Online lending marketplace LendingTree was the game's title sponsor.
Originally scheduled to kickoff at 5:45 p.m. EST (4:45 p.m. local CST), the start of the game was pushed back 15 minutes due to local weather conditions.
[5] Liberty defeated Eastern Michigan, 56–20, to claim their third consecutive bowl victory.
[6][7][8][9] This will be the second meeting between Eastern Michigan and Liberty; the Flames defeated the Eagles (then known as the Hurons), 25–24, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on October 14, 1989.
[10] at Hancock Whitney Stadium • Mobile, Alabama