Independence Bowl

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Independence Bowl
PetroSun Independence Bowl

Independence Bowl logo
Stadium Independence Stadium
Location Shreveport, Louisiana
Operated 1976-present
Conference Tie-ins Big 12, SEC
Previous Conference Tie-ins Southland (1976-1981)
Payout US$1,100,000
Sponsors
AB Electrolux Home Products
Poulan and Weed Eater (1990-1996)
Sanford (1998-2000)
MainStay Investments (2001-2003)
PetroSun (2006-present)
2006 Matchup
Alabama vs. Oklahoma State (31-34)
2007 Matchup
Alabama vs. Colorado (Dec. 30)

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, then a Division I conference before the NCAA split the division into Division I-A (now the Bowl Subdivision) and Division I-AA (now the Championship Subdivision), 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.

Since 1998 the game has normally featured a matchup between teams representing the Big 12 Conference and the SEC. Teams from other conferences are included only if one of those leagues does not have enough bowl-eligible teams to fill its spot, such as in 2004 when Miami (Ohio) played instead of a SEC squad.

In 1990, the contest became one of the earliest college bowl games to use a title sponsor, becoming the Poulan Weed-Eater Independence Bowl. Poulan (then a division of AB Electrolux Home Products, now Husqvarna AB) sponsored the game until 1996, leading some fans to label it the "Weedwacker Bowl." (The term Weedwacker Bowl is still used as a disparaging term for any second-rank bowl game, the kind the top teams have to play in if they can't make one of the major bowl games.)

Newell Rubbermaid's Sanford brand of writing products took over sponsorship from 1998 until 2000, while MainStay Investments sponsored from 2001 to 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.

The Independence Bowl's three-year search for a title sponsor ended on August 21, 2006 when PetroSun Inc., a Phoenix, Arizona-based company that provides services and products to suppliers of oil and gas, agreed to become the bowl's sponsor. The deal, changing the game's full name to the PetroSun Independence Bowl, runs from through 2008 with an option for 2009.

Contents

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 [1] 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 [2] 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 [3] Iowa State 17 Miami (Ohio) 13
December 30, 2005 Missouri 38 South Carolina 31
December 28, 2006 Oklahoma State 34 Alabama 31
December 30, 2007 Alabama vs. Colorado

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
December 28, 2006 Dantrell Savage Oklahoma State RB
Jeremy Nethon Oklahoma State LB

Rank Team Appearances Record
1 Ole Miss 5 4-1
T2 Alabama 3 1-1*
T2 Louisiana Tech 3 1-1-1
T2 McNeese State 3 1-2
T3 LSU 2 2-0
T3 Arkansas 2 1-1
T3 Iowa State 2 1-1
T3 Missouri 2 1-1
T3 Oregon 2 2-0
T3 Texas Tech 2 0-2
T3 Tulsa 2 0-2
  • Appearing in the 2007 Independence Bowl

List of college bowl games

  1. ^ Game ended in a tie.
  2. ^ Overtime
  3. ^ 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.
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