmediazone.com.
  5. https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/44803930/mike-patrick-espn-play-play-voice-36-years-dies-80