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]
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Ole Miss ends Nebraska's winning-seasons streak". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.