Gallery: AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade
The United States Naval Academy Superintendent Lt. General Mike Borgschulte acknowledges Navy fans at the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade, Thursday, January 1, 2026. Riding with Gen Borgschulte are his son, Ryker, and his wife, Gitte. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
The Shelby County Sheriff Pipes and Drums opened the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade down Beale Street Thursday afternoon, Jan. 1. 2026. Navy will play Cincinnati Friday in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Members of the Cheertime Athletics AllStars march down Beale Street in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. Cincinnati will play Navy at Friday's bowl game. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Steve Ehrhart, left, Executive Director of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, and Kevin Kane, CEO and President of the Memphis Convention and Visitor's Bureau, take in the crowd as they ride in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Fans of the Cincinnati Bearcats perch on the roof of Alfreds on Beale Street and watch the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade. Cincinnati takes on Navy in the game, Friday. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
A large crowd watches the 67th AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade on Beale Street, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Members of the Tennessee National Guard watch over the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade down Beale Street, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
A member of the Blues Krewezers rides his easy chair down Beale Street shooting silly sting at the crowd as parr of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade, Thursday afternoon, Jan. 1, 2026. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Tavion Green, 6, from Cincinnati holds his ears as a Tennessee Highway Partol car runs it's siren as it drives through the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
Sharon Hankins, right, Kinsley Weaver, 3, and Harlow Peterson, 10, are excited to see the Grizz Drum Line headed down Beale Street Thursday afternoon, Jan. 1, 2026, in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl parade. (Greg Campbell/Special for The Daily Memphian)
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