1977 Independence Bowl
Introduction The '''1977 Independence Bowl''' featured the Louisville Cardinals and the Southland Conference champion Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. Louisville struck first on a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown by Kevin Miller in the first quarter. Louisiana Tech answered with a 1-yard touchdown run by Lewis to tie the game. The Bulldogs scored another touchdown on a 41-yard Keith Thibodeaux pass to Pree. Still in the first quarter, Thibodeaux threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to McCartney to increase Louisiana Tech's lead to 21–7.In the second quarter, Swiley connected on a 21-yard field goal to give the Dawgs a 24–7 halftime lead. In the third quarter, Kevin Miller scored his second touchdown of the game on a 13-yard run to close the gap to 24–14, which would end up being the final score. There were a combined 13 fumbles throughout the game.
Game summary ===Scoring summary======Statistics=== Statistics UL La. Tech First Downs  11  25 Total offense, yards  161  335Rushes-yards (net)  44–100  44–48 Passing yards (net)  61  287Passes, Comp-Att-Int  9–23–1  19–39–2 Time of Possession     Team  Category  Player  Statistics '''UL'''  Passing  Stu Stram  7/18, 61 yds, 1 INT Rushing  Nathan Poole  17 car, 50 yds Receiving  Mark Besanceney  2 rec, 25 yds '''La. Tech'''  Passing  Keith Thibodeaux  19/39, 287 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing  Charlie Lewis  17 car, 39 yds, 1 TD Receiving  Rod Foppe  4 rec, 78 yds
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