Independence Bowl

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About Venue: Independence Stadium Location: Shreveport, La. Operated: 1976- Conference Tie-ins: Big 12, SEC Payout: $1,100,000

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Former Names Poulan Weed-Eater Independence Bowl (1990-96) Sanford Independence Bowl (1998-2000) MainStay Investments Independence Bowl (2001-03) PetroSun Independence Bowl (2004- )

The Independence Bowl is a post-season 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.

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For its first five years the game pitted the champion of the Southland Conference (then a Division I-A conference) against an at-large opponent.

The game has previously been known as the Poulan/Weed Eater Independence Bowl (1990-1996), the Sanford Independence Bowl (1998-2000) and the MainStay Independence Bowl (2001-2003). In January 2005, in what was widely perceived as a publicity stunt, the Deja Vu chain of "gentlemen's clubs" offered to become the title sponsor. The offer was rejected. Today, it normally features a matchup between teams representing the Big 12 Conference and Southeastern Conference.

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