2007 Orange Bowl

2007 FedEx Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game 73rd Orange Bowl
Wake Forest Demon Deacons Louisville Cardinals (11–2) (11–1) 13 24 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]
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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. 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.

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