2011 Liberty Bowl

2011 AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Cincinnati Bearcats Vanderbilt Commodores (9–3) (6–6) 31 24 Head coach:  Butch Jones Head coach:  James Franklin AP Coaches BCS RV 24 NR AP Coaches BCS NR NR NR
1 2 3 4 Total Cincinnati 0 14 0 17 31 Vanderbilt 7 0 7 10 24
Date	December 31, 2011
Season	2011
Stadium	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
Location	Memphis, Tennessee
Favorite	Vanderbilt by 3
Referee	Land Clark (Pac-12)
Halftime show	KC and the Sunshine Band
Attendance	57,103
Payout	US$1.35 million per team
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC
Announcers	Dave Lamont (Play-by-Play) Ray Bentley (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sidelines)
Nielsen ratings	1.88
Liberty Bowl  < 2010 (Dec.) 2012 >

The 2011 AutoZone Liberty Bowl, the 53rd edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on December 31, 2011 at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee as part of the 2011–12 NCAA Bowl season.

The game, which was telecast at 2:30 p.m. CT on ABC, featured the Cincinnati Bearcats, Big East co-champions, versus the Vanderbilt Commodores of the SEC. It was the first edition of the game to be aired by ABC since 1980. The Cincinnati Bearcats won the game, by a final score of 31-24, in front of a crowd of 57,103.

After finishing the 2011 season with six wins and six losses, the Vanderbilt Commodores ended in fourth place in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) East Division. They were chosen as the SEC representative to the Liberty Bowl. The Commodores' roster included junior-year quarterback Jordan Rodgers, the younger brother of Green Bay Packers' Super Bowl-winning quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

The Cincinnati Bearcats ended the regular season with nine wins and three losses and were co-champions of the Big East Conference. Cincinnati was chosen as part of the alternate Big East tie-in with the Liberty Bowl in place of the Conference USA champions. The Bearcats' squad included Ralph Abernathy IV, grandson of civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy.

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