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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.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	UCF	MSU
2	11:49		18	1:43	UCF	45-yard field goal by Michael Torres	3	0
2	06:02		1	1:37	MSU	22-yard field goal by Adam Carlson	3	3
4	01:54		59	3:53	MSU	Anthony Dixon 1-yard touchdown run, Adam Carlson kick good	3	10
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							3	10

References

World Features Syndicate via Long Beach Press-Telegram, Dec. 23, 2007
USATODAY.com
"ncaafootball.com - Bowl Schedules/Results". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2009.

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v t e Liberty Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Convention Hall Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium 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 2024
Notes	There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015. There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.

v t e Mississippi State Bulldogs bowl games
1912 Bacardi Bowl 1937 Orange Bowl 1941 Orange Bowl 1963 Liberty Bowl 1974 Sun Bowl 1980 Sun Bowl 1981 Hall of Fame Classic 1991 Liberty Bowl 1993 Peach Bowl 1995 Peach Bowl 1999 Cotton Bowl Classic 1999 Peach Bowl 2000 Independence Bowl 2007 Liberty Bowl 2011 Gator Bowl 2011 Music City Bowl 2013 Gator Bowl 2013 Liberty Bowl 2014 Orange Bowl 2015 Belk Bowl 2016 St. Petersburg Bowl 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl 2019 Outback Bowl 2019 Music City Bowl 2020 Armed Forces Bowl 2021 Liberty Bowl 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl

v t e UCF Knights bowl games
2005 Hawaii Bowl 2007 Liberty Bowl 2009 St. Petersburg Bowl 2010 Liberty Bowl 2012 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl 2014 Fiesta Bowl 2014 St. Petersburg Bowl 2016 Cure Bowl 2018 Peach Bowl 2019 Fiesta Bowl 2019 Gasparilla Bowl 2020 Boca Raton Bowl 2021 Gasparilla Bowl 2022 Military Bowl 2023 Gasparilla Bowl

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