2007 Outback Bowl

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 AP Coaches BCS 17 18 17
1 2 3 4 Total Tennessee 3 7 0 0 10 Penn State 0 10 0 10 20
Date	January 1, 2007
Season	2006
Stadium	Raymond James Stadium
Location	Tampa, Florida
MVP	Tony Hunt (Penn State RB)
National anthem	Charlie Daniels[1]
Referee	Jerry McGinn (Big East)
Halftime show	University of Tennessee and Penn State University bands, 2007 National Outback Bowl Mass Band Show
Attendance	65,601[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe[2]
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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.

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

• 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

• No scoring plays.

• 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

• ESPN game recap