AutoZone Liberty Bowl announced for Dec. 28, to be televised on ESPN
The 64th AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be held Dec. 28 at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium.
It will be the second consecutive season the Liberty Bowl has a late afternoon/early evening start time. Per tradition, it will feature an SEC team against a Big 12 team.
Last year's game saw Texas Tech win 34-7 over Mississippi State with quarterback Donovan Smith winning Most Valuable Player honors.
“There will be no other football on television during this time slot, so it’s a terrific opportunity for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl to showcase two outstanding universities from the SEC and Big 12, the Memphis community and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to a national audience,” AutoZone Liberty Bowl executive director Steve Ehrhart said in a release.
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This year's game will honor former Florida and South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier with its annual Distinguished Citizen Award. Spurrier, who also coached at Duke and the NFL's Washington Commanders, led South Carolina to a 44-36 win over Houston in the 2006 Liberty Bowl.
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This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: AutoZone Liberty Bowl 2022 to be held on Dec. 28 on ESPN
