1986 Independence Bowl

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1986 Independence Bowl

Texas Tech Red Raiders	Ole Miss Rebels
(7–4)	(7–3–1)
SWC	SEC
17	20
Head coach: Spike Dykes (interim)	Head coach: Billy Brewer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	0	7	7	3	17
Ole Miss	7	10	0	3	20

Date

December 20, 1986

Season

1986

Stadium

Independence Stadium

Location

Shreveport, Louisiana

MVP

QB Mark Young, Ole Miss
DE James Mosley, Texas Tech

Referee

Larry Rice (PCAA)

Attendance

46,369^[1]

United States TV coverage

Network

Mizlou

Announcers

Howard David
Bob Casciola
Steve Grad

Independence Bowl
< 1985	1987 >

The 1986 Independence Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.

Background

The Rebels finished tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference in their first bowl game since 1983, which was also in the Independence Bowl. David McWilliams left Texas Tech for the University of Texas prior to the bowl game, leaving the job to Spike Dykes in the first bowl game for the Red Raiders since 1977.

Game summary

First quarter

Ole Miss: Willie Goodloe 1 run (Owen kick) – 7-0 Ole Miss

Second quarter

Ole Miss: Joe Mickles 9 run (Owen kick) – 14-0 Ole Miss
Ole Miss: Owen 21 field goal – 17-0 Ole Miss
Texas Tech: James Gray 1 run (Segrist kick) – 17-7 Ole Miss

Third quarter

Texas Tech: Merv Scurlark 33 interception return (Segrist kick) – 17-14 Ole Miss

Fourth quarter

Texas Tech: Segrist 19 field goal – 17-17 tie
Ole Miss: Owen 48 field goal – 20-17 Ole Miss

Aftermath

Dykes remained the Red Raiders head coach until 1999, reaching six more bowl games, with the last being against Ole Miss, in 1998. Ole Miss reached four more bowl games with Brewer before he was fired in 1993.^[2]^[3]

Statistics

Statistics	Ole Miss	Texas Tech
First downs	26	18
Rushing yards	60	175
Passing yards	343	181
Interceptions	1	1
Total yards	403	356
Fumbles–lost	1–1	2–0
Penalties–yards	5–33	5–60
Punts–average	6–45.5	8–41.5

References

^ "Mississippi Wins Independence Bowl". Daily Sitka Sentinel. Associated Press. December 22, 1986. p. 6. Retrieved June 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Ole Miss Bowl History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 21, 2016.
^ "Auto PDF p hotos s chools text sports m footbl auto PDF 05mediaguide bowlhistory".

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