2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
Under Bob Stoops, four of the seven games had been decided by six points or less and Oklahoma State was the only Big 12 team to had beaten Oklahoma at home under Stoops. Both teams in this matchup were missing key players. Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray was injured in the previous game and was out for the season. Oklahoma State's top receiver Adarius Bowman also suffered a knee injury in an earlier game and would also miss the Bedlam match. However, Oklahoma QB Sam Bradford was able to come back after sustaining a concussion in the previous game.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
Oklahoma began the game with the ball and capitalized quickly. On the opening kickoff, Juaquin Iglesias returned the ball 47 yards to the 50 yard line. The Sooners relied on the running game throughout the entire game. The Sooners worked their way towards the endzone with nine plays, seven rushing and two passing, to take the early lead. Oklahoma State went three-and-out on their first possession and Oklahoma began their next possession on their own 42 yard line. This time, it only took Oklahoma six plays, all rushing, to get back in the endzone.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
This included a 41-yard run by Allen Patrick. Oklahoma State had more success on their next possession. Beginning on their own 13 yard line, the Cowboys drove the 87 yards on 13 plays to get seven points of their own on the board. Oklahoma answered with another touchdown on their next possession which included a 32-yard run for Patrick. The Sooner defense was tested on the next possession. Again, the Cowboys started deep in their own territory. They drove nearly 60 yards to Oklahoma's 13 yard line.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
On the next play, the Cowboys got the first down when Dantrell Savage ran for 12 yards before being tackled at Oklahoma's one-yard line. Oklahoma State tried three rushing plays up the middle but were stuffed by Oklahoma's defense. On the fourth attempt, rather than kick a field goal, the Cowboy offense tried one last time to get in the endzone. Rather than run straight up the middle as they had tried the previous three times, quarterback Zac Robinson rushed to the right but was tackled by Curtis Lofton.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
The ball popped loose and Oklahoma's D.J. Wolfe recovered it and was tackled at the Oklahoma 13 yard line. Oklahoma followed with another touchdown that saw Bradford's two longest pass of the first half – a 24-yard throw to Jermaine Gresham and another of the same distance to Iglesias. Bradford completed a two-yard touchdown pass to Joe Jon Finley, his 30th touchdown pass of the season. That pass broke the NCAA record for most touchdown passes for a freshman quarterback. The previous record was set in 1998 by Nevada's David Neill and tied in 2006 by Texas's Colt McCoy. Oklahoma State managed to score a field goal in the closing seconds of the first half. Oklahoma had scored a touchdown on every possession in the first half to give them a 28–10 lead going into halftime.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
Oklahoma State began the second half with the ball. The Cowboys managed to get to Oklahoma's 23 yard line but had to settle for a field goal attempt. The 40 yard attempt by Dan Bailey hit the goal post and bounced to the ground. The Sooner's next possession saw Bradford make an uncharacteristic mistake. Bradford's pass was intercepted and returned 23 yards to Oklahoma's one-yard line. The defense was unable to stop this one.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
After being set back five yards on a penalty, Savage rushed up the middle on the first play to get the touchdown and put the Cowboys within 11 points halfway through the third quarter. But the Oklahoma defense did not allow an Oklahoma State first down for the rest of the game. The Sooners, meanwhile, went on to score three more touchdowns on their next three possessions. The Sooners received the ball for the last time with 5:37 left on the clock but drained the clock, ending the game with a final score of 49–17 in favor of the Sooners.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
The Sooners managed to hold a team averaging nearly 500 yards per game to 299 total yards. Oklahoma State was also averaging 271 yards per game in the air but were held to a season-low 104 yards. Running back Allen Patrick ran for a career-best 202 yards after coming off his worst game of his career against Texas Tech. Sam Bradford completed 11 of his 15 pass attempts for 150 yards and added four touchdown passes to his total which then stood at 32. The four TD passes he threw was the same amount of incompletions he threw.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State (Bedlam Series)
Linebacker Curtis Lofton was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for his performance which included nine tackles and a forced fumble. With the win, the Sooners won the Big 12 South division title outright and secured their spot in the Big 12 Championship game which was played the following week.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
The Dr. Pepper Big 12 Championship Game was held in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome for the third time; it previously hosted the game in 1997 and 1999. This was Oklahoma's sixth appearance in the game, more than any other conference member. The Tigers were guaranteed a spot in the BCS National Championship Game with a win over the Sooners. The two teams had previously met in Norman, where Oklahoma defeated Missouri 41–31. The crew of College GameDay previewed the matchup in front of the Alamo. The GameDay crew had featured the earlier Oklahoma-Missouri game as well. Even though this game was on a neutral field and Missouri had their star running back Tony Temple (who was injured for the first meeting), the #1 Tigers were 3-point underdogs to the eighth-ranked Sooners.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
