2007 Sun Bowl

NCAAFootballSingleGameHeader
Name=2007 Sun Bowl
Date=December 31, 2007
Year=2007
Visitor School=University of South Florida
Visitor Name Short=South Florida
Visitor Nickname=Bulls
Visitor Record=9-4
Visitor

Visitor Coaches=25
Visitor BCS=21
Visitor Coach=Jim Leavitt
Visitor1=0
Visitor2=14
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=7
Visitor Total=21
Home School=University of Oregon
Home Name Short=Oregon
Home Nickname=Ducks
Home Record=9-4
Home

Home Coaches=NR
Home BCS=NR
Home Coach=Mike Bellotti
Home1=8
Home2=10
Home3=28
Home4=10
Home Total=56
Type=bg
Stadium=Sun Bowl Stadium
City=El Paso, Texas


MVP=Oregon RB Jonathan Stewart
Odds=South Florida by 6½ [ [http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=750671 Rivals.com College Football - Rivals.com bowl viewer's guide ] ]
Anthem=
Referee=
Halftime=Baby Bash, Paula DeAnda [ [http://www.sunbowl.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=168&Itemid=2 Brut Sun Bowl - Baby Bash To Perform At Halftime ] ]
Attendance=
US Network=CBS
US Announcers=Craig Bolerjack, Steve Beuerlein [ [http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=750671 Rivals.com College Football - Rivals.com bowl viewer's guide ] ]

The 2007 Brut Sun Bowl, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007 at Sun Bowl Stadium on the campus of the University of Texas, El Paso between the South Florida Bulls and the Oregon Ducks.

The Ducks were playing without quarterback Dennis Dixon, who finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy balloting but who had season-ending ACL surgery in November. Redshirt freshman Justin Roper made his first collegiate start in place of Dixon and threw for four touchdowns to tie a Sun Bowl record and lead the Ducks to a 56-21 victory.

The game marked the 40th consecutive telecast by CBS Sports. No other network and bowl game has been paired for a longer period of time.

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