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.
Read more about Independence Bowl: Conference Tie-ins / Matchups, Title Sponsor, Game Results, Most Valuable Player Award, Most Appearances
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Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity.”
—Bible: Hebrew Ecclesiastes (l. XII, 6–7)