The game started out slowly, with a series of punts by both teams. On Missouri's third possession, a combination of Chase Daniel passes and Tony Temple rushes carried the Tigers down to the Oklahoma 11 yard drive, where the Sooners' defense stepped up and forced a 28-yard Jeff Wolfert field goal. On the ensuing kickoff, Oklahoma's Allen Patrick returned the ball to the OU 33 yard line.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
A couple of Sam Bradford passes combined with a Chris Brown rush found the Sooners at 2nd and 7 on their own 46-yard line, when Bradford connected with Malcolm Kelly for a 47-yard gain. Oklahoma ran two plays that served to move the ball to the 5 yard line before time expired in the first quarter.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
On the first play of the second quarter, Chris Brown ran into the endzone for a Sooner touchdown. Garrett Hartley punched in the extra point to make it 7–3, Oklahoma. Missouri then put together a 14 play drive, but failed to score a touchdown. They had the ball, first and goal, at the Oklahoma 9. Daniel chose to keep the ball and ran it up the middle for an apparent score.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
However, the officials ruled that when his knee touched the ground, the ball had not broken the plane of the goal line, and the ball was spotted at the 1 yard line. The Sooners' defense then kept the Tigers out of the endzone, ultimately forcing another Wolfert field goal. The score at this point was 7–6, Oklahoma. The Sooners got the ball but could not do anything with it, punting it away from the 50-yard line. Missouri promptly threw three incomplete passes and punted it back to Oklahoma, where it went out of bounds at the 50.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
Oklahoma passed its way into the redzone on this drive, and then rushed their way into the endzone, ending with a 2-yard play by Chris Brown for the score. Hartley's extra point was good, making the score 14–6, Oklahoma. With 3:06 left in the half, Mizzou pressed down the field, aided by a pass to Martin Rucker for 13 yards, to which an Oklahoma 15 yard facemask penalty was added. The Tigers ended up on the Oklahoma 4 yard line, where Missouri set up for the pass, spreading the Sooners' defense out.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
This let Chase Daniel easily jog across the goal line for a touchdown. The Tigers decided to go for a two-point conversion and the tie, rather than attempt the almost sure kick and trail by one at the half. The play was a double reverse; Jeremy Maclin ended up with the ball and passed it to Martin Rucker, who was wide open in the endzone. Oklahoma got the ball back with 5 seconds on the clock and took a knee, ending the first half with a score of 14–14.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
The teams exchanged punts to start off the third quarter. Missouri pushed down to the Oklahoma 25 before a sack and a penalty pushed them out of field goal range and forced them to give up the ball. Oklahoma then completed a 7 play, 80 yard drive culminating in a 4-yard Allen Patrick touchdown. Hartley's extra point made the score 21–14, Oklahoma. On Mizzou's next possession, Daniel threw the ball on 2nd and 1. The ball was tipped and Curtis Lofton of the Sooners caught it, running it back to the Missouri 7 yard line. This set up a pass to Jermaine Gresham for the touchdown. The PAT made it 28–14 in favor of the Sooners. Missouri was setting up a drive toward the Sooners' endzone when the third quarter ended.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
Missouri started off the fourth quarter with an incomplete pass that made it 4th and goal at the Oklahoma 15. Wolfert made his third field goal of the game to make the score 28–17, Oklahoma. The Sooners then drove down the field and, after a couple of redzone plays, Bradford found Joe Jon Finley for the touchdown. Hartley went to 5 of 5 on the night, making the score 35–17, Oklahoma. At this point, the West Virginia Mountaineers had just lost their game to the Pittsburgh Panthers, meaning that the top two teams were in danger of losing.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Game summaries, Missouri (Big 12 Championship Game)
Missouri took the ball and quickly went three-and-out. The Sooners put together a drive in which every play that advanced the ball was a run (Bradford had one incomplete pass), eating over six minutes off of the clock. Oklahoma couldn't get the ball across the goal line, though, and Hartley kicked the 26 yard field goal to make the score 38–17, Sooners. Missouri went three-and-out on their final possession and Oklahoma ran out the clock to win the game. This was Oklahoma's 41st conference championship and fifth Big 12 Championship. Oklahoma won each of their five titles with a different quarterback and is the first and only team in the Big 12 to win consecutive titles.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason
As the 2007 college football season neared the end, many organizations began to announce finalists and winners of various post-season awards. Duke Robinson was named a semifinalist for the Lombardi Award, given to the nation's best lineman. He was one of 12 athletes recognized. Jermaine Gresham was named one of eight semifinalists for the John Mackey Award for the best tight end. Sam Bradford was named a finalist for the Manning Award, given to the nation's best quarterback. Gerald McCoy was named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year. Oklahoma also had six players make the All-Conference First Team (the most of any school), six players on the All-Conference Second Team and seven players on the All-Conference Honorable Mention (these selections are made by the 12 [now 10] coaches in the league):


