2014 Independence Bowl
| 2014 Duck Commander Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 39th Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Independence Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | South Carolina WR Pharoh Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Miami by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Missy Robertson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Folliard (Pac-12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 38,242 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,200,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC/Sports USA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Neal, Andre Ware, & Laura Rutledge (ABC) Eli Gold & Charles Arbuckle (Sports USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2014 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2014, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana, in the United States. The 39th annual Independence Bowl, it pitted the Miami Hurricanes of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference. The game started at 3:30 p.m. CST and aired on ABC. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Sponsored by duck call manufacturer Duck Commander, the game was officially known as the Duck Commander Independence Bowl.
South Carolina defeated Miami by a score of 24–21, winning their fourth consecutive bowl game, a school record.