The 2009 Outback Bowl

Outback Bowl

The Outback Bowl is an annual New Year's Day college football bowl game played at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The event was originally called the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1986 to 1994 until being renamed in 1995 for its new title sponsor, Outback Steakhouse...

was a college football

College football

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 bowl game

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 played as the first official sporting event in the USA on January 1, 2009 at Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium

Raymond James Stadium, also known as the "Ray Jay", is a multi-purpose football stadium located in Tampa, Florida. It is home to the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as well as the NCAA's South Florida Bulls football team. The stadium seats 65,857 , and it is expandable to 75,000 for special events...

 in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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. Scheduled for a kickoff of 11 AM US EST

North American Eastern Time Zone

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 and telecast on ESPN

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, the game pit the South Carolina Gamecocks

2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

The 2008 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina in the college football season of 2008-2009. The team's head football coach was Steve Spurrier, who served his fourth season at USC...

 against the Iowa Hawkeyes

2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 2008 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa and the Iowa Hawkeyes football program in the 2008 college football season. Coached by Kirk Ferentz, the Hawkeyes played their seven home games in Kinnick Stadium.-Previous season:...

. 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

Shonn Greene

-New York Jets:On April 26, 2009 the New York Jets traded up 12 spots to select Greene in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. On August 30 Greene made an appearance in the Jets preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. He rushed twice for six yards as well as catching an 85-yard pass...

, the MVP, had 30 rushes for 132 yards and three rushing touchdowns.

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 Shonn Greene -New York Jets:On April 26, 2009 the New York Jets traded up 12 spots to select Greene in the third round of the 2009 NFL Draft. On August 30 Greene made an appearance in the Jets preseason game against the Baltimore Ravens. He rushed twice for six yards as well as catching an 85-yard pass... 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