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The Independence Bowl has welcomed some significant attendance numbers over the years with schools like LSU, Notre Dame, Texas A&M and Oklahoma casting their lots in the 11th oldest bowl game in the country.
But thanks to heavy rains that fell throughout the Shreveport-Bossier City area on Saturday, an announced crowd of 34,283 hardy souls watched as Army dominated late invitee Louisiana Tech 27-6 in a late game televised on ESPN.
Although the Bulldogs (5-8) have now played in more I-Bowls than any team over the past 48 seasons (6), and defeated Miami in 2019 in their last visit, they were no match for the Black Knights (12-2), who rebounded from a season-ending loss to archrival Navy.
Tech wasn’t supposed to go bowling after coming up short of the necessary six wins, but got a reprieve when Marshall flaked out of coming to Shreveport after losing over two dozen players in the portal.
Tech is now 0-3 all-time versus Army.
Black Knights play keep-away with football
Time was not in Tech’s favor as the Black Knights dominated time of possession in addition to the scoring.
On one first-half drive, Army set an I-Bowl record with 21 plays on a drive that lasted more than 12 minutes. That left a short-handed Tech defense defenseless against the onslaught of the Black Knight offense that ran the ball at will.
The Bulldogs rarely saw the ball in falling behind by three scores and never recovering. In the end, the time of possession favored Army 38:56 to 19:52.
Rumbled on the Red
Playing in a stadium just a few miles from the mighty Red River, site of two Bassmaster Classics, the Bulldogs couldn’t pose a decent run-stop defense with three defensive line starters missing because of the transfer portal.
One of those was Tech’s best defender in David Blay, the No. 2 defensive line prospect in the 2024 portal who is headed to…
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Author : Shreveport Times | The Times
Publish date : 2024-12-29 05:29:00
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