2007 Orange Bowl
The 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game following the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was played on January 2, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The game matched the No. 6 Louisville Cardinals versus the No. 15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was televised on Fox.
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BCS Bowl Game 73rd Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | January 2, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Dolphin Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Brian Brohm | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Louisville by 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National anthem | CeCe Winans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Tom Ritter (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 74,470[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | FOX | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 7.0[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Each of the teams selected an honorary captain. Louisville chose boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native, and Wake Forest chose golf great Arnold Palmer, a Wake alumnus. Dwyane Wade of the hometown Miami Heat presented the coin for the coin toss.
The officiating team was provided by the Southeastern Conference.
Scoring summary
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References
- "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.
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