Annual NCAA football game
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.[2] [3]
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 [ ]
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 [ ]
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 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
References [ ]
External links [ ]
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
There was no Outback Bowl in 1987.