1966 Liberty Bowl

1966 Liberty Bowl
8th Liberty Bowl
1234 Total
VPI 7000 7
Miami 0077 14
DateDecember 10, 1966
Season1966
StadiumMemphis Memorial Stadium
LocationMemphis, Tennessee
MVPJimmy Cox, Miami
RefereeJohnny Cook (SEC;
split crew: SEC, Southern)
Attendance25,012
United States TV coverage
NetworkABC
Liberty Bowl
 < 1965  1967

The 1966 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the VPI Gobblers (now the Virginia Tech Hokies)[a] and the Miami Hurricanes, both independent programs. The eighth edition of the Liberty Bowl, it was played on December 10, 1966, at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee. The game was the final contest of the 1966 NCAA University Division football season for both teams, and ended in a 14–7 victory for Miami.[1] A then-record 39,101 tickets were sold for the game, but due to 36 °F (2 °C) temperatures at game time, only 25,012 spectators attended.[2][3]


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  1. ^ "Miami Rallies To Earn 14-7 Liberty Bowl Win Over VPI". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pennsylvania. AP. December 11, 1966. p. 48. Retrieved January 13, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Bowl History: Results and Attendance by Year Archived 2008-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Libertybowl.org, Accessed March 12, 2008.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1966 Liberty was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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