The game featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles and the Missouri Tigers.
Missouri had finished 5th in the Big Eight Conference, qualifying for their 4th straight bowl appearance.
Bobby Meyer gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead on his three yard touchdown run in the first quarter.
Missouri increased their lead with two Bob Lucchesi field goals in the span of 5 minutes to make it 13-3 at halftime.
Southern Miss narrowed it to 19-17 with 1:03 remaining on a David Sellers touchdown pass to Louis Lipps.