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Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
The
2021 Liberty Bowl
was a
college football
bowl game
played on December 28, 2021, with kickoff at 6:45 p.m.
EST
(5:45 p.m. local
CST
) and televised on
ESPN
.
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It was the 63rd edition of the
Liberty Bowl
, and was one of the
2021?22 bowl games
concluding the
2021 FBS football season
. Sponsored by automotive retailer
AutoZone
, the game was officially known as the
AutoZone Liberty Bowl
.
Teams
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Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game was played between teams from the
Southeastern Conference
(SEC) and the
Big 12 Conference
.
This was the eighth meeting between Mississippi State and Texas Tech, with the most recent prior meeting coming in 1970; the Bulldogs led the all-time series, 4?2?1.
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Mississippi State Bulldogs
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Mississippi State, from the SEC, finished the regular season with an overall record of 7?5. This was the Bulldogs' third Liberty Bowl appearance, having appeared in the
2007
and
2013
editions, winning both. In 2007, Mississippi State defeated
UCF
, 10?3. In the 2013 game, the Bulldogs defeated
Rice
, 44?7. Mississippi State head coach
Mike Leach
was the head coach at Texas Tech from 2000 to 2009.
Texas Tech Red Raiders
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Texas Tech, from the Big 12, finished the regular season with an overall record of 6?6. This was the Red Raiders' first Liberty Bowl appearance. The team was led by interim head coach
Sonny Cumbie
, who was the starting quarterback at Texas Tech during the
2004 season
, playing for Leach.
Game summary
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2021 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Period
|
1
|
2
|
3
| 4
| Total
|
Mississippi State
|
0
|
7
|
0
| 0
| 7
|
Texas Tech
|
10
|
3
|
14
| 7
| 34
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at
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
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Memphis, Tennessee
- Date
: Tuesday, December 28, 2021
- Game time
: 6:45 p.m.
EST
(5:45 p.m. local
CST
)
- Game weather
: Cloudy ?
Temperature
: 69 °F (21 °C) ?
Wind
: S 10
MPH
- Game attendance
: 48,615
- Referee
: Riley Jefferson
- TV announcers (
ESPN
)
:
Dave Neal
(play-by-play),
Deuce McAllister
(analyst), and Andraya Carter (sideline)
- Box score
Game information
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- First quarter
- (12:40) TTU -
Tahj Brooks
19-yard rush, Jonathan Garibay kick good.
Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:20.
Texas Tech 7?0
- (3:03) TTU - Jonathan Garibay 31-yard field goal.
Drive: 14 plays, 79 yards, 6:24.
Texas Tech 10?0
- Second quarter
- (14:08) MSU ?
Rara Thomas
17-yard pass from
Will Rogers
, N. McCord kick good.
Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:55.
Texas Tech 10?7
- (0:13) TTU ? Jonathan Garibay 26-yard field goal.
Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 0:18.
Texas Tech 13?7
- Third quarter
- (9:03) TTU ?
Donovan Smith
1-yard rush, Jonathan Garibay kick good.
Drive: 4 plays, 95 yards, 1:00.
Texas Tech 20?7
- (0:02) TTU ? J. J. Sparkman 14-yard pass from Donovan Smith, Jonathan Garibay kick good.
Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards, 4:04.
Texas Tech 27?7
- Fourth quarter
- (8:47) TTU ?
SaRodorick Thompson
1-yard rush, Jonathan Garibay kick good.
Drive: 8 plays, 85 yards, 3:42.
Texas Tech 34?7
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Statistics
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Statistics
|
MSU
|
TTU
|
First downs
|
21
|
24
|
Plays?yards
|
73?344
|
72?512
|
Rushes?yards
|
20?54
|
44?260
|
Passing yards
|
290
|
252
|
Passing: comp?att?int
|
32?53?1
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15?28?0
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Time of possession
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28:41
|
30:57
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Team
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Category
|
Player
|
Statistics
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Mississippi State
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Passing
|
Will Rogers
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32/53, 290 yards, TD, INT
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Rushing
|
Dill Johnson
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9 rushes, 62 yards
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Receiving
|
Austin Williams
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5 receptions, 74 yards
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Texas Tech
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Passing
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Donovan Smith
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15/28, 252 yards, TD
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Rushing
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Tahj Brooks
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16 rushes, 107 yards, TD
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Receiving
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Myles Price
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3 receptions, 72 yards
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Notes
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- There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015.
- There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.
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