2007 Chick - fil - A Bowl The 2007 Chick - fil - A Bowl was an edition of the Chick - fil - A Bowl , formerly known as the Peach Bowl and the Chick - fil - A Peach Bowl . It pitted the Auburn Tigers against the Clemson Tigers in a postseason American college football game in Atlanta , Georgia . Auburn University represented the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) and Clemson University represented the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) in the competition . The game was the final competition of the 2007 football season for each team . In exchange for the right to pick the first ACC team after the Bowl Championship Series selections , bowl representatives paid $ 3 . 25 million to the ACC , while the SEC , whose fifth team was selected , received $ 2 . 4 million . The combined $ 5 . 65 million payout is the seventh - largest among all college football bowl games , and the fourth - largest non - BCS bowl game payout . Selection process . Beginning with the 2006 game , the Chick - fil - A Bowl had purchased the right to select the highest - ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team after representatives from the Bowl Championship Series made their selection . According to the official selection rules still used today , the team chosen to represent the ACC must be within one conference victory of the remaining , highest - ranked conference team or be ranked more than five spaces ahead of the ACC team with the best Conference record available in the final BCS Standings . In choosing the SEC opponent , the Chick - fil - A Bowl selection committee had the right to select the first SEC school after the Bowl Championship Series , Cotton Bowl Classic , Capital One Bowl , and Outback Bowl made their selections . Just as in the ACC , the selection committee could not select an SEC team with two fewer losses than the highest available team . The bowl earned the right to select these teams via its multi - million - dollar payout system , which guarantees a certain amount of money to the participating conferences . Prior to 2006 , the Chick - fil - A Bowl ( then known as the Peach Bowl ) matched the No . 5 team in the SEC versus the No . 3 team in the ACC . After the bowl increased its payout to $ 2 . 8 million per squad , it then was given the second pick from the ACC , with the Gator Bowl dropping to third . Leeman Bennett , the former head coach of the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers , served as chairman of the selection committee , which had the task of picking the best teams from those made available by the selection criteria set by the two conferences . The committee would have approximately one month to select the two teams that would attract the most people to the game and generate the largest possible television audience . Supervising the selection committee was the Chick - fil - A Bowl Executive Committee , which consisted of representatives from various Atlanta businesses and the Chick - fil - A corporation . Pre - game buildup . On December 2 , 2007 , Chick - fil - A Bowl representatives selected Clemson to represent the ACC in the 2007 Chick - fil - A Bowl . A few hours later , Auburn was selected as the second half of the matchup . Two days after the selections were announced , the game was declared sold out , the 11th consecutive sellout in the combined history of the Peach and Chick - fil - A Bowls . Clemson was allocated 17 , 500 tickets for distribution and Auburn was allocated 15 , 700 Casinos and betting organizations favor Clemson by 2½ - 3 points when setting their point spread . Defensive matchups . Both defenses rank in the top ten , nationally , in both total defense and scoring defense . Heading into the game , Auburn was ranked sixth in scoring defense , allowing an average of just 16 . 7 points per game , and eighth in total defense , giving up only 298 . 33 yards per game . Clemson was ranked sixth in total defense , giving up only 297 . 08 yards per game , and tenth in scoring defense , allowing an average of just 18 . 3 points per game . Television coverage . ESPN broadcast the game for the 12th straight year . Following the game , ESPN broadcast a New Year ' s Eve special , " New Year No Limits " , which featured action sports athletes in record setting attempts . The preview show , " The 2007 Chick - fil - A Bowl Preview Show , presented by Russell Athletic " aired on ESPN2 , ESPNU , and ESPN Classic , and was produced by Seals Communications Corporation in Atlanta . It was hosted by Lee Corso and Erin Andrews , along with reporters David Hamilton and Nikky Williams . AT & T " Kick for a Million " contest . During halftime , Christopher Stewart of Corryton , TN was the winner of a national drawing for the AT & T " Kick for a Million " contest . Christopher elected to attempt a 30 - yard field goal for a prize of $ 100 , 000 . Christopher would miss the kick to the right by inches , but still came away with a cash prize of $ 5 , 000 .