| Game Name: | Liberty Bowl |
| Subheader: | 42nd Liberty Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Year Game Played: | 2000 |
| Football Season: | 2000 |
| Title Sponsor: | AXA |
| Visitor School: | Colorado State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Colorado State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Rams |
| Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 23 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 22 |
| Visitor Rank Bcs: | NR |
| Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 13 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Visitor Total: | 22 |
| Home School: | University of Louisville |
| Home Name Short: | Louisville |
| Home Nickname: | Cardinals |
| Home Record: | 9–2 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 22 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 23 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | NR |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Home Total: | 17 |
| Type: | bg |
| Mvp: | Cecil Sapp (RB, Colorado State) |
| Referee: | David Neal (MAC) |
| Attendance: | 58,302[1] |
The 2000 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29, 2000, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 42nd edition of the Liberty Bowl was played between the Colorado State Rams and the Louisville Cardinals. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. Colorado State won the game, 22–17; Colorado State running back Cecil Sapp, the game's MVP, ran for a career-high 160 yards and a touchdown.[2]