INDEPENDENCE BOWL
DECEMBER 26, 2011 • ESPN2 @5:00 p.m.
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THIS YEARS MATCHUP
YOU PICK THE WINNER
vs
Who Will Win the Independence Bowl?
Missouri
North Carolina
MISSOURI  
NORTH CAROLINA
Click On the Above Teams to Access their Past Bowl Game Results!
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INDEPENDENCE BOWL RESULTS

2010 Air Force 14 Georgia Tech 7
Off MVP: RB Jared Tew, Air Force
Def MVP: DT Rick Ricketts, Air Force
2009 Georgia 44 Texas A&M 20
Offensive MVP: TE Aron White, Georgia
Defensive MVP: DL Geno Atkins, Georgia
2008 Louisiana Tech 17 N Illinois 10
Offensive MVP:WR/KR Phillip Livas, LT
Defensive MVP: CB Weldon Brown, LT
2007 Alabama 30 Colorado 24
Offensive MVP: QB John Parker Wilson, Ala
Defensive MVP: DE Wallace Gilberry, Ala
2006 Oklahoma St 34 Alabama 31
Offensive MVP: RB Dantrell Savage, Okla St
Defensive MVP: LB Jeremy Nethon, Okla St
2005 Missouri 38 S Carolina 31
Offensive MVP: QB Brad Smith, Missouri
Defensive MVP: CB Marcus King, Missouri
2004 Iowa St 17 Miami OH 13
Offensive MVP: QB Bret Meyer, Iowa St
Defensive MVP: DB Nick Moser, Iowa St
2003 Arkansas 27 Missouri 14
Offensive MVP: RB Cedric Cobbs, Arkansas
Defensive MVP: LB Caleb Miller, Arkansas
2002 Mississippi 27 Nebraska 23
Offensive MVP: QB Eli Manning, Mississippi
Defensive MVP: DE Chris Kelsay, Nebraska
2001 Iowa St 13 Alabama 14
Offensive MVP: QB Seneca Wallace, Iowa St
Defensive MVP: LB Matt Word, Iowa St
& S Waine Bacon, Alabama
2000 Mississippi St 43 Texas A&M 41
Offensive MVP: RB Ja'Mar Toombs, TX A&M
Defensive MVP: DT Willie Blade, Mississippi St
1999 Mississippi 27 Oklahoma 25
Offensive MVP: QB Josh Heupel, Oklahoma
Defensive MVP: CB Tim Strickland, Mississippi
1998 Mississippi 27 Oklahoma 25
Offensive MVP: QB Romaro Miller, Mississippi
Defensive MVP: DL Kendrick Clancy, Miss
1997 Mississippi 27 Oklahoma 25
Offensive MVP: RB Rondell Mealey, LSU
Defensive MVP: DE Arnold Miller, LSU

