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College football game
The 2009 Outback Bowl was a college football bowl game played as the first official sporting event in the USA on January 1, 2009 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida . Scheduled for a kickoff of 11 AM US EST and telecast on ESPN , the game pitted the South Carolina Gamecocks against the Iowa Hawkeyes . Iowa jumped out to a huge lead, leading South Carolina 21–0 at halftime and 31–0 at the end of the third quarter. Shonn Greene , the MVP, had 29 rushes for 121 yards and three rushing touchdowns.[2]
Teams
The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference and the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference . It was the first meeting between the two teams. It was each team's third appearance in the Outback Bowl.
Iowa Hawkeyes
The Hawkeyes entered the game with wins in five of their previous six games, highlighted by an upset of #3 Penn State, and an overall record of 8–4 (5–3 Big Ten). Junior running back Shonn Greene received the Doak Walker Award .
South Carolina Gamecocks
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring Play
Score
1st Quarter
Iowa - Trey Stross 6-yard TD pass from Ricky Stanzi (Daniel Murray kick), 7:39
Iowa 7–0
Iowa - Shonn Greene 1-yard TD run (Murray kick), 4:41
Iowa 14–0
2nd Quarter
Iowa - Greene 1-yard TD run (Murray kick), 8:09
Iowa 21–0
3rd Quarter
Iowa - Murray 18-yard FG, 9:09
Iowa 24–0
Iowa - Greene 11-yard TD run, :04
Iowa 31–0
4th Quarter
USC - Jared Cook 10-yard TD pass from Chris Smelley (Ryan Succop kick), 13:35
Iowa 31–7
USC - Succop 48-yard FG, 2:02
Iowa 31–10
Statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Gamecocks
0
0
0
10
10
Hawkeyes
14
7
10
0
31
Statistics
SC
IOWA
First downs
17
22
Plays–yards
64–313
66–328
Rushes–yards
14–43
47–181
Passing yards
270
147
Passing: comp–att–int
26–50–3
13–19–2
Time of possession
24:06
35:54
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
South Carolina
Passing
Chris Smelley
16/31, 179 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT
Rushing
Stephen Garcia
5 car, 25 yds
Receiving
Kenny McKinley
6 rec, 86 yds
Iowa
Passing
Ricky Stanzi
13/19, 147 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Shonn Greene
29 car, 121 yds, 3 TD
Receiving
Brandon Myers
4 rec, 49 yds
References
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
The bowl was not played during calendar year 1987.