2024 Liberty Bowl Lines - Texas Tech vs. Arkansas

Liberty Bowl Lines - Texas Tech vs. Arkansas Odds

Texas Tech and Arkansas will meet in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl on Dec. 27 at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. It'll be the 38th meeting between the teams. Arkansas has the 29-8 edge, but Texas Tech won the last meeting in 2015. The Razorbacks showed positive momentum under coach Sam Pittman but lost their last three SEC games of the season. They earned a signature win over Tennessee on Oct. 5. It’s a quick return to the Liberty Bowl for Arkansas, which beat Kansas 55-53 in a wild, triple-overtime game in 2022. It’ll also be a preview of next season when the Razorbacks will visit Memphis.

2024 Liberty Bowl at a Glance

Date: Friday, December 27, 2024

Time (ET) / TV: 7:00 PM / ESPN

Venue: Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis, Tennessee

Matchup: Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. Arkansas Razorbacks

College Football Betting Lines

Texas Tech Red Raiders -1

Arkansas Razorbacks +1

Over/Under: 56

Liberty Bowl Preview

Last game, the Arkansas Razorbacks lost 28-21 against the Missouri Tigers as 3-point road dogs. The game went under the total of 51.5. Arkansas has a record of 6-6 straight up, 7-5 against the spread, and 6-6 over/under the total. Arkansas ranks 13th for total offense, 22nd for passing, 42nd for rushing and 48th for scoring. Defensively they rank 66th overall, 108th against the pass, 32nd against the rush, and 69th for points allowed. Also, Arkansas ranks 112th for fewest turnovers lost and 97th for takeaways.

Last game, the Texas Tech Red Raiders won 52-15 against the West Virginia Mountaineers as 2.5-point home favorites. The game went over the total of 62. Texas Tech has a record of 8-4 straight up, 7-4-1 against the spread, and 8-4 over/under the total. Texas Tech ranks 9th for total offense, 9th for passing, 69th for rushing and 5th for scoring. Defensively they rank 125th overall, 133rd against the pass, 65th against the rush, and 122nd for points allowed. Also, Texas Tech ranks 98th for fewest turnovers lost and 26th for takeaways.

Liberty Bowl Prediction

In this situation, Arkansas has the SEC quality of depth and defense that Texas Tech lacks.

Liberty Bowl Format

The Liberty Bowl began in 1959. It is played in December or January in Memphis, Tennessee, and currently features schools from the SEC and Big 12.

Liberty Bowl Past Results

In 2020, West Virginia upset the Army 24-21, as the Mountaineers' defense contained the Army option. TJ Simmons caught two touchdown passes for the Mounties to earn MVP honors. Army is a respected program that went on to bigger things in 2021.

In 2022, Arkansas won a 3-overtime thriller over Kansas 55-53.

Even with the constant onslaught of change in college football in 2023, the Memphis Tigers' reaching the postseason has been extremely dependable. The Tigers have been bowl-eligible every season since 2014. In the Liberty Bowl matchup, Memphis earned a 36-26 victory over the Iowa State Cyclones in their own stadium. Memphis' only real hiccups in this game came on third downs, as the Tigers converted just seven of 14 third down-conversion attempts. The Tigers also missed two fourth-down conversion attempts. Other than that, the Tigers accumulated 530 total yards in the victory over their Big 12 foes.

The veteran Memphis quarterback accounted for five total touchdowns, rushing for one and throwing for four. Seth Henigan completed 24 passes on 34 attempts for 364 yards. He ends the season with 37 total touchdowns.

After three seasons with the Tigers, Henigan is now Memphis' career passing yards leader with 10,776, passing Brady White in the record books.

Ryan Silverfield hasn't achieved perfection as the Tigers' head coach, but he continues to find ways to get Memphis to play their best ball late in the year. After the win, the Tigers have now won each of their last three bowl games. They won last year's First Responder Bowl and the 2020 Mongomery Bowl. Memphis was scheduled to play in the 2021 Hawaii Bowl, but COVID-19 issues canceled that game.

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