2007 Orange Bowl

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.

2007 FedEx Orange Bowl
BCS Bowl Game 73rd Orange Bowl
Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, hosted the Orange Bowl.
Louisville Cardinals Wake Forest Demon Deacons (11–1) (11–2) Big East ACC 24 13 Head coach:  Bobby Petrino Head coach:  Jim Grobe AP Coaches BCS 5 6 6 AP Coaches BCS 15 15 14
1 2 3 4 Total Louisville 0 10 0 14 24 Wake Forest 0 3 7 3 13
Date	January 2, 2007
Season	2006
Stadium	Dolphin Stadium
Location	Miami Gardens, Florida
MVP	Brian Brohm
Favorite	Louisville by 10 (53) [1]
National anthem	CeCe Winans
Referee	Tom Ritter (SEC)
Halftime show	Taylor Hicks and Gladys Knight
Attendance	74,470[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox
Announcers	Matt Vasgersian, Terry Donahue, and Pat Haden
Nielsen ratings	7.0[2]
Orange Bowl  < 2006  2008 >

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.

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP UofL WFU 2 14:17 1 2:11 WFU 44-yard field goal by Sam Swank 0 3 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 10 3 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 10 13 4 12:31 81 2:06 UofL Anthony Allen 1-yard touchdown run, Art Carmody kick good 17 13 4 04:57 71 5:26 UofL Brock Bolen 18-yard touchdown run, Art Carmody kick good 24 13 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 13