The 2007 Brut

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, part of the 2007-08 NCAA football bowl games season, was played on December 31, 2007, at

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on the campus of the

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, between the

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and the

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. The Ducks were playing without

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Dennis Dixon, who finished fifth in the

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balloting but who had season-ending ACL surgery in November. Redshirt freshman

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made his first collegiate start in place of Dixon and threw for four touchdowns to tie a Sun Bowl record and lead the Ducks to a 56–21 victory. The game marked the 40th consecutive telecast by

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. No other network and bowl game has been paired for a longer period of time.

References

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