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason
Duke Robinson and Curtis Lofton became Oklahoma's 143rd and 144th All-American when they were voted to the first team by the various NCAA-sanctioned organizations such as American Football Coaches Association, the Associated Press, The Sporting News and the Football Writers Association of America and both were named consensus All-Americans by the NCAA. Curtis Lofton was also named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year by the AP.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason
Sam Bradford and Gerald McCory were named to College Football News's Freshman All-America First Team with Bradford also being named Offensive Freshman of the Year while Jermaine Gresham and DeMarcus Granger were named to CFN's Sophomore All-America First Team. Bradford was also named as freshman of the year by The Sporting News.


2007 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, 2008 NFL Draft
The 2008 NFL Draft was held on April 26–27, 2008 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as undrafted free agents following the draft.


2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the South Division. They played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma and were coached by Mike Gundy.


2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, 2007 team players in the NFL
No one from the Cowboys was selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.


2007 Oklahoma state budget
The Oklahoma State Budget for Fiscal Year 2007, was a spending request by Governor Brad Henry to fund government operations for July 1, 2006–June 30, 2007. Governor Henry and legislative leader approved the budget in May 2006.


2007 Oklahoma state budget
Figures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007, which must be authorized by the Legislature.


2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Revenue
Tax revenue for Fiscal Year 2007 was $6.5 billion, up 13% from FY2006 levels of $5.75 billion. All revenue of the fiscal year 2007 was $6.65 billion, up 11.5% from FY2006 levels of $5.96 billion. The breakdown is as follows:


2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Revenue
The Governor's budget called for $17.4 million in tax cuts, including the follows:


2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Spending
The Governor's budget for Fiscal Year 2007 totaled $6.64 billion in spending, an increase of 12% over Fiscal Year 2006 levels of $5.95 billion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2006. The budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:


2007 Oklahoma state budget, Total Appropriations
The Oklahoma Legislature approved total appropriations for fiscal year 2007 of $6.56 billion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to the Governor's budget. The final appropriations are broken down by the following expenditures:


2007 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the Council was up for election.


2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was Ed Orgeron's third and final season as head coach of the football team.


2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Previous season
In 2006, Ole Miss finished with a 4–8 record and finished second to last in the SEC West. Ole Miss's only conference wins came against Vanderbilt and Mississippi State, and they suffered blowout losses against the likes of Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky and Wake Forest. The Rebels did not qualify for a bowl game, but they hoped to improve in 2007.


2007 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Schedule
Ole Miss opened the season against non-conference and longtime rival Memphis and played their home opener against Big 12 opponent Missouri. Ole Miss travelled to Vanderbilt, Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi State. The Rebels hosted SEC opponents Florida, Alabama, Arkansas and LSU. The Rebels also played host to Northwestern State and hosted Louisiana Tech for their homecoming game.


2007 Omani Federation Cup
The 2007 Omani Federation Cup was the first edition of a pre-season football competition held in Oman and was also known as Oman FA Cup. The competition started on 10 May 2007 and finished on 24 May 2007.


2007 Omani Federation Cup
The competition featured of two groups of 4 teams, with the top two advancing to the semi-final stages.


2007 Omani Federation Cup
The competition featured the top eight clubs playing in the top flight in the 2006–07 season.


2007 Omani general election
General elections were held in Oman on 27 October 2007, for advisory Consultative Assembly of Oman. Political parties are banned in Oman, so all the candidates ran as independents.


2007 Omani general election, Data
About 390,000 people were eligible to vote for the 632 candidates (among them 21 women) standing for 84 mandates in 61 districts. Shortly before the election one candidate died, leaving only 631 candidates. For the first time, all women and men over the age of 21 were enfranchised.


