| 1969 Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 11th Liberty Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 13, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Memphis Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bobby Anderson, Colorado TB | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Colorado by 1[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,144 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Schenkel, Bud Wilkinson | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1969 Liberty Bowl, part of the 1969 bowl game season, took place on Saturday, December 13, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The competing teams in the eleventh edition of the Liberty Bowl were the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big Eight Conference.[1][2] Favored by a point,[1] Colorado won 47–33.[3][4]
- ^ a b c "Colorado favored to drop Alabama". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. December 12, 1969. p. 22.
- ^ Land, Charles (December 12, 1969). "Offense big thing for Tide". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 16.
- ^ Land, Charles (December 14, 1969). "Buffaloes rumble past Tide, 47–33". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). p. 1. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
- ^ Shearer, Ed (December 14, 1969). "Anderson-powered Buffaloes beat Tide". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1B.