1989 Liberty Bowl
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| Date | December 28, 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Randy Baldwin | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1989 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Air Force Falcons.
The Rebels finished tied for 4th in the Southeastern Conference while the Falcons finished 2nd in the Western Athletic Conference. This was the first year in which the winner of the Commander in Chief's Trophy received an automatic bid to the Liberty Bowl. The two teams had matched up before in 1983. Chucky Mullins (who had been paralyzed in a game just two months prior) visited the Ole Miss locker room prior to the game in his first visit outside the hospital prior to his injury.
Randy Baldwin rushed for 177 yards on 14 carries with two touchdowns, and John Darnell passed for 19-of-33 for 261 yards and a touchdown.
The two teams would meet up three years later in the Liberty Bowl again.
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