2014 Liberty Bowl

2014 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
56th Liberty Bowl
Texas A&M Aggies West Virginia Mountaineers (7–5) (7–5) SEC Big 12 45 37 Head coach:  Kevin Sumlin Head coach:  Dana Holgorsen
1 2 3 4 Total Texas A&M 14 14 17 0 45 West Virginia 20 7 3 7 37
Date	December 29, 2014
Season	2014
Stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
MVP	Texas A&M QB Kyle Allen[1]
Favorite	West Virginia by 3[2]
Referee	Walter Davenport[3] (ACC)
Halftime show	Big & Rich[4]
Attendance	51,282[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	Clay Matvick, Anthony Becht, & Dawn Davenport (ESPN) Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, & Niki Noto (ESPN Radio)

The 2014 Liberty Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 29, 2014, at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The 56th edition of the Liberty Bowl featured the Texas A&M Aggies of the Southeastern Conference and the West Virginia Mountaineers of the Big 12 Conference. It began at 1:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by automobile parts and accessories store AutoZone, it was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

Teams

This was the first meeting between these two teams. This was the 2nd Liberty Bowl appearance for both schools, Texas A&M's first was in 1975 and West Virginia's was in 1964. This was the first for Texas A&M as a member of the SEC and the first for West Virginia as a member of the Big 12.

Texas A&M

Main article: 2014 Texas A&M Aggies football team

West Virginia

Main article: 2014 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP TA&M WVU 1 11:55 1 44 0:09 TA&M Josh Reynolds 44-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Allen, Josh Lambo kick good 7 0 1 7:49 10 56 4:06 WVU 32-yard field goal by Josh Lambert 7 3 1 5:12 5 58 1:32 WVU Mario Alford 45-yard touchdown reception from Skyler Howard, Josh Lambert kick good 7 10 1 4:54 – – – WVU Interception returned 35 yards for touchdown by K. J. Dillon, Josh Lambert kick good 7 17 1 1:28 11 89 3:26 TA&M Trey Williams 40-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Allen, Josh Lambo kick good 14 17 1 0:00 6 66 1:28 WVU 40-yard field goal by Josh Lambert 14 20 2 12:35 6 60 2:25 TA&M Malcome Kennedy 11-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Allen, Josh Lambo kick good 21 20 2 11:56 2 52 0:39 WVU Kevin White 49-yard touchdown reception from Skyler Howard, Josh Lambert kick good 21 27 2 0:53 12 90 3:24 TA&M Kyle Allen 14-yard touchdown run, Josh Lambo kick good 28 27 3 11:33 7 57 2:27 TA&M 26-yard field goal by Josh Lambo 31 27 3 7:44 6 54 2:46 TA&M Trey Williams 18-yard touchdown run, Josh Lambo kick good 38 27 3 5:10 10 62 2:34 WVU 31-yard field goal by Josh Lambert 38 30 3 0:22 11 73 4:48 TA&M Malcome Kennedy 9-yard touchdown reception from Kyle Allen, Josh Lambo kick good 45 30 4 2:32 9 91 1:47 WVU Elijah Wellman 4-yard touchdown reception from Skyler Howard, Josh Lambert kick good 45 37 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 45 37

Source:^[3]

Statistics

Statistics[3]	TA&M	WVU
First downs	28	21
Plays–yards	83–529	71–472
Rushes–yards	48–235	32–126
Passing yards	294	346
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	22–35–1	20–45–0
Time of possession	33:38	26:22

References

1. Tarpley, Jeff (December 29, 2014). "Allen, Alaka, Carson Named Auto Zone Liberty Bowl MVPs". tamu.247sports.com. Retrieved December 30, 2014.^{[dead link‍]}
2. Odds
3. Stats, StatBroadcast
4. Dukes, Billy (November 30, 2014). "Big & Rich to Play AutoZone Liberty Bowl Halftime Show". tasteofcountry.com. Townsquare Media. Retrieved December 30, 2014.