College football game
2017 AutoZone 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] 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 .
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 [ 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 good 7 0 1 06:00 2 40 0:16 MEM Anthony Miller 10-yard touchdown reception from Riley Ferguson , Riley Patterson kick good 7 7 2 04:28 12 55 6:05 ISU Joel Lanning 2-yard touchdown run, Garrett Owens kick good 14 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 good 21 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, see Glossary 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.