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2007 Outback Bowl
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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
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
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe
Outback Bowl  < 2006  2008 >

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 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. ^ 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.

External links

• ESPN game recap

• ReliaQuest Bowl
• 2006–07 NCAA football bowl games
• 2007 in sports in Florida
• 21st century in Tampa, Florida
• Penn State Nittany Lions football bowl games
• Tennessee Volunteers football bowl games
• January 2007 sports events in the United States