The 1991 Independence Bowl was a post-season college football

College football

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 bowl game

Bowl game

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 between the Arkansas Razorbacks and the Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia defeated Arkansas, 24-15.

Setting

Arkansas and Georgia met in the 1969 Sugar Bowl

1969 Sugar Bowl

The 1969 edition to the Sugar Bowl featured the 4th ranked Georgia Bulldogs, and the 9th ranked Arkansas Razorbacks. Chuck Dicus was named Sugar Bowl MVP after catching 12 passes.-Arkansas:...

, with Arkansas taking a 16-2 decision, and the 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic

1976 Cotton Bowl Classic

The 1976 Cotton Bowl Classic was a post-season college football bowl game between the co-Southwest Conference champion #18 Arkansas Razorbacks and the #12 Georgia Bulldogs. Arkansas defeated Georgia, 31-10 in front of 77,500 spectators.-Arkansas:...

, which Arkansas won 31-10. Georgia's head coach Ray Goff

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 played quarterback in the 1976 Cotton Bowl loss to Arkansas. The game is played in Shreveport, Louisiana

Shreveport, Louisiana

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, and this was during the 1991 Louisiana gubernatorial election

Louisiana gubernatorial election, 1991

The Louisiana gubernatorial election of 1991 resulted in the election of Edwin Edwards to his fourth non-consecutive term as governor of Louisiana...

. One of the cantidates was David Duke

David Duke

David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...

, a former member of the Ku Klux Klan

Ku Klux Klan

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. Many of Georgia's black players said that they would not go to Shreveport if Duke was elected, but he was defeated by Edwin Edwards

Edwin Edwards

Edwin Washington Edwards served as the Governor of Louisiana for four terms , twice as many terms as any other Louisiana chief executive has served. Edwards was also Louisiana's first Roman Catholic governor in the 20th century...

.

Arkansas

With the Southwest Conference dying, Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles

Frank Broyles

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 had engineered a deal for Arkansas to move to the flourishing Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

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. 1991 was Arkansas' final season before the move, and the Razorbacks finished the regular season at 6-5.

Georgia

Georgia defeated #6 Clemson, but lost to an unranked team to enter the game at 8-3.

Game Summary

Georgia began the scoring early, throwing two touchdown passes from Eric Zeier

Eric Zeier

Eric Royce Zeier is a former American football quarterback. In his five years in the NFL, he played for the Cleveland Browns , Baltimore Ravens , and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers . Zeier started his career at Heidelberg American High School in Heidelberg, Germany where he led them to a championship...

 to take an early 14-0 lead. After Georgia added a second quarter field goal, Arkansas finally got on the board when E.D. Jackson rushed in from seven yards out. After halftime, Georgia's Andre Hastings

Andre Hastings

Andre Orlando Hastings is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1993 NFL Draft. A 6'1", . wide receiver from the University of Georgia, Hastings played in 8 NFL seasons from 1993 to 2000 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, New...

broke a 53-yard touchdown run. Jackson would again score for the Hogs, and add a two-point conversion. However, the Hogs couldn't score again and fell short, 24-15.