2002 Liberty Bowl

The 2002 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 2002, at Liberty Bowl [Memorial Stadium] in Memphis, Tennessee. The 44th edition of the Liberty Bowl matched the TCU [Horned Frogs football|TCU Horned Frogs] and the Colorado State [Rams football|Colorado State Rams]. The game was sponsored by the Axa [Equitable Holdings|Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company] and was branded as the AXA Liberty Bowl. TCU won, 17–3; the game was TCU's 500th victory in program history.