MISSOURI Game By Game Stats
    Tot   Rush       Sks Tot   Rush       Sks Net Net Gm
Foe Score Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By Yds TO's Pts FD Grade
    Miami, Oh 17-6 291 15 37-162 4.4 17-26 129 2 270 19 36-76 2.1 26-39 194 3 21 1 11 -4 73.2
AT Arizona St 30-37 501 24 37-182 4.9 26-42 319 2 492 25 31-104 3.4 25-33 388 1 9 1 -7 -1 79.8
    W ILLINOIS 69-0 744 30 54-428 7.9 20-27 316 1 44 1 31-24 0.8 4-15 20 4 700 -1 69 29 115.5
AT Oklahoma 28-38 532 24 42-241 5.7 16-33 291 2 592 32 39-144 3.7 35-48 448 0 -60 2 -10 -8 93.2
AT Kansas St 17-24 326 19 31-112 3.6 19-35 214 2 286 18 54-174 3.2 11-16 112 3 40 0 -7 1 84.2
    Iowa St 52-17 583 33 58-294 5.1 20-29 289 0 343 17 36-157 4.4 20-40 186 3 240 0 35 16 104.2
    Oklahoma St 24-45 468 26 52-253 4.9 15-28 215 1 533 27 32-204 6.4 32-49 329 2 -65 -3 -21 -1 81.1
AT Texas A&M 38-31 479 27 50-280 5.6 16-24 199 2 497 30 46-184 4.0 35-53 313 1 -18 2 7 -3 91.0
AT Baylor 39-42 578 32 40-253 6.3 33-46 325 1 697 31 41-291 7.1 27-41 406 2 -119 0 -3 1 80.0
    Texas 17-5 330 19 46-138 3.0 18-26 192 2 249 13 29-78 2.7 17-36 171 2 81 0 12 6 95.2
    Texas Tech 31-27 490 24 49-318 6.5 13-20 172 2 457 27 31-142 4.6 37-53 315 1 33 0 4 -3 72.9
† Kansas 24-10 351 18 47-164 3.5 14-22 187 1 137 10 38-65 1.7 10-21 72 3 214 0 14 8 83.1
TOTALS 386-282 5673 291 543-2825 5.2 227-358 2848 18 4597 250 444-1643 3.7 279-444 2954 25 1076 2 104 41 87.8
AVERAGES 32-24 473 24.3 45-235 5.2 63.4% 237 5.0% 383 20.8 37-137 3.7 62.8% 246 5.6% 90 0.2 9 3 #18
HOME 35-17 484 24.5 49-266 5.3 66.0% 219 5.1% 316 17.3 33-114 3.5 58.6% 203 6.5% 168 -3 18 7 #13
AWAY 29-30 461 24.0 41-205 4.9 61.4% 256 5.0% 450 24.3 42-160 3.8 67.5% 290 4.7% 11 5 -1 0 #21
CONF 30-27 460 24.7 46-228 4.9 62.4% 232 4.9% 421 22.8 38-160 4.2 62.7% 261 4.8% 38 1 3 2 #22
NON-CONF 39-14 512 23.0 43-257 5.7 66.3% 255 5.3% 269 15.0 33-68 2.1 63.2% 201 9.2% 243 1 24 8 #16
NORTH CAROLINA Game By Game Stats
    Tot   Rush       Sks Tot   Rush       Sks Net Net Gm
Foe Score Off FD Att-Yds Avg Co-Att Yds Vs Def FD Att - Yds Avg Co-Att Yds By Yds TO's Pts FD Grade
    JAMES MADISON 42-10 461 24 35-184 5.3 22-23 277 0 211 10 39-59 1.5 11-16 152 5 250 -1 32 14 93.0
    Rutgers 24-22 405 17 29-132 4.6 20-26 273 0 244 19 25-1 0.0 25-47 243 4 161 -5 2 -2 82.2
    Virginia 28-17 401 22 41-222 5.4 16-23 179 1 468 23 34-170 5.0 23-41 298 1 -67 2 11 -1 73.7
AT Georgia Tech 28-35 332 14 27-128 4.7 17-25 204 7 496 21 58-312 5.4 10-14 184 0 -164 0 -7 -7 71.0
AT East Carolina 35-20 456 19 40-226 5.7 13-20 230 0 490 27 21-73 3.5 41-58 417 1 -34 4 15 -8 78.1
    Louisville 14-7 264 11 32-86 2.7 12-19 178 4 273 19 38-100 2.6 19-31 173 2 -9 0 7 -8 82.5
    Miami, Fl 24-30 429 25 42-141 3.4 29-38 288 4 311 15 27-44 1.6 20-30 267 2 118 -1 -6 10 83.6
AT Clemson 38-59 418 18 28-102 3.6 20-35 316 1 450 26 36-77 2.1 28-48 373 3 -32 -5 -21 -8 61.6
    Wake Forest 49-24 562 22 47-224 4.8 21-28 338 2 331 18 26-121 4.7 22-37 210 1 231 4 25 4 90.8
AT NC State 0-13 165 13 28-3 0.1 16-30 162 4 290 16 41-126 3.1 16-33 164 2 -125 -2 -13 -3 65.7
AT Virginia Tech 21-24 358 18 34-134 3.9 14-27 224 1 340 23 40-145 3.6 19-33 195 2 18 0 -3 -5 91.3
    Duke 37-21 508 25 40-187 4.7 22-35 321 2 331 15 21-46 2.2 26-41 285 2 177 3 16 10 84.2
TOTALS 340-282 4759 228 423-1769 4.2 222-329 2990 26 4235 232 406-1274 3.1 260-429 2961 25 524 -1 58 -4 79.8
AVERAGES 28-24 397 19.0 35-147 4.2 67.5% 249 7.9% 353 19.3 34-106 3.1 60.6% 247 5.8% 44 -0.1 5 0 #38
HOME 31-19 433 20.9 38-168 4.4 74.0% 265 6.8% 310 17.0 30-77 2.5 60.1% 233 7.0% 123 2 12 4 #29
AWAY 24-30 346 16.4 31-119 3.6 58.4% 227 9.5% 413 22.6 39-147 3.5 61.3% 267 4.3% -67 -3 -6 -6 #67
CONF 28-28 397 19.6 36-143 3.8 64.3% 254 9.1% 377 19.6 35-130 3.5 59.2% 247 4.7% 20 1 0 0 #44
NON-CONF 29-15 397 17.8 34-157 4.5 76.1% 240 4.5% 305 18.8 31-58 1.9 63.2% 246 7.9% 92 -2 14 -1 #29
PAST MEETINGS
Date Site Winner Score   Date Site Winner Score
10/2/76 North Carolina at Missouri Missouri 24-3   9/29/73 Missouri at North Carolina Missouri 27-14
RECAP OF 2011
MISSOURI 2011
NORTH CAROLINA 2011
MISSOURI 2011
TIME
TV
 HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3
Miami OH
12:00
10-0
169-176
17-6
BOX
9/9
at
 Arizona St
10:30
ESPN
 10-16
208-270
30-37
BOX
9/17
Western Illinois
42-0
476-50
69-0
BOX
9/24
at
 Oklahoma
8:00
24-14
355-282
28-38
BOX
10/1
 
 
10/8
at
 Kansas St
3-10
156-94
17-24
BOX
10/15
Iowa St
31-10
368-117
52-17
BOX
10/22
Oklahoma St
17-21
253-315
24-45
BOX
10/29
at
 Texas A&M
3:30
17-28
205-271
38-31
BOX
11/5
at
 Baylor
14-13
245-302
39-42
BOX
11/12
Texas
14-3
226-147
17-5
BOX
11/19
Texas Tech
10-117
240-211
31-27
BOX
11/26
†
 Kansas (KC)
12:00
3-10
127-60
24-10
BOX
12/3      
     
NORTH CAROLINA 2011
TIME
TV
HALFTIME
SCORE
BOX
9/3 James Madison
3:30
RSN
28-7
292-158
42-10
9/10 Rutgers
12:30
ACC
 17-12
286-91
24-22
BOX
9/17 Virginia
3:30
ESPNU
 14-3
228-173
28-17
9/24 at Georgia Tech
17-7
271-93
28-35
10/1 at East Carolina
28-3
326-216
35-20
10/8 Louisville
0-0
59-188
14-7
10/15 Miami
10-27
177-264
24-30
10/22 at Clemson
17-24
221-222
38-59
10/29 Wake Forest
21-10
215-134
49-24
11/5 at NC State
0-10
32-130
0-13
11/12  
 
11/17 at VA Tech (Thur)
8:00
ESPN
 7-10
125-187
21-24
11/26   Duke
20-14
244-126
37-21