2019 Independence Bowl
| 2019 Walk-On's Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 44th Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Independence Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Justin Henderson (RB, Louisiana Tech) & Connor Taylor (LB, Louisiana Tech) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Scott Campbell (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 33,129 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Wes Durham (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst) and Eric Wood (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brasil | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Matheus Suman (play-by-play) Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2019 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2019, with kickoff at 4:00 p.m. EST (3:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the 44th edition of the Independence Bowl, and one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar, the game was officially known as the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.