2004 Liberty Bowl

2004 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Boise State Broncos Louisville Cardinals (11–0) (10–1) 40 44 Head coach:  Dan Hawkins Head coach:  Bobby Petrino AP Coaches BCS 10 10 9 AP Coaches BCS 7 8 10
1 2 3 4 Total Boise State 10 21 3 6 40 Louisville 14 7 14 9 44
Date	December 31, 2004
Season	2004
Stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
MVP	QB Stefan LeFors
Referee	Ron Cherry (ACC)
Attendance	58,355
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Tirico, Kirk Herbstreit, Jill Arrington
Liberty Bowl  < 2003  2005 >

The 2004 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, played on December 31, 2004, was the 46th edition of the Liberty Bowl. The game was played between Boise State, and Louisville, in front of 58,355 fans.

This bowl game was notable for being the highest ranked non-BCS bowl game in the nation that year, with Boise State ranked 9th and Louisville ranked 10th.

Boise State played in place of the Mountain West Conference champions, the Utah Utes, who played in the Fiesta Bowl instead.

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