liberty bowl liberty bowl post season american college football bowl game held december liberty bowl memorial stadium memphis tennessee united_states 54th edition began aired espn featured iowa state cyclones conference champion golden hurricane final game ncaa division football season teams golden hurricane advanced game virtue winning conference usa football championship game cyclones eligible bowl game regular season record teams previously met september cyclones home iowa iowa state won game pre game buildup primarily focused rematch slight experts picked iowa state predicted game close considered strong running team solid defense iowa state balanced struggled times defense rematch college bowl season won game score led rush yard effort touchdown effort iowa state lost quarterback flu bug fourth quarter iowa state took lead scored unanswered points win teams november invited play independence bowl asked time negotiations heart dallas bowl athletic director commissioner claimed december executive director guaranteed bowl invite deadline accept invitation passed selected mac ohio instead december extended remaining bid iowa state instead liberty bowl respond times request comment situation end playing bowl game despite nation scoring offense previously met september iowa taking lead gave lead allowing iowa state score unanswered points iowa state went win iowa state despite cyclones ninth place finish big conference record record big bowl eligible team team conference won games september beating western illinois iowa lost september conference foe october cyclones went defeated ranked lost lost games november manage defeat kansas big team finish worse conference record iowa state cyclones second following game lost score golden hurricane won championship conference record defeating score overtime win second title winning game knights conference corresponding plan ncaa bowl season golden hurricane liberty bowl lost season opener iowa state went seven game winning streak defeating marshall rice second loss season came november defeated arkansas missing extra points field goal won games respectively final loss regular season came november regular season performance earned berth conference championship game defeated central florida second time season golden hurricane second previously having won game defeating score buildup experts predicted game fairly close score split win slight favoring iowa state iowa state came season wins losses senior freshman started points cyclones coached iowa state offense came game starter quarterback role held cyclones win bowl eligible leading coming game junior running amassed rushing yards season yard white rushing yards junior running receiving game iowa state led trio senior wide receivers totaled respectively offensive line question marks coming game including right tackle sophomore career start previous game total iowa state ranked total offense averaging yards game defense defensively iowa state led players achieved team conference honors senior defensive senior recorded tackles games achieved feat times iowa state expected safety defensive injury game remainder cyclone secondary rounded senior junior coming game iowa state ranked nation pass defense efficiency nationally run defense came win loss season rushing key success second time season set rematch team previously conference championship game offense offense focused heavily running game finished ninth country rushing yards sixth country rushing touchdowns running backs achieved yards rushing junior junior senior led team conference ranked sixth nationally rushing touchdowns passing game junior quarterback totaled passing yards touchdowns middle pack nationally green leading receiver sophomore amassed yards touchdowns led team defense defensively ranked 17th nation rushing defense allowing yards game 34th total defense allowing yards game ranked second sacks trailing stanford represented players coaches conference team senior defensive end senior linebacker senior defensive game summary broadcast liberty bowl broadcast live espn provided play play commentary national_football_league quarterback provided color commentary reported game broadcast online play play color commentary reporter broadcast game quarter iowa state got ball start game drive highlighted yard pass drive totaled plays yards culminated yard field goal iowa state exchanged drives got ball rushed ball yards play drive threw short pass intercepted defensive returned yards touchdown play yard drive running backs rushed ball rushed yard touchdown score drive lasted plays second yard pass richardson tight end touchdown final drives quarter went second quarter good field position short yard punt start drive quarter play yard drive culminated yard touchdown run green cut gap iowa state went ensuing drive forced punt got ball yard line play yard drive featured passes yards respectively yard rush plays set goal yard line lost yard ran yard touchdown second putting lead lead remainder game drives ended punt iowa state took yard line remaining half drove field yard line couldn score settle yard field goal attempt missed scoring remainder half quarter iowa state got ball start game got start second half committed illegal block penalty began drive yard line drive went iowa state ran plays prior richardson intercepted yard line began drive committing yard personal foul penalty set subsequently ran plays got short having punt punt went yards downed iowa state iowa state plays gave ball play yard drive highlighted yard run drive capped touchdown run game iowa state went final drive quarter conclusion score fourth quarter drive fourth quarter lasted plays went yards capped yard field goal iowa state went fourth quarter presumably richardson caught flu bug completed yard pass start drive game subsequent series stalled forcing punt fair caught ran play yard drive ended short punt time yards way completed passes drive prior throwing interception set yard line ran play yard drive forced punt final drive game ended rushing yards forced recovered iowa state took knees won game score scoring summary statistics passing stats rushing stats receiving stats
2012 Liberty Bowl