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.[1] 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.[2]
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary |
Quarter |
Time |
Drive |
Team |
Scoring information |
Score |
Plays |
Yards |
TOP |
UL |
La. Tech |
1 |
13:10 |
|
|
|
UL |
Kevin Miller 60-yard punt return for a touchdown, Pedro Posadas kick good |
7 |
0
|
1 |
8:49 |
|
|
|
La. Tech |
Charlie Lewis 1-yard touchdown run, Keith Swilley kick good |
7 |
7
|
1 |
5:22 |
|
|
|
La. Tech |
George Pree 41-yard touchdown reception from Keith Thibodeaux, kick no good |
7 |
13
|
1 |
2:21 |
|
|
|
La. Tech |
Larry McCartney 8-yard touchdown reception from Keith Thibodeaux, 2-point run good |
7 |
21
|
2 |
1:49 |
|
|
|
La. Tech |
21-yard field goal by Keith Swilley |
7 |
24
|
3 |
9:52 |
13 |
58 |
|
UL |
Kevin Miller 13-yard touchdown run, Pedro Posadas kick good |
14 |
24
|
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. |
14 |
24 |
|
Statistics
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Cardinals |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
Bulldogs |
21 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
Statistics | UL | La. Tech |
First Downs | 11 | 25 |
Total offense, yards | 161 | 335 |
Rushes-yards (net) | 44–100 | 44–48 |
Passing yards (net) | 61 | 287 |
Passes, 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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