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2007 GMAC Bowl

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2007 GMAC Bowl
1234 Total
Ohio 0007 7
Southern Miss 02170 28
DateJanuary 7, 2007
Season2006
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPSouthern Miss RB Damion Fletcher
RefereeMatt Austin (SEC)
Attendance28,706[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
GMAC Bowl
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The 2007 GMAC Bowl was an American college football bowl game. It was part of the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season and was the ninth edition of the bowl game. It was played on January 7, 2007, and featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles, and the Ohio Bobcats.

Tory Harrison started the scoring, by rushing 43 yards for a touchdown, to give Southern Miss the first points of the game, 7–0. Damion Fletcher later scored on a e yard touchdown run giving the Eagles a 14–0 lead. With 1:13 left in the half James Denley intercepted an Ohio pass, and returned it 18 yards for another Southern Miss touchdown. The halftime score had Southern Miss up 21–0 over Ohio.

In the third quarter, Fletcher scored on a 9-yard touchdown run to increase the lead to 28–0. Austen Everson threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Thomas Christy for Ohio, to make the score 28–7. That would end up being the final score of the game.

References

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  1. ^ "Ohio vs. Southern Mississippi - Team Statistics - January 7, 2007 - ESPN".
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