The 2022 Liberty Bowl (officially known as the AutoZone Liberty Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2022, at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. The 64th annual Liberty Bowl, game featured the Kansas Jayhawks from the Big 12 Conference and the Arkansas Razorbacks from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at 4:35 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season.

Both teams entered having started the season well but finished poorly: Kansas won their first five games and were ranked in the AP Poll for the first time since 2009, but finished 6–6 after losing their last three games and six of their final seven. Arkansas received a preseason ranking of No. 19 and started the year 3–0 before losing three straight and finishing the year 1–3 in their final four games. Kansas made their first bowl appearance since the 2008 Insight Bowl while Arkansas made their second straight after playing in the 2022 Outback Bowl. Previews praised both quarterbacks, as Jalon Daniels returned from injury to a productive end to the season and KJ Jefferson ranked highly in the SEC in passing yardage. The Razorbacks saw some personnel changes leading up to the game: defensive coordinator Barry Odom became the head coach at UNLV and both sides of the ball saw departures and opt-outs, including Drew Sanders, Bumper Pool, and Jadon Haselwood.

After the teams traded touchdowns to begin the game, Arkansas scored four unanswered touchdowns, two passing and two rushing, to give themselves a 31–7 lead with five minutes remaining in the second quarter. Kansas scored a second touchdown of their own a minute before halftime, cutting the Razorbacks' advantage to eighteen points. After Rashod Dubinion opened the scoring in the third quarter for Arkansas the momentum shifted and Kansas scored 25 unanswered points, finishing with a Luke Grimm reception and a subsequent two-point conversion that tied the score at 38 points apiece with 41 seconds remaining. The game went to overtime where each team scored a touchdown and made their extra point; in double overtime, each team scored again and successfully converted their two-point try. Under NCAA overtime rules, starting in the third overtime period, teams only alternate two-point attempts rather than play entire drives starting from the opponents' 25-yard line. Arkansas scored theirs but Kansas was unable to do the same after Jason Bean's pass fell incomplete, giving the Razorbacks a 55–53 triple overtime victory.

The Liberty Bowl featured the Kansas Jayhawks from the Big 12 Conference and the Arkansas Razorbacks from the Southeastern Conference. The Jayhawks and Razorbacks had previously only met twice, in 1905 and 1906, with the Jayhawks winning both games. Both teams became bowl eligible by beating a ranked team: Kansas beat No. 18 Oklahoma State and Arkansas beat No. 14 Ole Miss.

Previews of the game viewed the teams similarly, with both offenses generally praised and expected to do well against each other's defenses. CBS Sports said that quarterback play would be a high point for each team, with Jalon Daniels and KJ Jefferson each performing well over the course of the season. Further, they gave Kansas the advantage in momentum despite the disappointing end to both teams' seasons, since the Jayhawks' appearance ended their bowl drought of 14 years. Overall, Arkansas was favored to win the game by 2.5 points.

The Jayhawks entered the game with a 6–6 record and a 3–5 mark in Big 12 Conference games. They started the season with a 5–0 record and were ranked for the first time since 2009, but fell out of the rankings after losing back-to-back games. The Jayhawks made their first bowl game appearance since the 2008 Insight Bowl and their second all-time appearance in the Liberty Bowl, with the first in 1973.

Sports Illustrated praised Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels for his performance early in the season, but he suffered an injury during the Jayhawks' game against TCU and missed four weeks before returning to action. Athlon Sports, in their preview of the game, said that he had been one of the best quarterbacks in the country prior to his injury, and he finished the regular season having totaled nearly 1,500 passing yards and 400 rushing yards in addition to 19 total touchdowns. College Football News said that Kansas's defense was a potential weak point for the team, though the contrast between the Kansas offense and the opposing Arkansas defense was viewed favorably for Kansas; Athlon Sports further wrote that Daniels' ability to run and pass would be an advantage over an Arkansas defense that entered the game ranked 13th of 14 in their conference in pass efficiency defense, 13th in yards per play allowed and 11th in overall scoring defense. The Jayhawks had relatively little concern regarding opt-outs, especially as compared to Arkansas.

Arkansas began the season ranked No. 19 and won their first three contests but lost their next three and finished the season losing three of their last four games; they entered the game with a record of 6–6 and 3–5 in SEC contests. This was Arkansas' 44th bowl appearance all-time and their second in a row after playing in the 2022 Outback Bowl. This was the Razorbacks' sixth appearance in the Liberty Bowl, with their last coming in the January 2016 edition against Kansas State.