Independence Bowl
MVPs
The bowl names both an offensive and defensive player of the game; on several occasions, the award has been shared. Source:

Independence Bowl

Section Title: MVPs
Table Section Text: The bowl names both an offensive and defensive player of the game; on several occasions, the award has been shared. Source:

Year	Offensive MVP	Defensive MVP

Player	Team	Position	Player	Team	Position

1976	Terry McFarland	McNeese State	QB	Terry Clark	Tulsa	CB

1977	Keith Thibodeaux	Louisiana Tech	QB	Otis Wilson	Louisville	LB

1978	Theodore Sutton	East Carolina	FB	Zack Valentine	East Carolina	DE

1979	Joe Morris	Syracuse	RB	Clay Carroll	McNeese State	DT

1980	Will Varner	McNeese State	QB	Jearld Baylis	Southern Miss	NG

1981	Gary Kubiak	Texas A&M	QB	Mike Green	Oklahoma State	LB

1982	Randy Wright	Wisconsin	QB	Tim Krumrie	Wisconsin	NG

1983	Marty Louthan	Air Force	QB	Andre Townsend	Ole Miss	DT

1984	Bart Weiss	Air Force	QB	Scott Thomas	Air Force	S

1985	Rickey Foggie	Minnesota	QB	Bruce Holmes	Minnesota	LB

1986	Mark Young	Ole Miss	QB	James Mosley	Texas Tech	DE

1987	Chris Chandler	Washington	QB	David Rill	Washington	LB

1988	James Henry	Southern Miss	PR	James Henry	Southern Miss	CB

1989	Bill Musgrave	Oregon	QB	Chris Oldham	Oregon	DB

1990	Mike Richardson	Louisiana Tech	RB	Lorenza Baker	Louisiana Tech	LB

1991	Andre Hastings	Georgia	FL	Torray Evans	Georgia	LB

1992	Todd Dixon	Wake Forest	SE	Herman O'Berry	Oregon	CB

1993	Maurice DeShazo	Virginia Tech	QB	Antonio Banks	Virginia Tech	CB

1994	Mike Groh	Virginia	QB	Mike Frederick	Virginia	DE

1995	Kevin Faulk	LSU	RB	Gabe Northern	LSU	DE

1996	Dameyune Craig	Auburn	QB	Takeo Spikes Rickey Neal	Auburn	LB LB

1997	Rondell Mealey	LSU	RB	Arnold Miller	LSU	DE

1998	Romaro Miller	Ole Miss	QB	Kendrick Clancy	Ole Miss	DL

1999	Tim Strickland	Ole Miss	CB	Josh Heupel	Oklahoma	QB

2000	Ja'Mar Toombs	Texas A&M	RB	Willie Blade	Mississippi State	DT

2001	Seneca Wallace	Iowa State	QB	Matt Word Waine Bacon	Iowa State	LB S

2002	Eli Manning	Ole Miss	QB	Chris Kelsay	Nebraska	DE

2003	Cedric Cobbs	Arkansas	RB	Caleb Miller	Arkansas	LB

2004	Bret Meyer	Iowa State	QB	Nick Moser	Iowa State	DB

2005	Brad Smith	Missouri	QB	Marcus King	Missouri	CB

2006	Dantrell Savage	Oklahoma State	RB	Jeremy Nethon	Oklahoma State	LB

2007	John Parker Wilson	Alabama	QB	Wallace Gilberry	Alabama	DE

2008	Phillip Livas	Louisiana Tech	WR	Weldon Brown	Louisiana Tech	CB

2009	Aron White	Georgia	TE	Geno Atkins	Georgia	DL

2010	Jared Tew	Air Force	RB	Rick Ricketts	Air Force	DT

2011	James Franklin	Missouri	QB	Andrew Wilson	Missouri	LB

2012	Tyler Tettleton Beau Blankenship	Ohio	QB RB	Keith Moore	Ohio	LB

2013	BJ Denker	Arizona	QB	William Parks	Arizona	S

2014	Pharoh Cooper	South Carolina	WR	Skai Moore	South Carolina	LB

2015	Isaiah Ford	Virginia Tech	WR	Jeremy Brady	Tulsa	S

2016	Jaylen Samuels	NC State	FB	Airius Moore	NC State	LB

2017	James Blackman	Florida State	QB	Nate Andrews	Florida State	DB

2018	Daniel Jones	Duke	QB	Delvon Randall	Temple	DB

Sentence(s)

In 2000, the Independence Bowl was played between Texas A&M and Mississippi State.

final_sentence: In 2000, the Independence Bowl was played between Texas A&M and Mississippi State.