The 2009 Outback Bowl was a college football

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played on January 1, 2009, at

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. The 23rd edition of the

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, it was one of the 2008–09 bowl games concluding the

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. Scheduled for a kickoff of 11 a.m. EST and telecast on

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, the game pitted the

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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.

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, the MVP, had 29 rushes for 121 yards and three rushing touchdowns.

Teams

The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the

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and the

of the

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. 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

earned consensus First-team All-American honors and received the

Doak Walker Award Since 1990 the Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. It is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Football Le ...

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

Statistics

References

ReliaQuest Bowl

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