Game Name: | Liberty Bowl |
Subheader: | 41st Liberty Bowl |
Date Game Played: | December 31 |
Year Game Played: | 1999 |
Football Season: | 1999 |
Title Sponsor: | AXA |
Visitor School: | Colorado State University |
Visitor Name Short: | Colorado State |
Visitor Nickname: | Rams |
Visitor Record: | 8 - 3 |
Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Visitor Total: | 17 |
Home School: | University of Southern Mississippi |
Home Name Short: | Southern Miss |
Home Nickname: | Golden Eagles |
Home Record: | 8-3 |
Home Rank Ap: | 16 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 14 |
Home 1Q: | 13 |
Home 2Q: | 7 |
Home 3Q: | 3 |
Home 4Q: | 0 |
Home Total: | 23 |
Type: | bg |
Mvp: | Adalius Thomas (DE, Southern Miss) |
Referee: | Jack Childress (ACC) |
Attendance: | 56,570[1] |
The 1999 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 1999, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 41st edition of the Liberty Bowl matched the Colorado State Rams and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. Southern Miss won the game 23–17; the game was highlighted by Southern Miss's strong defense, which scored two touchdowns and held Colorado State scoreless in the second half.[2]