2007 Orange Bowl

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

(11-3)

13

2007 Orange Bowl
Bowl Game
Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Louisville Cardinals

Louisville Cardinals

(12-1)

24

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

**2007 FedEx Orange Bowl**


Date	January 2, 2007
Stadium	Dolphin Stadium
City	Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP	Brian Brohm
Favorite	Lousiville by 10
National anthem	CeCe Winans
Halftime show	Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight
Attendance	75,540
United States TV Coverage
Network	FOX
Announcers	Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden

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-BS 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.

[edit] Scoring Summary

Wake Forest - Sam Swank 44 yard Field Goal. (14:17). 3-0 Wake
Louisville - Art Carmody 41 yard Field Goal. (8:30). 3-3 Tie
Louisville - 21 yard Touchdown pass from receiver Patrick Carter to Anthony Allen (Carmody Kick good). (5:53). 10-3 Louisville

Wake Forest - 30 yard Touchdown pass from Skinner to Morton (Swank Kick good). (11:32). 10-10 Tie

Wake Forest - 36 yard Field Goal by Swank. (14:46). 13-10 Wake
Louisville - 1 yard Touchdown run by Anthony Allen (Carmody Kick good). (12:31). 17-13 Louisville
Louisville - 18 yard Touchdown run by Brock Bolen (Carmody Kick good). (4:55). 24-13 Louisville

Preceded by 2006 Orange Bowl	2007 Orange Bowl 2007	Succeeded by 2008 Orange Bowl

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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) • Las Vegas All-American Classic (Jan. 15) • East-West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) • Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) • Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)