{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox college football game | name = | year_game_played = 2003 | title_sponsor = AXA | game_name = Liberty Bowl | subheader = 45th Liberty Bowl | football_season = 2003 | visitor_name_short = Utah | visitor_nickname = Utes | visitor_school = University of Utah | home_name_short = Southern Miss | home_nickname = Golden Eagles | home_school = University of Southern Mississippi | visitor_record = 9–2 | visitor_conference = Mountain West | home_record = 9–3 | home_conference = C-USA | visitor_coach = Urban Meyer | home_coach = Jeff Bower | visitor_rank_AP = 25 | visitor_rank_coaches = 25 | visitor_rank_BCS = 22 | visitor_1q = 0 | visitor_2q = 7 | visitor_3q = 0 | visitor_4q = 10 | home_1q = 0 | home_2q = 0 | home_3q = 0 | home_4q = 0 | date_game_played = December 31 | stadium = Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | city = Memphis, Tennessee | MVP = Morgan Scalley (DB, Utah)<ref name=LibertyMediaGuide>{{cite web |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VSmHPJcPFr9MlJZQShQQo1YeMljXwYPi/view |title=60th Liberty Bowl Media Guide |date=2018 |website=libertybowl.org |via=Google Docs |access-date=December 31, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|68}} | referee = Gordon Riese (Pac-10) | attendance = 55,989 | us_network = ESPN | us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games | us_announcers = Dave Barnett, Bill Curry }}
The '''2003 Liberty Bowl''' was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 31, 2003, in Memphis, Tennessee. The 45th edition of the Liberty Bowl was a matchup between the Utah Utes and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. The game was sponsored by the Axa Equitable Life Insurance Company and was branded as the '''AXA Liberty Bowl'''. Played in front of 55,989 fans, Utah shutout Southern Miss, 17–0.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42381793/utah_wins_liberty_bowl_as_scalley/ |title=Utah wins Liberty Bowl as Scalley harasses Southern Miss |first=Ralph D. |last=Russo |agency=AP |newspaper=The Morning Call |location=Allentown, Pennsylvania |page=C5 |date=January 1, 2004 |access-date=January 15, 2020 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
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