2025 Independence Bowl
| 2025 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 49th Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 30, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Independence Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Off.: Trey Kukuk (QB, Louisiana Tech Def.: Sifa Leota (LB, Louisiana Tech) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Louisiana Tech by 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Patrick Foy (Mountain West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,298 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Chase Daniel (analyst), and Harry Lyles Jr. (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2025, at Independence Stadium located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 49th annual Independence Bowl began at approximately 1:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. The Independence Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by engineering services company Radiance Technologies and was officially known as the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs from the Conference USA defeated the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers from the Sun Belt Conference, 23–14.