2007 Sugar Bowl

The 2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl was a college football bowl game, which formed part of the 2006–2007 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Played on January 3, 2007, in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, it was the 73rd Sugar Bowl. The game matched the 2006 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team against the 2006 LSU Tigers football team and was televised on Fox.

2007 Allstate Sugar Bowl
BCS Bowl Game
73rd Sugar Bowl
Notre Dame Fighting Irish LSU Tigers
(10–2) (10–2)
14 41
Head coach: 
Charlie Weis		 Head coach: 
Les Miles
APCoachesBCS
111111
APCoachesBCS
444
1234 Total
Notre Dame 7700 14
LSU 147137 41
DateJanuary 3, 2007
Season2006
StadiumLouisiana Superdome
LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana
MVPLSU QB JaMarcus Russell
FavoriteLSU by 8½
National anthemIrvin Mayfield
RefereeTom Walker (Big XII)
Halftime showLSU and Notre Dame Marching Bands
Attendance77,781
United States TV coverage
NetworkFOX
AnnouncersKenny Albert, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long
Nielsen ratings9.3[1]

This game received extra attention because it was the return of the Sugar Bowl to New Orleans. In 2006, the game was played at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina to the Superdome (that game also featured a virtual "home" team, the Georgia Bulldogs). LSU won the 2007 contest 41–14, tying the Notre Dame-LSU series at 5–5 (with LSU taking a 2–0 lead in bowl game meetings).

With the loss, Notre Dame lost a record-setting nine bowl games in a row,[2] including losing their three BCS bowl games by wide point margins.[2]

Scoring summary

First quarter

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

References
  1. Sugar Bowl Sweet for FOX Wednesday - Chicago Tribune, January 4, 2007
  2. "Irish Fall In Sugar Bowl". UND.com. January 4, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
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