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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 , it 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
West Virginia
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
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
There was no Liberty Bowl in 2008 or 2015.
There was a Liberty Bowl in January and December of 2010 and 2016.
# - denotes National Championship Game.