2009 Outback Bowl
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| Date | January 1, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Shonn Greene (Iowa RB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Iowa by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | John McDaid | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,117 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$3.2 Million | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough, Chris Spielman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen ratings | 2.7 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 pit 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.
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