1992 Independence Bowl

February 2020 March 2026 Independence Bowl Independence Bowl XVII Poulan/Weed Eater December 31 1992 1992 Wake Forest Demon Deacons 7–4 ACC Bill Dooley 7 3 14 15 SE Todd Dixon, Wake Forest CB Herman O'Berry, Oregon Oregon Ducks 6–5 Pac-10 Rich Brooks 13 9 7 6 ESPN Sean McDonoughMike GottfriedSteve Cyphers bg Independence Stadium Shreveport, Louisiana Terry Monk (Big East) 31,337 The 1992 Independence Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and the Oregon Ducks. Background The Ducks finished 6th in the Pac-10 Conference. The Demon Deacons rebounded from a 1–3 start to win six of their next seven games to finish fourth in the Atlantic Coast Conference. This was Wake Forest's first bowl game since 1979 and Oregon's first since 1990. Game summary John Leach scored on a touchdown run to give Wake Forest a 7–0 lead. But Oregon would dominate the quarter and the first half with a Sean Burwell touchdown run from 40 yards and ended the quarter on a Herman O'Berry 24 yard fumble recovery for a touchdown to have a 13–7 lead at the end of one quarter. Wake Forest narrowed the lead on a Mike Green field goal, but Oregon increased their lead on a Vince Ferry touchdown catch from Danny O'Neil, with a Thompson field goal making it 22–10 with :47 remaining in the half. Oregon increased their lead to 29–10 on an Alex Molden interception return for a touchdown with 9:43 in the third. Wake Forest took over from this point, scoring 29 straight points in the third and fourth. Ned Moultrie made it 29–17 on a touchdown run with less than four minutes remaining in the 3rd. Todd Dixon made it 29–24 on a 30 yard touchdown catch from Keith West with :45 in the quarter. Dixon caught another touchdown pass, this time from Bobby Jones, to give the Deacons a 32–29 lead after the two point conversion succeeded. Leach scored his second touchdown from 6 yards out to make it 39–29 with 5:19 remaining. Ronnie Harris scored for the Ducks on a 10 yard touchdown pass from O'Neil to make it 39–35 (after a missed kick) with 1:05 remaining, but the Demon Deacons held on to win their first bowl game since 1946.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-deacons-revival-swamps-ducks/140267067/ The Shreveport Times Deacons' revival swamps Ducks January 1, 1993 February 4, 2024 Newspapers.comhttps://independencebowl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013_Media_Guide.pdf Archived copy 2015-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150301102837/http://independencebowl.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2013_Media_Guide.pdf 2015-03-01 dead http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4604&SPID=233&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30021 1992 Independence Bowl - GoDucks.com - the University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site 2015-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043350/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4604&SPID=233&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=30021 2015-09-24 dead Aftermath Dooley retired after the bowl win, and the Demon Deacons would not return to a bowl game until 1999. As for Oregon, they returned to a bowl game three years later, in the Rose Bowl. Neither team has returned to the Independence Bowl since this game. Statistics Statistics Wake Forest OregonFirst downs 18 17Rushing yards 193 112Passing yards 323 227Interceptions 3 1Total yards 516 339Fumbles–lost 3–3 0–0Penalties–yards 11–108 6–55Punts–average 4–39.5 7–35.9 References Independence Bowl Category:Independence Bowl Category:Oregon Ducks football bowl games Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons football bowl games Category:December 1992 sports events in the United States Category:1992 in sports in Louisiana