2024 Liberty Bowl

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders from the Big 12 Conference and the Arkansas Razorbacks from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This was the 38th meeting between the Red Raiders and Razorbacks; Arkansas led the series with a 29–8 record in their prior meetings.{{cite web |url=https://www.winsipedia.com/texas-tech/vs/arkansas |title=Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Arkansas Razorbacks football series history |website=winsipedia.com |accessdate=December 26, 2024}} It was the teams' first meeting since 2015. The teams were once conference mates in the Southwest Conference (SWC), which Arkansas left after the 1991 season, then dissolved after the 1995 season.

{{main|2024 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team}}

Texas Tech made their second appearance in the Liberty Bowl, having won their only previous appearance in the 2021 edition. The Red Raiders, led by third-year head coach Joey McGuire, finished the regular season with an overall record of 8–4 with a Big 12 record of 6–3. On December 14, Texas Tech announced that starting quarterback Behren Morton would miss the game due to shoulder surgery.{{cite news |newspaper=Dallas Morning News |last=Apodaca |first=Justin |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-tech-red-raiders/2024/12/14/texas-tech-qb-behren-morton-set-to-miss-liberty-bowl-after-undergoing-shoulder-surgery/ |title=Texas Tech QB Behren Morton set to miss Liberty Bowl after undergoing shoulder surgery |date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}} True freshman Will Hammond was named the Red Raiders' starter for the bowl game.{{cite news |newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal |last=Williams |first=Don |url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/sports/college/red-raiders/2024/12/14/behren-morton-injury-update-texas-tech-football-shoulder-surgery/76993032007/ |title=Texas Tech football's Behren Morton has surgery, to miss Liberty Bowl |date=December 14, 2024 |access-date=December 15, 2024}}

{{main|2024 Arkansas Razorbacks football team}}

Arkansas made their seventh appearance in the Liberty Bowl, the most by any team to this point in time, having compiled a 3–3 record in prior appearances. The Razorbacks, led by fifth-year head coach Sam Pittman, finished the regular season with an overall record of 6–6 with a SEC record of 3–5.

In the first half, after forcing a TTU punt, Arkansas drove down the field quickly and QB Taylen Green scored on a 12-yard run around the right end, giving the Hogs a 7-0 lead. After Tech scored on a 37-yard field goal to cut Arkansas' lead to 7-3, the Razorbacks answered quickly, scoring their second touchdown in less than a minute on a Braylen Russell run to extend their lead to 14-3. Arkansas stopped TTU on a 4th down play in the "Red Zone". Another quick score for Arkansas on a 94-yard pass play from Green to receiving speedster Dazmin James makes the score 21-3, Hogs. Tech finally came alive in the 2nd quarter, pinning Arkansas in their own end zone for a safety to make the score Arkansas-21 and TTU-5. The Red Raiders then finally got into the end zone with a 54-yard run by J'Koby Williams and a 2-yard run a Jalin Conyers to make the score 21-19 Hogs. A field goal by Arkansas kicker Matthew Shipley made the halftime score 24-19.

In the second half, Shipley converted his second field goal of the game to extend the Razorback lead to 27-19. Running back Tyrell Reed caught a 47-yard pass from Green for another long touchdown, making the score 34-19, Arkansas leading with 7:07 to play in the 3rd. A Marquise Robinson interception at the Arkansas 7-yard line stopped a Texas Tech drive with less than 3 minutes to play in the 3rd quarter. After an Arkansas punt by Devin bale pinned the Red Raiders at their own 2 yard line, the Razorbacks sacked Tech QB Will Hammond for a safety to stretch their lead to 36-19 with 14:21 to play in the game. After another interception by Arkansas, this time by safety Miguel Mitchell who returned the ball from the Arkansas 29 to the TTU 25, the Razorbacks tacked on a third field goal by Shipley with 5:02 to play, making the score Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 19. Tech would add another touchdown with 3:06 to play, a pass from Hammond to receiver Cy Eakin, cutting Arkansas' lead to 39-26. After an unsuccessful onside kick by Tech, the Hogs would run out the rest of the game clock after gaining a first downs on runs by Russell and Green.

Final score: Arkansas 39, Texas Tech 26.

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|date=Friday, December 27, 2024

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• (11:28) ARK – Taylen Green 12 yard run, Matthew Shipley kick (Drive: 3 plays, 84 yards, 1:29; Arkansas 7–0)
• (8:19) TTU – Gino Garcia 37 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 56 yards, 3:09; Arkansas 7–3)
• (7:14) ARK – Braylen Russell 1 yard run, Matthew Shipley kick (Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:05; Arkansas 14–3)
• (2:31) ARK – Dazmin James 94 yard pass from Taylen Green, Matthew Shipley kick (Drive: 3 plays, 96 yards, 1:23; Arkansas 21–3)

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• (13:32) TTU – Team safety (Drive: 2 plays, -2 yards, 1:14; Arkansas 21–5)
• (11:15) TTU – J'Koby Williams 54 yard run, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 5 plays, 69 yards, 2:17; Arkansas 21–12)
• (1:58) TTU – Jalin Conyers 2 yard run, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 1:09; Arkansas 21–19)
• (0:00) ARK – Matthew Shipley 40 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 53 yards, 1:58; Arkansas 24–19)

;Third Quarter

• (10:52) ARK – Matthew Shipley 34 yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 78 yards, 4:08; Arkansas 27–19)
• (7:07) ARK – Tyrell Reed Jr. 47 yard pass from Taylen Green, Matthew Shipley kick (Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards, 2:17; Arkansas 34–19)

;Fourth Quarter

• (14:21) ARK – Team safety (Drive: 2 plays, -2 yards, 0:28; Arkansas 36–19)
• (5:02) ARK – Matthew Shipley 43 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, -1 yards, 3:53; Arkansas 39–19)
• (3:06) TTU – Coy Eakin 15 yard pass from Will Hammond, Gino Garcia kick (Drive: 6 plays, 70 yards, 1:56; Arkansas 39–26)

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• Game statistics at [http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/index.html?id=560466 statbroadcast.com]

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