JOURNAL SPORTS
Here are the past results and Most Valuable Players from the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl since 2000.
2000 Mississippi St. 43, Texas A&M 41 (OT)
2001 Alabama 14, Iowa State 13
2002 Ole Miss 27, Nebraska 23
2003 Arkansas 27, Missouri 14
2004 Iowa State 17, Miami 13
2005 Missouri 38, S. Carolina 31
2006 Oklahoma St. 34, Alabama 31
2007 Alabama 30, Colorado 24
2008 La. Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10
2009 Georgia 44, Texas A&M 20
2010 Air Force 14, Georgia Tech 7
2011 Missouri 41, North Carolina 24
2012 Ohio 45, La-Monroe 14
2013 Arizona 42, Boston College 19
2014 South Carolina 24, Miami 21
2015 Virginia Tech 55, Tulsa 52
2016 North Carolina St. 41, Vanderbilt 17
2017 Florida State 42, Southern Miss 13
2018 Duke 56, Temple 27
2019 La. Tech 14, Miami 0
2021 UAB 31, BYU 28
2022 Houston 23, La-Lafayette 16
2023 Texas Tech 34, Cal 14
The bowl’s Offensive and Defensive Most Valuable Players since 2000.
| Past Independence Bowl MVPs | |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Off – Ja’Mar Toombs, Texas A&M |
| Def – Willie Blade, Miss. State | |
| 2001 | Off – Seneca Wallace, Iowa St. |
| Def – Matt Wood, Iowa St. | |
| Def – Waine Bacon, Alabama | |
| 2002 | Off – Eli Manning, Ole Miss |
| Def – Chris Kelsay, Nebraska | |
| 2003 | Off – Cedrick Cobbs, Arkansas |
| Def – Caleb Miller, Arkansas | |
| 2004 | Off – Bret Meyer, Iowa St. |
| Def – Nik Moser, Iowa St. | |
| 2005 | Off – Brad Smith, Missouri |
| Def – Marcus King, Missouri | |
| 2006 | Off – Dantrell Savage, Okla. St. |
| Def – Jeremy Nethon, Okla. St. | |
| 2007 | Off – John Parker Wilson, Alabama |
| Def – Wallace Gilberry, Alabama | |
| 2008 | Off – Phillip Livas, La. Tech |
| Def – Weldon Brown, La. Tech | |
| 2009 | Off – Anon White, Georgia |
| Def – Geno Atkins, Georgia | |
| 2010 | Off – Jared Tew, Air Force |
| Def – Rick Ricketts, Air Force | |
| 2011 | Off – James Franklin, Missouri |
| Def – Andrew Wilson, Missouri | |
| 2012 | Off – Beau Blankenship, Ohio |
| Def – Tyler Tettleton, Ohio | |
| Def – Keith Moore, Ohio | |
| 2013 | Off – B.J. Denker, Arizona |
| Def – William Parks, Arizona | |
| 2014 | Off – Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina |
| Def – Skai Moore, South Carolina | |
| 2015 | Off – Isaiah Ford, Virginia Tech |
| Def – Jeremy Brady, Tulsa | |
| 2016 | Off – Jaylen Samuels, NC State |
| Def – Arius Moore, NC State | |
| 2017 | Off – James Blackman, Fla. State |
| Def – Nate Andrews, Fla. State | |
| 2018 | Off – Daniel Jones, Duke |
| Def – Delvon Randall, Temple | |
| 2019 | Off – Justin Henderson, La. Tech |
| Def – Connor Taylor, La. Tech | |
| 2021 | Off – Tyler Allgeier, BYU |
| Def – Tyler Batty, BYU | |
| 2022 | Off – Clayton Tune, Houston |
| Def – Art Green, Houston | |
| 2023 | Off – Behren Morton, Texas Tech |
| Def – Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech | |