A Look at the Independence Bowl
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 11:39
- The Independence Bowl is played annually at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- The bowl was named for the fact that it was inaugurated in the United States bicentennial year, 1976.
- In 1990, the contest became one of the earliest college bowl games to use a title sponsor, becoming the Poulan Weed-Eater Independence Bowl. The name gave rise to the term Weedwhacker Bowl, which is sometimes used to refer to a second-rank bowl game, especially by fans of top-ranked teams who expect their squads to compete in BCS contests.
- On May 21, 2009, Advocare became the fifth title sponsor since the bowl's inception. The bowl was then renamed the AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl.
- Since 1998, the game has normally featured a matchup between teams representing the Big 12 and the SEC.
- Beginning in 2010, the Independence Bowl will feature the third highest ranked team from the Mountain West Conference and the seventh highest ranked team from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
- Results:
- 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 Iowa State 17 Miami(OH) 13
- December 30, 2005 Missouri 38 South Carolina 31
- December 28, 2006 Oklahoma State 34 Alabama 31
- December 30, 2007 Alabama 30 Colorado 24
- December 28, 2008 Louisiana Tech 17 Northern Illinois 10
- December 28, 2009 Texas A&M vs. Georgia
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