| Year Game Played: | 1986 |
| Game Name: | Independence Bowl |
| Football Season: | 1986 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Texas Tech |
| Visitor Nickname: | Red Raiders |
| Home Name Short: | Ole Miss |
| Home Nickname: | Rebels |
| Visitor Record: | 7–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | SWC |
| Home Record: | 7–3–1 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Coach: | Spike Dykes (interim) |
| Home Coach: | Billy Brewer |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 10 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 3 |
| Date Game Played: | December 20 |
| Stadium: | Independence Stadium |
| City: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Mvp: | QB Mark Young, Ole Miss DE James Mosley, Texas Tech |
| Referee: | Larry Rice (PCAA) |
| Attendance: | 46,369[1] |
| Us Network: | Mizlou |
| Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
| Us Announcers: | Howard David Bob Casciola Steve Grad |
The 1986 Independence Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Ole Miss Rebels and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
The Rebels finished tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference in their first bowl game since 1983, which was also in the Independence Bowl. David McWilliams left Texas Tech for the University of Texas prior to the bowl game, leaving the job to Spike Dykes in the first bowl game for the Red Raiders since 1977.
Dykes remained the Red Raiders head coach until 1999, reaching six more bowl games, with the last being against Ole Miss, in 1998. Ole Miss reached four more bowl games with Brewer before he was fired in 1993.[2] [3]
| Statistics | Ole Miss | Texas Tech |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 18 |
| Rushing yards | 60 | 175 |
| Passing yards | 343 | 181 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 1 |
| Total yards | 403 | 356 |
| Fumbles–lost | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Penalties–yards | 5–33 | 5–60 |
| Punts–average | 6–45.5 | 8–41.5 |