2007 Liberty Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl 49th Liberty Bowl 2007 UCF Knights University of Central Florida Mississippi State Bulldogs Mississippi State University 10–3 C-USA 7–5 SEC George O'Leary Sylvester Croom 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 7 December 29 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Derek Pegues (FS, Mississippi State) UCF by 3World Features Syndicate via Long Beach Press-Telegram, Dec. 23, 2007 Kallen Esperian Ken Williamson (Sun Belt) Taylor Hicks 63,816USATODAY.com 1.7 million per teamhttp://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s%3D%26url_channel_id%3D34%26url_article_id%3D9255%26change_well_id%3D2 ncaafootball.com - Bowl Schedules/Results 2009-09-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070803194501/http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=34&url_article_id=9255&change_well_id=2 2007-08-03 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Terry Gannon, David Norrie, and Vince Welch 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. UCF MSU collapsed 2 11:49 UCF 18 1:43 FG 45 Michael Torres 3 0 2 06:02 MSU 1 1:37 FG 22 Adam Carlson 3 3 4 01:54 MSU 59 3:53 RushTD Anthony Dixon 1 good Adam Carlson 3 10 3 10 References Liberty Bowl Category:Liberty Bowl Category:Mississippi State Bulldogs football bowl games Category:UCF Knights football bowl games