The Independence Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division
I 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 against an at-large opponent. It then moved to inviting
two at-large teams, until 1995 when it began featuring a
Southeastern Conference school against an at-large opponent.
From 1998 to 2009 the game featured a matchup between teams
representing the Big 12 Conference and the SEC. Teams from other
conferences were included only if one of those leagues did not have
enough bowl-eligible teams to fill its spot. Beginning in 2010, the
Independence Bowl holds the third selection from the Mountain West
Conference and the seventh selection from the Atlantic Coast
Conference.
N 38° 31.ABC
A = RB Joe Morris from the Syracuse Orangemen
won the 197(A) Independence Bowl MVP.
B = In December of 199(B) LSU beat
Notre Dame 27 to 9 in the Independence Bowl.
C = The Mississippi Rebels (AKA Ol’
Miss) has a record of (C) and 1 in Independence Bowl
appearances through 2010.
W 121° 16.DEF
D = The Color Commentator for the 1977
Independence bowl was (D) (convert last name to a
number).
E = In December of 198(E) Texas
A&M beat Oklahoma State 33 to 16 in the Independence
Bowl.
F = The McNeese State Cowboys have been to
the Independence Bowl (F) times.
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