Year Game Played: | 2007 |
Title Sponsor: | FedEx |
Game Name: | Orange Bowl |
Subheader: | 73rd Orange Bowl BCS Bowl Game |
Football Season: | 2006 |
Visitor Name Short: | Louisville |
Visitor Nickname: | Cardinals |
Visitor School: | University of Louisville |
Home Name Short: | Wake Forest |
Home Nickname: | Demon Deacons |
Home School: | Wake Forest University |
Visitor Record: | 11–1 |
Visitor Conference: | Big East |
Home Record: | 11–2 |
Home Conference: | ACC |
Visitor Coach: | Bobby Petrino |
Home Coach: | Jim Grobe |
Visitor Rank Ap: | 5 |
Visitor Rank Coaches: | 6 |
Visitor Rank Bcs: | 6 |
Home Rank Ap: | 15 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 15 |
Home Rank Bcs: | 14 |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 10 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 14 |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 3 |
Home 3Q: | 7 |
Home 4Q: | 3 |
Date Game Played: | January 2 |
Stadium: | Dolphin Stadium |
City: | Miami Gardens, Florida |
Mvp: | Brian Brohm |
Odds: | Louisville by 10 (53) [1] |
Anthem: | CeCe Winans |
Referee: | Tom Ritter (SEC) |
Halftime: | Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight |
Attendance: | 74,470[2] |
Us Network: | Fox |
Us Announcers Link: | List of announcers of major college bowl games |
Us Announcers: | Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden |
Ratings: | 7.0 |
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.