The 2024 Liberty Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 27, 2024, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium located in Memphis, Tennessee. The 66th annual Liberty Bowl game will feature teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Southeastern Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. CST and will air on ESPN.[2][3] The Liberty Bowl will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games that will be concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The bowl game will be sponsored by automotive retailer AutoZone, and the game is officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
| 2024 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||
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| 66th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2024 | ||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||
| Stadium | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium | ||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||
| Referee | (Big Ten)[1] | ||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) (ESPN) Noah Reed (play-by-play) and Charles Arbuckle (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||
Teams
editConsistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature the Texas Tech Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference and the Arkansas Razorbacks from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This will be the 38th meeting between the Red Raiders and Razorbacks, with Arkansas leading the overall series 29–8.
Texas Tech Red Raiders
editTexas Tech will be making their second appearance in the Liberty Bowl, having won their only previous game in 2021. The Red Raiders, led by third-year head coach Joey McGuire, finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–4 with a Big 12 record of 6–3. On December 14, Texas Tech announced that starting quarterback Behren Morton would miss the game due to shoulder surgery.[4] True freshman Will Hammond was named the Red Raiders' starter for the bowl game.[5]
Arkansas Razorbacks
editArkansas will be making their seventh appearance in the Liberty Bowl, which is the most by any team. Arkansas is 3–3 in previous games. The Razorbacks, led by fifth-year head coach Sam Pittman, finished the regular season with an overall record of 6–6 with a SEC record of 3–5.
Game summary
edit| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Tech | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Arkansas | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium • Memphis, Tennessee
- Date: Friday, December 27, 2024
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. CST
- TV announcers (ESPN): Anish Shroff (play-by-play), Andre Ware (analyst), and Paul Carcaterra (sideline)
Statistics
edit| Statistics | TTU | ARK |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Tech | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| Arkansas | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
References
edit- ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Apodaca, Justin (December 14, 2024). "Texas Tech QB Behren Morton set to miss Liberty Bowl after undergoing shoulder surgery". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
- ^ Williams, Don (December 14, 2024). "Texas Tech football's Behren Morton has surgery, to miss Liberty Bowl". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved December 15, 2024.