2007 Orange Bowl
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BCS Bowl Game 73rd Orange Bowl |
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | FOX | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nielsen ratings | 7.0[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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