liberty bowl liberty bowl post season american college football bowl game miss rebels memphis memorial stadium memphis tennessee december game final contest college football season teams ended victory mississippi years previous trip asked travel memphis play post season bowl game time opponent mississippi amassed record regular season came game record included loss tech previous opponent miami liberty bowl kicked december previous appearance got fast start game second play tech ran yards touchdown courtesy trick play mississippi tech recovered scored quick touchdown end quarter tech added field goal touchdowns earned making score end quarter point onward favor tech attempted kick following field goal unable successfully recover ball good field position following kick mississippi quarterback orchestrated yard drive rebels points game mississippi scored touchdown halftime lead beginning second half point lead quickly seconds quarter mississippi ran yards touchdown mississippi lead added points game ended earned victory buildup virginia tech led head coach amassed record regular season prior came season high expectations 12th major college football program recording wins losses tie putting notre dame winning percentage regular season linebacker emerged major threat defense tech win intercepted passes shortly committee chairman selected play named team marking best players position country mississippi miss rebels led head coach earned regular season record prior remains time leader wins miss time mississippi selection liberty bowl led rebels national championships southeastern conference championships recent coming field miss featured star quarterback despite sophomore making later set records passing passing touchdowns miss route greatest mississippi history game summary liberty bowl kicked cold day fans memphis memorial stadium memphis tennessee december record crowd largest year history bowl point consumed hot dogs stadium ran quarter quarter game appeared run away overwhelming victory tech received ball begin game game second play ran yards trick play game touchdown mississippi ball offensive play recovered turnover plays later tech scored touchdown seven yard run stopping rebels defense tech appeared chance score returned miss punt rebels yard line despite excellent field position tech unable score quarterback sacked yard loss despite setback tech able miss scoring quarter yard field goal time came end quarter end quarter tech led second quarter mississippi came following field goal tech head coach ordered kick effort gain chance offense potentially build lead kicks unlike ordinary free kick recovered kicking team ball traveled yards kicking team touches ball traveled yards receiving team takes possession place ball touched unfortunately kick surprised miss travel yards mississippi took yard line miss players angered considered insult mississippi quarterback manning good field position inspired offense following kick driving rebels field connecting hank shows yard touchdown pass mississippi points seconds second quarter halftime manning connected touchdown pass yard strike tech held lead mississippi momentum receive ball begin second half miss wasted time scoring turned play second half yard touchdown rebels held lead threatened afterward miss defender intercepted virginia tech pass beginning fourth quarter returned yards mississippi touchdown rebels added pair field goals score rolled victory virginia tech statistical summary mississippi named game valuable player rushed ball yards touchdown addition catching passes yards miss quarterback finished game passing yards touchdowns led offense finished rushing yards touchdown finished rushing yards touchdown tech turned ball times committing throwing mississippi defense despite tech relative offensive success ground completely air completing pass net passing yards marks remain records fewest passes fewest passing yards gained team success defense quarter mississippi dominated defensively rest game defensive dominance mississippi quarters game tech field goal quarter offensive possessions crossed miss territory addition selection game mvp mississippi players recognized achievements game named game outstanding defensive offensive tackle named game outstanding offensive
1968 Liberty Bowl