2007 Omani general election, Results
One candidate was nominated rather than elected, as he had no opponent. Women lost two seats they won in the previous election at the capital. Generally, candidates who emphasized their professional and educational background lost, while those who mainly campaigned based on their tribal and family ties received more votes. Many candidates stated the goal for the assembly was becoming a true legislative chamber and increasing its influence. Voter turnout was 62.7%.


2007 Omloop Het Volk
The 62nd edition of Omloop Het volk cycling event was held on 3 March 2007. The race was won by Italian rider Filippo Pozzato in a five-man sprint before Juan Antonio Flecha and Tom Boonen. It was ranked a 1.HC event of the 2006–07 UCI Europe Tour. The edition marked the last time the race finished in Lokeren before it moved back to Ghent.


2007 Omloop Het Volk – Women's race
The 2007 Omloop Het Volk – Women's race took place on 18 March 2007. It was the 2nd women's edition of the Omloop Het Volk.


2007 Omloop van Borsele
The 2007 Omloop van Borsele was the 6th running of the Omloop van Borsele, a single-day women's cycling race. It was held on 12 May 2007 over a distance of 120 kilometres (74.6 miles) in 's-Heerenhoek, the Netherlands. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.


2007 Omloop van Borsele
Marianne Vos won the 2007 Omloop van Borsele in a sprint of Regina Bruins. Ellen van Dijk finished third by winning the side by side sprint of Roxane Knetemann at 1' 18" of Vos.


2007 Ondo State gubernatorial election
The 2007 Ondo State gubernatorial election was the 6th gubernatorial election of Ondo State. Held on April 14, 2007, the People's Democratic Party nominee Olusegun Agagu won the election, defeating Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party.


2007 Ondo State gubernatorial election, Results
Olusegun Agagu from the People's Democratic Party won the election, defeating Olusegun Mimiko from the Labour Party. Registered voters was 1,356,779.


2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
The 2007 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the 15th edition of an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. It took place between September 20 and 22, 2007 at the Ondrej Nepela Ice Rink. Skaters competed in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz. The competition is named for 1972 Olympic gold medalist Ondrej Nepela.


2007 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2007 Ontario Scotties Tournament of Hearts was held January 22-28 at the Dixie Curling Club in Mississauga, Ontario. Krista Scharf's rink from Thunder Bay, Ontario won their second straight provincial title.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum
An Ontario electoral reform referendum was held on October 10, 2007, on the question of whether to establish a mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system for elections to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. The vote was strongly in favour of the existing plurality voting or first-past-the-post (FPTP) system.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background
Currently, Ontario elects Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) using the single member plurality, or first-past-the-post (FPTP), system. In this system, each voter gives one vote to a candidate in an electoral district; the candidate with the most votes wins. In most cases, the party with the most elected candidates is asked to form a government.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background
The initiative to reform this system was first proposed in 2001 by the Liberal Party opposition leader of the time, Dalton McGuinty. The impetus for the proposal was at least in part the experience of the province with two successive majority governments elected in three consecutive elections with less than 50% of the popular vote, the NDP from 1990-95 under Bob Rae (elected in 1990 with only 38% of the popular vote), and the Conservatives, twice elected with 45% of the vote in 1995 and 1999 under Mike Harris.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background
When the Harris government enacted sweeping changes in public services, a feeling developed that both of these governments lacked a sufficient democratic mandate to justify the extent of such changes. The Liberals won a landslide majority of their own in October 2003, winning 70% of the seats with 45% of the vote.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background
On November 18, 2004, Premier McGuinty announced that a citizens’ assembly would be established to examine the FPTP electoral system and recommend possible changes to be voted upon by referendum in the next provincial election. Enabling legislation to implement these measures —the Election Amendment Act, 2005— received Royal Assent on June 13, 2005. It included provisions for Elections Ontario to select volunteers for a Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. An all-party Committee on Electoral Reform was also created to consider and report on options for electoral reform. Its report was submitted in November 2005. It included a number of recommendations and defined the Citizen's Assembly's mandate.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Background
The Ontario Citizen's Assembly was modeled primarily on the British Columbia Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform established as the first of its kind in 2002, leading up to the British Columbia referendum in 2005. It was composed of 103 members, one from each of Ontario's existing ridings, including 51 women, 51 men, and one native member. Its deliberations began in September 2006 and ended with the Assembly's final meeting on April 28, 2007. Proceedings included a learning phase as members learned about the strengths and weaknesses of different electoral systems, a period of public consultations, and a "deliberative" phase during which the Assembly came to a consensus on its recommendations.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system
The Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform proposed a mixed member proportional representation (MMP) system. Although there exist slightly different variants of MMP, the model proposed for Ontario by the Citizen's Assembly was designed with simplicity and practicality in mind.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea
As is usually the case in MMP systems, each voter would cast two votes:


