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. 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.

Scoring summary

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

References

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Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games: North–South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)

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Notes	The game was also the national title game (Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series) in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, and 2005. There was an Orange Bowl in January and December in 1996, 2014, and 2021. The 2015, 2018, and 2021 (December) editions were College Football Playoff semifinals.