2009 Outback Bowl

August 2023 March 2026 2009 Outback Bowl 23rd Outback Bowl 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks University of South Carolina Iowa Hawkeyes University of Iowa 7–5 SEC 8–4 Big Ten Steve Spurrier Kirk Ferentz 0 0 0 10 14 7 10 0 January 1 Raymond James Stadium Tampa, Florida Shonn Greene (Iowa RB) Iowa by 4 John McDaid (Big East) 55,117 3.2 Millionhttp://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for NCAA Football stats, scores, standings, and blogs from NCAA Football columnists 2010-04-17 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081219075027/http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=494772 2008-12-19 ESPN List of announcers of major college bowl games Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman 2.7 The 2009 Outback Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2009, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 23rd edition of the Outback Bowl, it was one of the 2008–09 bowl games concluding the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Scheduled for a kickoff of 11 a.m. EST and telecast on ESPN, the game pitted the South Carolina Gamecocks against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Iowa jumped out to a large lead, leading South Carolina 21–0 at halftime and 31–0 at the end of the third quarter, en route to a 31–10 victory. Shonn Greene, the MVP, had 29 rushes for 121 yards and three rushing touchdowns.Greene's 3 TDs lead Iowa past South Carolina in Outback Bowl https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=290012294 https://web.archive.org/web/20190901234017/https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=290012294 dead September 1, 2019 ESPN via Associated Press January 1, 2009 July 26, 2019IOWA ENJOYS AN OUTBACK ROUT, 31-10 https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2009/1/1/Iowa_enjoys_an_Outback_rout_31_10.aspx University of Iowa Athletic Department January 1, 2009 July 26, 2019 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 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team 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 earned consensus First-team All-American honors and received the Doak Walker Award. South Carolina Gamecocks 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team The Gamecocks dropped their final two regular season games and entered the Outback Bowl with an overall record of 7–5 (4–4 SEC). Game summary Scoring summary Scoring Play Score 1st QuarterIowa - Trey Stross 6-yard TD pass from Ricky Stanzi (Daniel Murray kick), 7:39Iowa 7–0Iowa - Shonn Greene 1-yard TD run (Murray kick), 4:41Iowa 14–0 2nd QuarterIowa - Greene 1-yard TD run (Murray kick), 8:09Iowa 21–0 3rd QuarterIowa - Murray 18-yard FG, 9:09Iowa 24–0Iowa - Greene 11-yard TD run, :04Iowa 31–0 4th QuarterUSC - Jared Cook 10-yard TD pass from Chris Smelley (Ryan Succop kick), 13:35Iowa 31–7USC - Succop 48-yard FG, 2:02Iowa 31–10 Statistics Gamecocks 0 0 0 10 Hawkeyes 14 7 10 0 South Carolina Gamecocks SC Iowa Hawkeyes IOWA 17 64–313 14–43 270 26–50–3 24:06 22 66–328 47–181 147 13–19–2 35:54 South Carolina Gamecocks South Carolina Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Chris Smelley 16/31, 179 yds, 1 TD, 0 INT Stephen Garcia 5 car, 25 yds Kenny McKinley 6 rec, 86 yds Ricky Stanzi 13/19, 147 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT Shonn Greene 29 car, 121 yds, 3 TD Brandon Myers 4 rec, 49 yds References Category:ReliaQuest Bowl Outback Bowl Outback Bowl Category:21st century in Tampa, Florida Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football bowl games Category:South Carolina Gamecocks football bowl games Outback Bowl