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Independence Bowl The
Independence Bowl is a post-season
NCAA -sanctioned Division I-A
college football bowl game that is played annually at
Independence Stadium in
Shreveport, Louisiana , so named because it was inaugurated in the
United States bicentennial year, 1976 . For its first five years the game pitted the champion of the
Southland Conference (then a
Division I-A conference) against an at-large opponent.
The game has previously been known as the
Poulan/Weed Eater Independence Bowl (1990-1996), the
Sanford Independence Bowl (1998-2000) and the
MainStay Independence Bowl (2001-2003). In January 2005, in what was widely perceived as a publicity stunt, the Deja Vu chain of "gentlemen's clubs" offered to become the title sponsor. The offer was rejected. Today, it normally features a matchup between teams representing the
Big 12 Conference and
Southeastern Conference .
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Date Played Winning Team Losing Team December 13 , 1976 McNeese State 20 Tulsa 16 December 17 , 1977 Louisiana Tech 24 Louisville 14 December 16 , 1978 East Carolina 35 Louisiana Tech 13 December 15 , 1979 Syracuse 31 McNeese State 7 December 13 , 1980 Southern Miss 16 McNeese State 14 December 12 , 1981 Texas A&M 33 Oklahoma State 16 December 11 , 1982 Wisconsin 14 Kansas State 3 December 10 , 1983 Air Force 9 Mississippi 3 December 15 , 1984 Air Force 23 Virginia Tech 7 December 21 , 1985 Minnesota 20 Clemson 13 December 20 , 1986 Mississippi 20 Texas Tech 17 December 19 , 1987 Washington 24 Tulane 12 December 23 , 1988 Southern Miss 38 UTEP 18 December 16 , 1989 Oregon 27 Tulsa 24 December 15 , 1990 Louisiana Tech 34 Maryland 34 December 29 , 1991 Georgia 24 Arkansas 15 December 31 , 1992 Wake Forest 39 Oregon 35 December 31 , 1993 Virginia Tech 45 Indiana 20 December 28 , 1994 Virginia 20 TCU 10 December 29 , 1995 LSU 45 Michigan State 26 December 31 , 1996 Auburn 32 Army 29 December 28 , 1997 LSU 27 Notre Dame 9 December 31 , 1998 Mississippi 35 Texas Tech 18 December 31 , 1999 Mississippi 27 Oklahoma 25 December 31 , 2000 †Mississippi State 43 Texas A&M 41 December 27 , 2001 Alabama 14 Iowa State 13 December 27 , 2002 Mississippi 27 Nebraska 23 December 31 , 2003 Arkansas 27 Missouri 14 December 28 , 2004 1 Iowa State 17 Miami (Ohio) 13 December 30 , 2005 Missouri 38 South Carolina 31
# Miami University received a bid because the SEC did not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill all of its allotted bowl slots in
2004 , even before the
University of South Carolina chose to decline a bowl bid after a massive brawl between players from that school and archrival
Clemson University during their November 20, 2004 game.
Date played MVP(s) Team Position December 13 , 1976 Terry McFarland McNeese State QB Terry Clark Tulsa CB December 17 , 1977 Keith Thibodeaux Louisiana Tech QB Otis Wilson Louisville LB December 16 , 1978 Theodore Sutton East Carolina FB Zack Valentine East Carolina DE December 15 , 1979 Joe Morris Syracuse RB Clay Carroll McNeese State DT December 13 , 1980 Stephen Starring McNeese State QB Jerald Baylis Southern Miss NG December 12 , 1981 Gary Kubiak Texas A&M QB Mike Green Oklahoma State LB December 11 , 1982 Randy Wright Wisconsin QB Tim Krumrie Wisconsin NG December 10 , 1983 Marty Louthan Air Force QB Andre Townsend Mississippi DT December 15 , 1984 Bart Weiss Air Force QB Scott Thomas Air Force S December 21 , 1985 Rickey Foggie Minnesota QB Bruce Holmes Minnesota LB December 20 , 1986 Mark Young Mississippi QB James Mosley Texas Tech DE December 19 , 1987 Chris Chandler Washington QB David Rill Washington LB December 23 , 1988 James Henry Southern Miss PR/CB December 16 , 1989 Bill Musgrave Oregon QB Chris Oldham Oregon DB December 15 , 1990 Mike Richardson Louisiana Tech RB Lorenza Baker Louisiana Tech LB December 29 , 1991 Andre Hastings Georgia FL Torray Evans Georgia LB December 31 , 1992 Todd Dixon Wake Forest SE Herman O'Berry Oregon CB December 31 , 1993 Maurice DeShazo Virginia Tech DB Antonio Banks Virginia Tech S December 28 , 1994 Mike Groh Virginia QB Mike Frederick Virginia DE December 29 , 1995 Kevin Faulk LSU RB Gabe Northern LSU DE December 31 , 1996 Dameyune Craig Auburn QB Takeo Spikes Auburn LB Rickey Neal Auburn LB December 28 , 1997 Rondell Mealey LSU RB Arnold Miller LSU DE December 31 , 1998 Romaro Miller Mississippi QB Kendrick Clancy Mississippi DL December 31 , 1999 Tim Strickland Mississippi CB Josh Heupel Oklahoma QB December 31 , 2000 Ja'Mar Toombs Texas A&M RB Willie Blade Mississippi State DT December 27 , 2001 Seneca Wallace Iowa State QB Matt Word Iowa State LB Waine Bacon Alabama S December 27 , 2002 Eli Manning Mississippi QB Chris Kelsay Nebraska DE December 31 , 2003 Cedric Cobbs Arkansas RB Caleb Miller Arkansas LB December 28 , 2004 Bret Meyer Iowa State QB Nick Moser Iowa State DB December 30 , 2005 Brad Smith Missouri QB Marcus King Missouri CB
List of college bowl games *
Official Website of the Independence Bowl *
The Razorback Legacy - 2003 Independece Bowl photos *
History of the Independence Bowl
