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2007 FedEx Orange Bowl

BCS Bowl Game
73rd Orange Bowl

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Louisville Cardinals

(11–2)

(11–1)

Head coach:
Jim Grobe

Head coach:
Bobby Petrino

AP		Coaches		BCS
15		15		14

AP		Coaches		BCS
5		6		6

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wake Forest	0	3	7	3	13
Louisville	0	10	0	14	24

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 (Southeastern Conference)

Halftime show

Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight

Attendance

74,470^[1]

United States TV coverage

Network

FOX

Announcers:

Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden

Nielsen ratings

7.0^[1]

Orange Bowl

< 2006

2008 >

The 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl game is a college football bowl game. It is part of the 2006–2007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange Bowl was first played in 1935. The 2007 game was played on January 2, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The game matched the No. 15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons versus the No. 6 Louisville Cardinals and was televised on Fox.

Each of the teams selected an honorary captain. Wake Forest chose golf great Arnold Palmer, a Wake alumnus, and Louisville chose boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native. 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 [edit]

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	WFU	UofL
2	14:17		1	2:11	WFU	44-yard field goal by Sam Swank	3	0
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	3	10
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	13	10
4	12:31		81	2:06	UofL	Anthony Allen 1-yard touchdown run, Art Carmody kick good	13	17
4	04:57		71	5:26	UofL	Brock Bolen 18-yard touchdown run, Art Carmody kick good	13	24
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							13	24

References [edit]

^ ^a ^b "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. Retrieved January 13, 2008. ^{[dead link]}

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v t e 2006–07 NCAA football bowl game season

Poinsettia (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) New Orleans (Dec. 22) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 23) New Mexico (Dec. 23) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Hawai'i (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Emerald (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 28) Independence (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Liberty (Dec. 29) Insight (Dec. 29) Champs Sports (Dec. 29) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 30) Alamo (Dec. 30) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 30) MPC Computers (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) International (Jan. 6) GMAC (Jan. 7)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose Bowl (Jan. 1) Fiesta Bowl (Jan. 1) Orange Bowl (Jan. 2) Sugar Bowl (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)

All-Star Games: North-South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)

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History \| Miami Orange Bowl \| Sun Life Stadium \| BCS \| Broadcasters Tie-In: Atlantic Coast Conference \| BCS At-Large Bid

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Notes	Bolded years indicate the game was also the BCS National Championship Game.

v t e Louisville Cardinals bowl games

1958 Sun Bowl 1970 Pasadena Bowl 1977 Independence Bowl 1991 Fiesta Bowl 1993 Liberty Bowl 1998 Motor City Bowl 1999 Humanitarian Bowl 2000 Liberty Bowl 2001 Liberty Bowl 2002 GMAC Bowl 2003 GMAC Bowl 2004 Liberty Bowl 2006 Gator Bowl 2007 Orange Bowl 2010 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl 2011 Belk Bowl 2013 Sugar Bowl

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1946 Gator Bowl 1949 Dixie Bowl 1979 Tangerine Bowl 1992 Independence Bowl 1999 Aloha Bowl 2002 Seattle Bowl 2007 Orange Bowl 2007 Meineke Car Care Bowl 2008 EagleBank Bowl 2011 Music City Bowl

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