| 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 8, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | University of Phoenix Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: QB Chris Leak (Florida) Defense: DE Derrick Harvey (Florida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ohio State by 7[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | U.S. Military Academy Cadet Glee Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jack Folliard (Pac-10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Ohio State and Florida bands; Habitat for Humanity presentation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,628 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | Fox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Thom Brennaman, Barry Alvarez, and Charles Davis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 17.4, 28.8M viewers, 27 share[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game was an American football game played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 8, 2007, and featured the top-ranked Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes against the 2nd-ranked SEC champion Florida Gators. The Gators routed the Buckeyes by a final score of 41–14 to win their first national championship since 1996.
The Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing the regular season undefeated and ranked #1 in the BCS. It was the first time the Buckeyes and Gators had ever met on the football field.[4] The 12–1 Florida Gators earned a spot after defeating Arkansas in the SEC Championship Game in early December, and jumping from #4 to #2 in the final BCS Rankings, passing #3 Michigan and previous #2 USC.
The game was the first BCS National Championship Game to be televised on the Fox TV network, as well as the first time the BCS had held a standalone national championship game (previously, one of the 4 BCS bowls had served as the national championship game).
- ^ "Gators attack: Florida gets title with rout of Ohio State". ESPN. Associated Press. January 8, 2007. Archived from the original on September 26, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (January 6, 2010). "Don't look for Texas vs. Alabama BCS Championship to Top Texas vs. USC". TVbythenumbers.com. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
- ^ "BCS title game ratings down from last year". signonsandiego.com. January 8, 2008. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved January 9, 2008.
- ^ "BCS Championship Notebook". bcsfootball.org. January 8, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2007.[dead link]