2007 Orange Bowl

2007 FedEx Orange Bowl
2007 FedEx Orange Bowl
73rd Orange Bowl; BCS Bowl Game
Louisville Cardinals	Wake Forest Demon Deacons
(11–1)	(11–2)
Big East	ACC
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Head coach: ; Bobby Petrino	Head coach: ; Jim Grobe
Date	January 2, 2007
Season	2006
Stadium	Dolphin Stadium
Location	Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP	Brian Brohm
Favorite	Louisville by 10 (53)
National anthem	CeCe Winans
Referee	Tom Ritter (SEC)
Halftime show	Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight
Attendance	74,470
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox
Announcers	Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden
Nielsen ratings	7.0
Orange Bowl
< 2006	2008 >

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.

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

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	UofL	WFU
2	14:17		1	2:11	WFU	44-yard field goal by Sam Swank	0	3
2	08:30		61	5:44	UofL	41-yard field goal by Art Carmody	3	3
2	05:53		47	0:38	UofL	Anthony Allen 21-yard touchdown reception from Patrick Carter, Art Carmody kick good	10	3
3	11:34		52	1:07	WFU	Nate Morton 30-yard touchdown reception from Riley Skinner, Sam Swank kick good	10	10
4	14:46		61	2:17	WFU	36-yard field goal by Sam Swank	10	13
4	12:31		81	2:06	UofL	Anthony Allen 1-yard touchdown run, Art Carmody kick good	17	13
4	04:57		71	5:26	UofL	Brock Bolen 18-yard touchdown run, Art Carmody kick good	24	13
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							24	13

References

^ "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.

[ppglatln-1] "Orange Bowl Odds: College football". Vegasinsider. January 1, 2003. p. C10. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.

[attendance-2] "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved January 13, 2008.

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