2007 Orange Bowl
College football game
2007 FedEx Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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73rd Orange Bowl BCS Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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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.
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