West Virginia to play Tennessee in Liberty Bowl on New Year’s Eve

Associated Press | Sunday, December 20, 2020 7:55 p.m.

West Virginia’s Leddie Brown will lead the Mountaineers against Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl.

West Virginia (5-4) will play Tennessee in the Liberty Bowl at 4 p.m. Dec. 31 in Memphis, Tenn.

It is WVU’s first bowl game under second-year coach Neal Brown. The Mountaineers are 0-2 in the Liberty Bowl. They beat the Volunteers, 40-14, in the only other matchup between the teams, spoiling Jeremy Pruitt’s coaching debut in 2018.

The Volunteers (3-7) lost seven of their final last eight games.