2007 Sun Bowl

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.

2007 Brut Sun Bowl
74th Sun Bowl
Sun Bowl Logo
South Florida Bulls Oregon Ducks (9–3) (8–4) Big East Pac-10 21 56 Head coach:  Jim Leavitt Head coach:  Mike Bellotti AP Coaches BCS 23 25 21
1 2 3 4 Total South Florida 0 14 0 7 21 Oregon 8 10 28 10 56
Date	December 31, 2007
Season	2007
Stadium	Sun Bowl Stadium
Location	El Paso, Texas
MVP	RB Jonathan Stewart, Oregon
Favorite	South Florida by 6½[1]
Halftime show	Baby Bash, Paula DeAnda[2]
Attendance	49,867
Payout	US$1.9 million per team[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	CBS
Announcers	Craig Bolerjack, Steve Beuerlein[1]

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.

References

1. Rivals.com College Football - Rivals.com bowl viewer's guide Archived 2007-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Brut Sun Bowl - Baby Bash To Perform At Halftime". Archived from the original on January 3, 2008. Retrieved December 26, 2007.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 3, 2007. Retrieved September 19, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)