2007 Outback Bowl
21st Outback Bowl
2007 Outback Bowl logo
Tennessee Volunteers Penn State Nittany Lions
(9–3) (8–4)
SEC Big Ten
10 20
Head coach: 
Phillip Fulmer		 Head coach: 
Joe Paterno
APCoachesBCS
171817
1234 Total
Tennessee 3700 10
Penn State 010010 20
DateJanuary 1, 2007
Season2006
StadiumRaymond James Stadium
LocationTampa, Florida
MVPTony Hunt (Penn State RB)
National anthemCharlie Daniels[1]
RefereeJerry McGinn (Big East)
Halftime showUniversity of Tennessee and Penn State University bands, 2007 National Outback Bowl Mass Band Show
Attendance65,601[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMike Patrick, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe[2]

The 2007 Outback Bowl Game was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2007, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was part of the 2006–2007 bowl game season that concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the 21st edition of the bowl game originally known as the Hall of Fame Bowl, later rebranded as the Outback Bowl through sponsorship from Outback Steakhouse. The game pitted the 18th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers against the unranked Penn State Nittany Lions[3] and was televised on ESPN.

Scoring summary

First quarter

  • Tennessee James Wilhoit II 44-yard field goal. (4:58) 3–0 Tennessee

Second quarter

  • Penn State Kevin Kelly 34-yard field goal. (11:43) 3–3 Tie
  • Penn State Andrew Quarless 2-yard touchdown pass from Anthony Morelli (Kelly kick good). (3:30) 10–3 Penn State
  • Tennessee LaMarcus Coker 42-yard touchdown run (Wilhoit kick good). (1:15) 10–10 Tie

Third quarter

  • No scoring plays.

Fourth quarter

  • Penn State Tony Davis 88-yard fumble return for touchdown (Kelly kick good). (10:01) 17–10 Penn State
  • Penn State Kevin Kelly 22-yard field goal. (3:29) 20–10 Penn State

References

  1. 1 2 Crawley, Stan (January 1, 2007). "Penn State Defeats Tennessee, 20–10, In Outback Bowl". chattanoogan.com. Archived from the original on January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  2. ↑ "TV.com Forums – Bowl Game Announcers". Archived from the original on February 12, 2008. Retrieved January 17, 2008.
  3. ↑ Rankings from the Coaches Poll on December 3, 2006.
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