2007 Orange Bowl

2007 FedEx Orange Bowl

Bowl Game

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

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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 #15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons versus the #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

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

^ ^a ^b "BCS Game Results". orangebowl.org. September 26, 2007. http://www.orangebowl.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11800&KEY=&ATCLID=1249402. Retrieved 2008-01-13.

External links

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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)

Orange Bowl Game

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Notes	Bolded years, indicates it was also the BCS National Championship Game.

Bowl Championship Series

Conferences	ACC Big 12 Big East Big Ten Pac-12 SEC Notre Dame

Bowls	Fiesta Orange Rose Sugar BCS National Championship

Champions	Tennessee (1998) Florida State (1999) Oklahoma (2000) Miami (FL) (2001) Ohio State (2002) LSU (2003) USC (title vacated) (2004) Texas (2005) Florida (2006) LSU (2007) Florida (2008) Alabama (2009) Auburn (2010) LSU/Alabama (2011)

Other	Controversies Media coverage Mythical national championship Playoff debate

Treated as conference champion if ranked in top eight

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

Wake Forest Demon Deacons bowl games

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