2013 AdvoCare V100 Bowl

2013 AdvoCare V100 Bowl
38th Independence Bowl
Arizona Wildcats Boston College Eagles (7–5) (7–5) Pac-12 ACC 42 19 Head coach:  Rich Rodriguez Head coach:  Steve Addazio
1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 7 14 14 7 42 Boston College 3 3 0 13 19
Date	December 31, 2013
Season	2013
Stadium	Independence Stadium
Location	Shreveport, Louisiana
MVP	B.J. Denker, Will Parks
Favorite	Arizona by 7
National anthem	Cole Vosbury
Referee	Alan Eck (Mtn. West)
Halftime show	Both Teams Marching Bands
Attendance	36,917
Payout	US$1,100,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Tom Hart (Play-by-play) John Congemi (Analyst) Niki Noto (Sideline)

The 2013 AdvoCare V100 Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 31, 2013, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 38th edition of the game otherwise known as the Independence Bowl, it matched up the Boston College Eagles from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Arizona Wildcats from the Pac-12 Conference. The game kicked off at 11:30 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. Arizona defeated Boston College by a score of 42–19. This was the final edition with nutritional supplement company AdvoCare as the title sponsor, and the only edition not to include "Independence Bowl" in the official name.

Teams

Boston College finished the regular season with a record of 7–5 (4–4 ACC). Arizona's record was 7–5 (4–5 Pac-12).

The game featured the nation's top two running backs in BC's Andre Williams who was the 2013 Doak Walker Award winner and a Heisman Trophy finalist and in Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey who was also a finalist for the Doak Walker Award. Williams and Carey were FBS ranked first and second respectively in yards per game and both were consensus 2013 All-Americans, with Williams being a unanimous choice.

Arizona

Main article: 2013 Arizona Wildcats football team

Boston College

Main article: 2013 Boston College Eagles football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Arizona Boston College 1 7:51 4 92 0:41 Arizona Ka'Deem Carey 2-yard touchdown run, Jake Smith kick good 7 0 1 1:11 13 54 6:40 BC 32-yard field goal by Nate Freese 7 3 2 8:45 10 46 5:02 BC 41-yard field goal by Freese 7 6 2 4:16 0 1 0:28 Arizona Interception returned 69 yards for touchdown by Will Parks, Smith kick good 14 6 2 0:30 10 80 2:13 Arizona Trey Griffey 26-yard touchdown reception from B. J. Denker, Smith kick good 21 6 3 12:11 11 75 2:49 Arizona Carey 5-yard touchdown run, Smith kick good 28 6 3 4:56 8 93 2:16 Arizona Denker 14-yard touchdown run, Smith kick good 35 6 4 13:40 12 80 4:41 Arizona Griffey 3-yard touchdown reception from Denker, Smith kick good 42 6 4 12:00 4 65 1:40 BC Andre Williams 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed 42 12 4 0:35 12 94 4:35 BC Tyler Rouse 6-yard touchdown run, Freese kick good 42 19 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 42 19

Statistics

Statistics	ARZ	BC
First Downs	28	20
Total offense, plays – yards	73–529	73–351
Rushes-yards (net)	49-254 (5.2)	45-145 (3.2)
Passing yards (net)	275 (11.5)	206 (7.4)
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	17-24-0	17–28–2
Fumbles lost	2	0
Penalties (Yds)	2-23	5-55
Time of Possession	24:50	35:10
3rd Down	7-12	8–17
4th Down	1-2	0-0

Game notes

• November 27, 2013 – It was announced that B-25 to fly over Independence Stadium prior to kickoff of 2013 AdvoCare V100 Bowl