2026 Liberty Bowl
| 2026 AutoZone Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 67th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 2, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Blake Horvath (QB, Navy) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Navy by 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Smith (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 21,908 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline) (ESPN) Chris Carlin (play-by-play), Rocky Boiman (analyst) and Marion Crowder (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Liberty Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2026, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium located in Memphis, Tennessee. The 67th annual Liberty Bowl game began at approximately 3:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by automotive parts and accessories retailer AutoZone and was officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
The Navy Midshipmen of the American Conference defeated the Cincinnati Bearcats of the Big 12 Conference, 35–13.