The Falcons finished 3rd in the Western Athletic Conference while the Bulldogs finished tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference. This was Air Force's third consecutive Liberty Bowl; it was Mississippi State's first bowl appearance since 1981, and first Liberty Bowl since 1963.
Game summaryedit
One yard scoring runs by fullback Jason Jones and Rob Perez gave the Falcons a 14-0 first quarter lead, with Perez's touchdown coming six plays after the kickoff returner fumbled the ball back to the Falcons. Shannon Yates recovered a fumble and ran 35 yards for a touchdown to make it 21-0. Sleepy Robinson threw a touchdown pass to Trenell Edwards to culminate a 76-yard drive with :35 remaining in the half. While the Falcons only scored three points in the third quarter, they controlled the ball for 13:12, though Scott Hufford scored on a 31-yard touchdown run on the 2nd play of the fourth quarter. Michael Davis ran for a touchdown to make it 31-15 with 7:23 remaining, but the Falcons held on to win. Rob Perez ran for 318 yards while only attempting two passes in the entire game. Air Force outgained the Bulldogs in time of possession by 37:34-22:26.[1][2]
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Air Force quarterback Rob Perez was named game MVP. He had also been MVP of the prior edition of the Liberty Bowl, making this the first (and to date, only) instance of a player being named Liberty Bowl MVP more than once.[3]: 68 The Falcons finished the season ranked number 25 in the AP Poll. They reached the Liberty Bowl again the following season. The Bulldogs next played in the Liberty Bowl in 2007.
1991, liberty, bowl, college, football, postseason, bowl, game, played, december, 1991, memphis, tennessee, 33rd, edition, liberty, bowl, game, matched, force, falcons, mississippi, state, bulldogs, 33rd, liberty, bowlair, force, falcons, mississippi, state, b. The 1991 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 29 1991 in Memphis Tennessee The 33rd edition of the Liberty Bowl the game matched the Air Force Falcons and the Mississippi State Bulldogs 1991 Liberty Bowl33rd Liberty BowlAir Force Falcons Mississippi State Bulldogs 9 3 7 4 WAC SEC38 15Head coach Fisher DeBerry Head coach Jackie Sherrill1234 TotalAir Force 147314 38Mississippi State 0708 15DateDecember 29 1991Season1991StadiumLiberty Bowl Memorial StadiumLocationMemphis TennesseeMVPRob Perez QB Air Force Attendance61 497United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersSean McDonough and Craig JamesLiberty Bowl lt 1990 1992 gt Contents 1 Background 2 Game summary 3 Aftermath 4 ReferencesBackground editThe Falcons finished 3rd in the Western Athletic Conference while the Bulldogs finished tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference This was Air Force s third consecutive Liberty Bowl it was Mississippi State s first bowl appearance since 1981 and first Liberty Bowl since 1963 Game summary editOne yard scoring runs by fullback Jason Jones and Rob Perez gave the Falcons a 14 0 first quarter lead with Perez s touchdown coming six plays after the kickoff returner fumbled the ball back to the Falcons Shannon Yates recovered a fumble and ran 35 yards for a touchdown to make it 21 0 Sleepy Robinson threw a touchdown pass to Trenell Edwards to culminate a 76 yard drive with 35 remaining in the half While the Falcons only scored three points in the third quarter they controlled the ball for 13 12 though Scott Hufford scored on a 31 yard touchdown run on the 2nd play of the fourth quarter Michael Davis ran for a touchdown to make it 31 15 with 7 23 remaining but the Falcons held on to win Rob Perez ran for 318 yards while only attempting two passes in the entire game Air Force outgained the Bulldogs in time of possession by 37 34 22 26 1 2 Aftermath editAir Force quarterback Rob Perez was named game MVP He had also been MVP of the prior edition of the Liberty Bowl making this the first and to date only instance of a player being named Liberty Bowl MVP more than once 3 68 The Falcons finished the season ranked number 25 in the AP Poll They reached the Liberty Bowl again the following season The Bulldogs next played in the Liberty Bowl in 2007 References edit Archives Los Angeles Times Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on March 3 2016 Retrieved August 11 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link 60th Liberty Bowl Media Guide libertybowl org 2018 Retrieved December 31 2018 via Google Docs nbsp This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1991 Liberty Bowl amp oldid 1209083606, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
