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2006 Outback Bowl

Field	Value
year_game_played	2006
game_name	Outback Bowl
subheader	20th Outback Bowl
football_season	2005
visitor_name_short	Iowa
visitor_nickname	Hawkeyes
visitor_school	University of Iowa
home_name_short	Florida
home_nickname	Gators
home_school	University of Florida
visitor_record	7–4
visitor_conference	Big Ten
home_record	8–3
home_conference	SEC
visitor_coach	Kirk Ferentz
home_coach	Urban Meyer
visitor_rank_AP	25
visitor_rank_coaches	25
visitor_rank_BCS	NR
home_rank_AP	16
home_rank_coaches	18
home_rank_BCS	17
visitor_1q	0
visitor_2q	7
visitor_3q	0
visitor_4q	17
home_1q	7
home_2q	17
home_3q	7
home_4q	0
date_game_played	January 2
stadium	Raymond James Stadium
city	Tampa, Florida
referee	Barry Anderson (C–USA)
attendance	65,881
us_network	ESPN
us_announcers_link	List of announcers of major college bowl games
us_announcers	Mark Jones, Chris Spielman, Rob Stone

The 2006 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played January 2, 2006, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It was the 20th edition of the Outback Bowl and featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference, and the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Florida came into the game under first-year head coach Urban Meyer with an 8–3 record. The Hawkeyes, led by 7th year head coach Kirk Ferentz, came into the game with a 7–4 record.

Teams

The 2006 Outback Bowl was the third all-time meeting between the two programs. Florida won the 1983 Gator Bowl 14-6 over the Hawkeyes, and Iowa defeated the Gators 37-17 in the 2004 Outback Bowl.

Iowa

Main article: 2005 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Florida

Main article: 2005 Florida Gators football team

Game summary

Florida got on the board first, only 2 minutes into the game, when Tremaine McCollum blocked an Iowa punt, and returned it 6 yards for a touchdown. That was the only scoring of the first quarter. In the second quarter, Iowa stopped Florida inside its own five yard line, but Florida got a field goal from kicker Chris Hetland, to go up 10-0. With 1:57 left in the half, and Iowa driving, Iowa quarterback Drew Tate was intercepted by cornerback Vernell Brown, who returned it 60 yards for a touchdown, and a 17-0 lead.

Iowa came right back though, as quarterback Drew Tate found wide receiver Clinton Solomon for a 20 yard touchdown pass, to trim the lead to 17-7 with 1:10 to go in the half. It was enough time for Florida however, as Florida scored its first offensive touchdown of the game. Quarterback Chris Leak found wide receiver Dallas Baker for a 24 yard touchdown pass with 1 second left in the half, as Florida took a 24-7 lead into the locker room.

With 5:23 left in the third quarter, Florida seemingly put the game away, with a 38 yard touchdown pass from Leak to Baker, to put Florida up 31-7, but Iowa would come back. Early in the fourth quarter, Drew Tate found wide receiver Ed Hinkel for a 4 yard touchdown pass to trim the margin to 31-14. With less than 7 minutes to play, Tate again found Hinkel, this time for a 14 yard touchdown pass, as Iowa drew within 31-21. Iowa stopped Florida once again, and got the ball back.

With 1:24 left in the game, Kirk Ferentz decided to kick a field goal, since they were down 2 possessions anyway. Kyle Schlicher kicked a 45 yard field goal, to make it a one possession game. His onside kick attempt was recovered by Iowa, but Iowa was controversially flagged for being offside, and Florida regained possession on the subsequent attempt. The game was noted for its extremely controversial calls leading to allegations that Florida bribed the officials.

Scoring summary

Source:

Team statistics

Statistics	IOWA	UF
1st downs	23	26
Total yards	410	447
Passing yards	346	278
Rushing yards	64	169
Penalties	8-60	0
3rd down conversions	9-18	9-18
4th down conversions	0-0	1-3
Turnovers	1	1
Time of Possession	24:35	35:25

References

(January 4, 2006). "CUSA head of officials admits Outback Bowl mistake". [[USA Today]].
[https://www.espn.com/college-football/bowls05/bowls?game=outback Box Score @ ESPN.com]

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