2016 Liberty Bowl (January)

August 2023 March 2026 Liberty Bowl 57th Liberty Bowl AutoZone January 2 2016 2015 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, Tennessee Kansas State University Kansas State Wildcats 6–6 Big 12 Bill Snyder 10 3 10 0 University of Arkansas Arkansas Razorbacks 7–5 SEC Bret Bielema 14 10 7 14 Arkansas by 11½Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015 Alex Collins (RB, Arkansas) Betty Cantrell Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten) Craig Morgan 61,136 TBD ESPN/ESPN Radio Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN)Mark Neely, Jay Walker, & Kevin Weidl (ESPN Radio) 2014 2016 (Dec) The 2016 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on January 2, 2016, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 57th edition of the Liberty Bowl featured the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference against the Arkansas Razorbacks of the Southeastern Conference. It began at 2:20 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season. Sponsored by automobile parts and accessories store AutoZone, it was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.http://www.libertybowl.org/index.php/events/the-game Liberty Bowl Info Liberty Bowl December 6, 2015 December 7, 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20151210071110/http://www.libertybowl.org/index.php/events/the-game December 10, 2015 Teams The game featured the Kansas State Wildcats against the Arkansas Razorbacks. Kansas State Wildcats 2015 Kansas State Wildcats football team After finishing their season 6–6, the Wildcats accepted their invitation to play in the game.http://www.kstatesports.com/news/k-state-to-play-in-autozone-liberty-bowl-12-06-2015 K-State to Play Arkansas in AutoZone Liberty Bowl Kansas State University KStateSports.com December 6, 2015 December 7, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151208023454/http://www.kstatesports.com/news/k-state-to-play-in-autozone-liberty-bowl-12-06-2015 2015-12-08 dead This was the Wildcats' first Liberty Bowl. Arkansas Razorbacks 2015 Arkansas Razorbacks football team After finishing their season 7–5, the Razorbacks accepted their invitation to play in the game.http://www.arkansasrazorbacks.com/2015-bowl-game/ Arkansas Accepts Liberty Bowl Invitation University of Arkansas ArkansasRazorbacks.com December 6, 2015 December 7, 2015 This was the Razorbacks' fifth Liberty Bowl, giving them the new record for most appearances in the game. The Razorbacks are now 2–3 all-time in the Liberty Bowl, losing the 1971 Liberty Bowl to Tennessee 14–13, then losing the 1984 Liberty Bowl to Auburn 21–15, losing the 1987 Liberty Bowl to Georgia 20–17, and finally winning the 2010 Liberty Bowl over East Carolina 20–17 in overtime. Game summary Scoring summary K-ST ARK 1 11:38 K-ST 4 27 1:52 RushTD Winston Dimel 10 good Matthew McCrane 7 0 1 8:15 ARK 6 72 3:23 RushTD Alex Collins 22 good Cole Hedlund 7 7 1 3:50 K-ST 8 46 4:18 FG Matthew McCrane 36 10 7 1 2:22 ARK 3 24 1:17 RushTD Jared Cornelius 13 good Cole Hedlund 10 14 2 13:05 ARK 8 64 3:04 RushTD Alex Collins 13 good Cole Hedlund 10 21 2 2:08 ARK 9 55 4:59 FG Cole Hedlund 26 10 24 2 0:21 K-ST 8 49 1:41 FG Matthew McCrane 21 13 24 3 12:44 K-ST 4 74 2:10 RecTD Winston Dimel Kody Cook 48 good Matthew McCrane 20 24 3 7:54 ARK 9 82 4:42 RecTD Jeremy Sprinkel Brandon Allen 6 good Cole Hedlund 20 31 3 1:46 K-ST 11 47 6:02 FG Matthew McCrane 32 23 31 4 12:04 ARK 8 78 4:34 RushTD Alex Collins 14 good Cole Hedlund 23 38 4 4:46 ARK 9 80 5:38 RushTD Kody Walker 10 good Cole Hedlund 23 45 23 45 Source:http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=112004&a=1 2015 Liberty Bowl: Kansas State vs. Arkansas Stats Stat Broadcast 2016-01-02 Statistics Statistics K-ST ARK First downs 13 30 Total offense, plays - yards 47–242 68–569Rushes-yards (net) 22–79 42–254 Passing yards (net) 163 315Passes, Comp-Att-Int 12–25–1 20–26–1 Time of Possession 22:30 37:30 Arkansas running back Alex Collins was named the game's MVP, after gaining 185 yards and 3 touchdowns on 23 carries. References Category:2015–16 NCAA football bowl games 2016,01 2016 2016 Category:2016 in sports in Tennessee Category:January 2016 sports events in the United States