2007 Orange Bowl

College football game

2007 FedEx Orange Bowl

73rd Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game
| Louisville Cardinals | Wake Forest Demon Deacons

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(11–1) | (11–2)
Big East | ACC
24 | 13
Head coach:
Bobby Petrino | Head coach:
Jim Grobe
| AP| Coaches| BCS

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5| 6| 6
| AP| Coaches| BCS

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15| 15| 14
|  | 1| 2| 3| 4 | Total

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Louisville | 0| 10| 0| 14 | 24
Wake Forest | 0| 3| 7| 3 | 13
Date| January 2, 2007
Season| 2006
Stadium| Dolphin Stadium
Location| Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP| Brian Brohm
Favorite| Louisville by 10 (53) [1]
National anthem| CeCe Winans
Referee| Tom Ritter (SEC)
Halftime show| Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight
Attendance| 74,470[2]
United States TV coverage
Network| Fox
Announcers| Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden
Nielsen ratings| 7.0[2]
|  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

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | 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

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

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