1970 Liberty Bowl , part of the 1970 bowl game season , took place on December 12 , 1970 , at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis , Tennessee . The competing teams were the Tulane Green Wave , competing as an independent and the Colorado Buffaloes , representing the Big Eight Conference ( Big 8 ) . Tulane won the game 17 – 3 . It would be the last Liberty Bowl to be played on a Saturday until 1978 , when another Big 8 representative , Missouri was involved
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1970 Liberty Bowl