The 2007 Outback Bowl Game was a college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 bowl game

Bowl game

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 sponsored by Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse

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. It was part of the 2006–2007 bowl game season

NCAA football bowl games, 2006-07

The 2006-07 NCAA College Football Bowl Games post-season schedule followed the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS regular season in college football. The NCAA divided Division I into two divisions for football in 1978. The top level, originally known as "Division I-A" and officially changed to the "Football...

 that concluded the 2006 NCAA Division I-BS football season. The Outback Bowl

Outback Bowl

The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...

 has been played annually since 1986 (until 1994 it was known as the Hall of Fame Bowl). The 2007 game was played on January 1, 2007, at Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium, also known as the "Ray Jay", is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Tampa, Florida. It is home to the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as the NCAA's South Florida Bulls football team. The stadium seats 65,857 , and it is expandable to 75,000 for special events...

 in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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. The game pitted the #18 Tennessee Volunteers

2006 Tennessee Volunteers football team

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 against the unranked Penn State Nittany Lions

2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 2006 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2006–2007 college football season. The team's head coach was Joe Paterno. It played its home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania....

 and was televised on ESPN

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.

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

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

External links

• ESPN game recap
• CBS Sportsline game recap