2011 Liberty Bowl
The 2011 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 2011, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. With sponsorship from AutoZone, the 53rd edition of the Liberty Bowl was officially the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
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| 53rd Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 31, 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Isaiah Pead (RB, Cincinnati) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Vanderbilt by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Land Clark (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | KC and the Sunshine Band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 57,103 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1.35 million per team | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave LaMont (Play-by-Play) Ray Bentley (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 1.88 | ||||||||||||||||||
The game, which was telecast at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC, featured the Cincinnati Bearcats, Big East co-champions, versus the Vanderbilt Commodores of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It was the first edition of the game to be aired by ABC since 1980. Cincinnati won the game, 31–24, in front of a crowd of 57,103.
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