the 1988 liberty bowl, a college football postseason bowl game, took place on december 28, 1988, at liberty bowl memorial stadium in memphis, tennessee. the competing teams in the 30th liberty bowl were the south carolina gamecocks, who competed as a i-a independent, and the indiana hoosiers of the big ten conference. in what was the first ever meeting between the schools, indiana was victorious in by a final score of 34–10.