liberty bowl liberty bowl post season american college football bowl game memphis memorial stadium memphis tennessee december game final contest college football season teams ended victory record tickets sold game degree temperatures game time spectators attended game marked second time played bowl game creation team game marked second time school history teams faced previous meeting held ended shutout victory hurricanes current head football coach player participated game backup buildup virginia tech led defense america safety caught returned touchdowns junior season addition defensive end named associated_press second team america team helped hurricanes offense check game offense served team captains game coached sixth year head coach amassed strong record wins kentucky virginia win traditional rival final game season sole loss came game season drew tie west_virginia miami ninth ranked hurricanes boasted regular season record including wins southern_california florida hurricanes led field time american later hall_of_fame career national_football_league field hurricanes coached head hurricanes football team game summary game kicked weather beginning defense dominated half tech held miami yards total offense opposite ball miami set bowl game records fewest rushing yards allowed fewest downs allowed got big break game blocking miami punt game taking miami yard line took virginia tech plays march end zone early lead miami battled stalemate rest half tech went halftime lead second half tech fortune turned late quarter defense stopped miami offense instead receiving punt committed penalty allowed miami retain possession ball plays later miami scored touchdown game fourth quarter miami finally took lead play yard drive unable answer hurricanes score miami won liberty bowl statistical summary miami named game valuable player catching passes yards accounting nearly half miami total offensive output miami earned rushing downs game setting liberty bowl record broken team players pass ball tech finished game having completed passes yards interception times game played passing ball finished having completed passes yards miami ball miller completed passes yards completed pass yards ground led runners carries yards backing francisco tech finished carries yards miami leading carried ball times yards backing finished carries yards
1966 Liberty Bowl