| Game Name: | Independence Bowl |
| Subheader: | Independence Bowl XII |
| Date Game Played: | December 19 |
| Year Game Played: | 1987 |
| Football Season: | 1987 |
| Home Name Short: | Tulane |
| Home Nickname: | Green Wave |
| Home Record: | 6–5 |
| Home Conference: | Independent |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 10 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 2 |
| Mvp: | QB Chris Chandler LB David Rill |
| Visitor Name Short: | Washington |
| Visitor Nickname: | Huskies |
| Visitor Record: | 6–4–1 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 3 |
| Referee: | Mack Gentry (SEC) |
| Us Announcers: | Steve Grad Bob Casciola Keith Shipman |
| Odds: | Washington by 6 points [1] |
| Type: | bg |
| Attendance: | 44,683 |
The 1987 Independence Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game played on December 19, 1987, in Shreveport, Louisiana. It matched the Tulane Green Wave and the Washington Huskies of the This was their first meeting and the first Independence Bowl for
See also: 1987 Tulane Green Wave football team. In Mack Brown's final year as head coach, the Green Wave made their first bowl game in seven years.
See also: 1987 Washington Huskies football team. In their thirteenth season under head coach Don James, the Huskies tied for third in the Pac-10. This was their tenth bowl game under James and ninth consecutive.
Brown left after this game for North Carolina; Tulane's next bowl appearance was in 1998 the Liberty Bowl, where they capped off a perfect season with a win over BYU. In 1989, Washington beat Florida 34–7 in the Freedom Bowl, limiting Emmitt Smith to just 17 yards rushing.
| Statistics | Tulane | Washington |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 22 |
| Rushing yards | 131 | 147 |
| Passing yards | 248 | 249 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 3 |
| Total yards | 379 | 396 |
| Fumbles–lost | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Penalties–yards | 7–73 | 10–67 |
| Punts–average | 6–43.7 | 4–32.8 |