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AutoZone Liberty Bowl Teams Visit St. Jude Patients

(Memphis) Child cancer patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital were all smiles Thursday as both teams competing in the 54th AutoZone Liberty Bowl paid them a special visit.

Football players and coaches from Iowa State University and University of Tulsa took a break from practice and toured the hospital, signed autographs, and even posed for pictures with young patients.

A patients will join both football teams for the coin toss ceremony at the start of the game on Monday, December 31 at 2:30 p.m.

Several patients will join The Temptations on the field during their halftime performance at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.