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The 2009 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl was the thirty-fourth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The game started at 5:00 p.m. US EST on Monday, December 28, 2009. The game was telecast on ESPN2 and the Georgia Bulldogs defeated the Texas A&M Aggies by a score of 44-20. [1]
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach # Bowl Score [A 1] Date Season [A 2] Opponent [A 3] Stadium Location Attendance [3] Head coach 1 Rose Bowl: L 7–0: January 1, 1953: 1952: USC Trojans: Rose Bowl: Pasadena: 101,500: Ivy Williamson: 2 Rose Bowl: L 44–8 ...
The deal, changing the game's full name to the PetroSun Independence Bowl, was to have run through 2008 with an option for 2009; however the deal was discontinued prior to the 2008 game. 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. [15]
After defeating Colorado in the Independence Bowl, Saban led Alabama to their second BCS bowl against Utah in the Sugar Bowl. [3] [23] In 2009, Saban led the Crimson Tide to the BCS National Championship Game, and defeated Texas 37–21 to clinch the program's first national title of the BCS era.
NCAA bylaws say that a school with a record of 6–6 in regular season play and at least 5 wins over FBS teams are eligible only after conferences cannot fill out available positions for bowl games with teams having seven (or more) wins automatically eligible, excluding games played in Hawaii and conference championship games in the ACC, Big 12, Conference USA, MAC and the SEC.
High on the list of Texas Tech football's biggest bowl victories was the Red Raiders' upset of No. 4 California at the 2004 Holiday Bowl. Former walk-on quarterback Sonny Cumbie passed for 520 ...
There were no teams 6-6 or better who missed a bowl game, meaning that a 5-7 team would be selected to fill the spot. Louisiana Tech was next in line based on its Academic Progress Rate among 5-7 ...
HUNTINGTON, W.V. (AP) — Marshall has withdrawn from the Independence Bowl after a coaching change resulted in much of its roster jumping into the transfer portal. The Thundering Herd were slated ...