| Game Name: | Independence Bowl |
| Subheader: | 43rd Independence Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Walk-On's |
| Date Game Played: | December 27 |
| Year Game Played: | 2018 |
| Football Season: | 2018 |
| Stadium: | Independence Stadium |
| City: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Visitor School: | Temple University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Temple |
| Visitor Nickname: | Owls |
| Visitor Record: | 8–4 |
| Visitor Conference: | The American |
| Visitor Coach: | Ed Foley (interim) |
| Visitor 1Q: | 13 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | Duke University |
| Home Name Short: | Duke |
| Home Nickname: | Blue Devils |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | ACC |
| Home Coach: | David Cutcliffe |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 21 |
| Home 4Q: | 14 |
| Mvp: | Daniel Jones (QB, Duke) & Delvon Randall (DB, Temple)[1] |
| Odds: | Temple by 3[2] |
| Referee: | Mark Kluczynski (Big Ten) |
| Attendance: | 27,492[3] |
| Payout: | 1,248,000 [4] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Mike Couzens, Kirk Morrison and Lauren Sisler |
The 2018 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2018.[5] It was the 43rd edition of the Independence Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar, the game was officially known as the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.
The bowl has conference tie-ins with the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). However, as four SEC teams were selected for New Year's Six games, bowl organizers announced a matchup of Temple of the American Athletic Conference (The American), rather than an SEC team, and Duke of the ACC.[6] This was the first meeting between Duke and Temple.[7]
See main article: 2018 Temple Owls football team. Temple received and accepted a bid to the Independence Bowl on December 2.[6] The Owls entered the bowl with an 8–4 record (7–1 in conference), having won 6-of-7 to end their regular season. As Temple head coach Geoff Collins resigned in order to take the same position at Georgia Tech, the Owls were led in the Independence Bowl by interim head coach Ed Foley.[8]
See main article: 2018 Duke Blue Devils football team. Duke received and accepted a bid to the Independence Bowl on December 2.[6] The Blue Devils entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (3–5 in conference), having lost 4-of-6 to end their regular season.