Louisiana Tech only had to drive 70 miles Tuesday afternoon to win its first bowl game in six years, as they scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to defeat Coastal Carolina 23-14 in the 2025 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
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The first quarter was sloppy as each team missed a pair of field goals and remained scoreless until the final minute, when Tad Hudson found Dominic Knicely for a 20-yard score to put the Chanticleers ahead 7-0.
Just before the two-minute warning, the Bulldogs finally got on the board with a 42-yard field goal by Kaegan Kant to make the score 7-3. However, Coastal responded quickly as Hudson scored his second touchdown of the half, this time connecting with Roddy Waahington as the Chants held a 14-3 lead at the half.
In the second half, it was all LA Tech as John Hoyet Chance drove 51 yards to cut the lead to 14-6 before a pair of touchdowns to open the fourth quarter, one of them a 52-yard throw from Trey Kukuk to Marlion Jackson and then a short Andrew Burnette run that was set up by a big Kukuk run gave the Bulldogs the lead in the quarter.
Kant added a second field goal in the final minute to score and the Bulldogs earned a 23-14 victory in Shreveport over Coastal Carolina.
This was LA Tech’s last game as a member of Conference USA, as the Bulldogs will join the Sun Belt starting in 2026.