2018 Liberty Bowl

The 2018 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game between the #24 Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference and the unranked Oklahoma State Cowboys of the Big 12 Conference. The 60th edition of the Liberty Bowl took place on December 31, 2018 at 2:45 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.^[5] It was one of the 2018–19 bowl games that concluded the 2018 FBS football season. Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, hosted the game for the 54th straight year. The game was sponsored by automobile parts and accessories store AutoZone and was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

The Cowboys beat the Tigers by a score of 38–33 to claim the school's first Liberty Bowl championship and their 19th bowl game overall.

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Teams

The game was played between Missouri from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference.^[6] The two programs had previously met 52 times, with Missouri holding a 29–23 series lead.^[7] Both programs were members of the Big Eight Conference for many years, and met annually from 1960 through 1997; their most recent prior meeting had been the 2014 Cotton Bowl Classic, won by Missouri.^[7]

Missouri Tigers

Missouri received and accepted a bid to the Liberty Bowl on December 2.^[6] The Tigers entered their third Liberty Bowl with an 8–4 record (4–4 in conference).

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Oklahoma State received and accepted a bid to the Liberty Bowl on December 2.^[6] The Cowboys entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–6 in conference).

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	MIZ	OKST
1	9:27	11	80	4:12	OKST	Dillon Stoner 30-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Cornelius, Matt Ammendola kick good	0	7
1	6:46	6	74	2:36	MIZ	24-yard field goal by Tucker McCann	3	7
2	7:49	16	97	5:48	MIZ	Dominic Gicinto 5-yard touchdown reception from Drew Lock, Tucker McCann kick good	10	7
2	5:31	9	65	1:56	OKST	Tyron Johnson 7-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Cornelius, Matt Ammendola kick good	10	14
2	3:35	5	75	1:56	MIZ	Kendall Blanton 16-yard touchdown reception from Drew Lock, Tucker McCann kick failed	16	14
3	11:49	10	75	3:11	OKST	Tylan Wallace 9-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Cornelius, Matt Ammendola kick good	16	21
3	10:21	3	26	1:14	OKST	Chuba Hubbard 4-yard touchdown run, Matt Ammendola kick good	16	28
3	4:20	12	67	6:01	MIZ	26-yard field goal by Tucker McCann	19	28
3	3:08	4	75	1:12	OKST	Tyron Johnson 46-yard touchdown reception from Taylor Cornelius, Matt Ammendola kick good	19	35
4	14:41	1	86	0:10	MIZ	Johnathon Johnson 86-yard touchdown reception from Drew Lock, Tucker McCann kick good	26	35
4	11:50	2	80	0:28	MIZ	Larry Rountree 55-yard touchdown run, Tucker McCann kick good	33	35
4	5:54	11	66	3:28	OKST	27-yard field goal by Matt Ammendola	33	38
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							33	38

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	3	13	3	14	33
Cowboys	7	7	21	3	38

Statistics	MIZ	OKST
First downs	27	27
Plays–yards	80–637	80–502
Rushes–yards	42–264	35–169
Passing yards	373	333
Passing: comp–att–int	23–38–0	27–45–2
Time of possession	32:25	27:35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Missouri	Passing	Drew Lock	23/38, 373 yds, 3 TD
	Rushing	Larry Rountree	27 car, 204 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Johnathon Johnson	9 rec, 185 yds, 1 TD
Oklahoma State	Passing	Taylor Cornelius	26/44, 336 yds, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Chuba Hubbard	18 car, 145 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Tyron Johnson	7 rec, 141 yds, 2 TD

References

^ @BrianBrinkleyOK (December 31, 2018). "#OkState QB Taylor Cornelius is the @AZOLibertyBowl MVP to finish his career" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2018 – via Twitter.
^ Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
^ @DrewHill_CA (December 31, 2018). "51,587 is the announced attendance for the Liberty Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2018 – via Twitter.
^ "2018 Bowl Schedule". CFP.com. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
^ "2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule". ESPN. May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Liberty Bowl 2018, Oklahoma State vs. Missouri: Where, when, and team info". sbnation.com. December 2, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Missouri Tigers vs. Oklahoma State Cowboys football series games history list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

External links

Official website
Box score at ESPN

v t e 2018–19 NCAA football bowl game season
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v t e Liberty Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Convention Hall Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium Broadcasters Big 12 Conference Southeastern Conference American Athletic Conference
Games	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 (January) 2010 (December) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2016 (January) 2016 (December) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Notes	There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015. There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.

Missouri Tigers bowl games

Oklahoma State Cowboys bowl games

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