2002 Independence Bowl
College football game
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
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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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2002–03 NCAA football bowl game season
- New Orleans (Dec. 17)
- GMAC (Dec. 18)
- Tangerine (Dec. 23)
- Las Vegas (Dec. 25)
- Hawai'i (Dec. 25)
- Motor City (Dec. 26)
- Insight (Dec. 26)
- Houston (Dec. 27)
- Independence (Dec. 27)
- Holiday (Dec. 27)
- Alamo (Dec. 28)
- Continental Tire (Dec. 28)
- Seattle (Dec. 30)
- Music City (Dec. 31)
- Humanitarian (Dec. 31)
- Sun (Dec. 31)
- Silicon Valley (Dec. 31)
- Liberty (Dec. 31)
- Peach (Dec. 31)
- San Francisco (Dec. 31)
- Cotton (Jan. 1)
- Outback (Jan. 1)
- Gator (Jan. 1)
- Capital One Bowl (Jan. 1)
- Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1)
- Sugar (Jan. 1)
- Orange (Jan. 2)
- Fiesta (Jan. 3)
- All-Star Games: East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 11)
- Senior Bowl (Jan. 18)
