2009 Outback Bowl

MVP	Shonn Greene (Iowa RB)

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 30 rushes for 132 yards and three rushing touchdowns.

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

Main article: 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

South Carolina Gamecocks

Main article: 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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