| Game Name: | Liberty Bowl |
| Subheader: | 44th Liberty Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 31 |
| Year Game Played: | 2002 |
| Football Season: | 2002 |
| Title Sponsor: | AXA |
| Visitor School: | Texas Christian University |
| Visitor Name Short: | TCU |
| Visitor Nickname: | Horned Frogs |
| Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
| Visitor Total: | 17 |
| Home School: | Colorado State University |
| Home Name Short: | Colorado State |
| Home Nickname: | Rams |
| Home Record: | 10–3 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 23 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 21 |
| Home Rank Bcs: | NR |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 3 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Home Total: | 3 |
| Type: | bg |
| Mvp: | LaTarence Dunbar (WR, TCU) |
| Odds: | Colorado State by 3 |
| Referee: | Dennis Hennigan (Big East) |
| Attendance: | 55,207[1] |
The 2002 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 2002, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 44th edition of the Liberty Bowl matched the TCU Horned Frogs and the Colorado State Rams. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. TCU won, 17–3; the game was TCU's 500th victory in program history.[2]