2002 Independence Bowl
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| 2002 Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Independence Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Eli Manning Chris Kelsay | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Nebraska by 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John Smith (Big East) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jeff Hullinger, Todd Christensen, Stacy Paetz | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2002 Independence Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Ole Miss Rebels on December 27, 2002, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. Ole Miss won the game 27–23; Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning, who passed for 313 yards and a touchdown, was the offensive player of the game. After the loss, Nebraska finished the season 7–7, ending a forty-year streak of winning seasons for the Cornhuskers.[1]
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