Year Game Played: | 2007 |
Title Sponsor: | AutoZone |
Game Name: | Liberty Bowl |
Subheader: | 49th Liberty Bowl |
Football Season: | 2007 |
Visitor Name Short: | UCF |
Visitor Nickname: | Knights |
Visitor School: | University of Central Florida |
Home Name Short: | Mississippi State |
Home Nickname: | Bulldogs |
Home School: | Mississippi State University |
Visitor Record: | 10–3 |
Visitor Conference: | C-USA |
Home Record: | 7–5 |
Home Conference: | SEC |
Visitor Coach: | George O'Leary |
Home Coach: | Sylvester Croom |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 3 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 0 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Date Game Played: | December 29 |
Stadium: | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium |
City: | Memphis, Tennessee |
Mvp: | Derek Pegues (FS, Mississippi State) |
Odds: | UCF by 3[1] |
Anthem: | Kallen Esperian |
Referee: | Ken Williamson (Sun Belt) |
Halftime: | Taylor Hicks |
Attendance: | 63,816[2] |
Payout: | 1.7 million per team[3] |
Us Network: | ESPN |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Terry Gannon, David Norrie |
Different Next: | 2009 |
The 2007 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29, 2007, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 49th edition of the Liberty Bowl matched the University of Central Florida (UCF) Knights, winners of the Conference USA Championship for the first time in school history, and the Mississippi State University (MSU) Bulldogs, in their first bowl game under head coach Sylvester Croom. With sponsorship from AutoZone, the game was officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Mississippi State free safety Derek Pegues intercepted two passes as part of an outstanding overall defensive effort by the Bulldogs on his way to earning MVP honors. The Bulldogs emerged victorious by a score of 10–3.