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea
The local member would be elected according to the usual FPTP mechanism. These members would represent the electoral district, as in the past.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea
However, there would also be a number of "list seats." The second ballot would be used to determine what share of total seats (local + list) should be proportionately assigned to each party to ensure proportionality of the overall result.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The general idea
The proposed Legislature would have 129 seats consisting of 90 local members (70% of the Legislature) and 39 list members (30% of the Legislature). The conventions as to which party is asked to form a government would remain unchanged.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The use of party lists
List members would be chosen according to a ranked list of candidates proposed by each party before the election. In the Assembly's proposal, there would be only one such list per party for the whole province, as opposed to several regional lists, and it could include candidates also running for office locally. If a candidate for a list member seat had already been elected locally by the time that list seats were being allocated, that candidate's name would simply be passed over in favour of the next candidate on that party list.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The largest remainder issue
The number of seats won by a party would be calculated by multiplying a party's share of the party vote by the total number of seats in the province. As this multiplication would not automatically yield a round number, the fractional part would be allocated in favour of the party or parties with the largest fractions.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The largest remainder issue
For example, if there were four parties with party votes yielding 45.43, 31.54, 24.76 and 5.27 seats respectively for a total of 107, the initial allocation without the fractions would be 45, 31, 24 and 5, for a total of 105 seats so far. This would leave two seats to be allocated on the basis of fractions; in this example, these seats would go to the second and third parties. The final tally of seats would thus be 45, 32, 25 and 5.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The largest remainder issue
This approach to allocating the fractional seats is called the largest remainder method. The result is as close to proportionality as possible using a simple method given the need to allocate the fractional seats in some way. However it is not necessarily as close as that from the more complex Sainte-Lague method used for New Zealand's MMP system, given that unlike the latter formula the largest remainder method may result in the so-called Apportionment paradox in allocating seats.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, The Allocation of list members seats
Since the number of local seats is established by the election results at the local level, what remains to be done is to fill in the difference with the required number of list member seats for each party. In the above example, if the first party had won 39 local seats, they would now be allocated 6 more seats from the list, for a total of 45 as determined by their share of the party vote.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Proposed changes to the electoral system, No balance seats for overhang
A particular situation that could arise, though rarely, is that a party might win more local seats than it would normally be allowed in total based on its share of the party vote. This excess of seats is called an "overhang" and in some systems, a form of compensation is made for this by adding "balance seats" to the other parties. The Assembly did not allow for balance seats, accepting instead that the system would be slightly less proportional in such cases (see the article "Overhang seat", section "Dealing with overhang seats" for the alternative method that was proposed).


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold
On June 20, 2007, the Ontario Democratic Renewal Secretariat announced that cabinet had decided on the following wording of the referendum question:


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold
Which electoral system should Ontario use to elect members to the provincial legislature? / Quel système électoral l’Ontario devrait-il utiliser pour élire les députés provinciaux à l’Assemblée législative?


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold
This approach to wording the question was subtly more neutral than that adopted in the 2005 referendum in British Columbia in two ways:


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold
To pass, the alternative system required 60% support across the board, and at least 50% support in 64 of the 107 (60% of total) ridings. If successful, the new government would have proposed and passed a new law for MMP by December 31, 2008. and the resolution would have been in effect in any subsequent election.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Referendum question and threshold
The referendum was held on October 10, concurrently with the 2007 provincial election, which provided for a separate referendum ballot with the referendum question.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign
The Ontario Citizens' Assembly recommended that a comprehensive, well-funded public education program, be undertaken to assist voters with their decision, beginning in May 2007 (right after it released its final report) and continuing through to the referendum in October. The Assembly recommended that the education campaign include a description of the new system and how it differs from the current system; a description of the Citizens’ Assembly process; and the Assembly's rationale for recommending a Mixed Member Proportional system for Ontario. This would ensure that Ontarians could make an informed decision.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign
A June Environics poll showed that 70% of those polled were not familiar with the proposal, including over 50% who knew nothing at all about the upcoming referendum.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign
The McGuinty government decided to mandate Elections Ontario to direct the education campaign, but with the referendum scheduled for October 10, 2007, Elections Ontario didn't formally launch its public education campaign until August of that year. The projected cost for the referendum was $6.825 million, an amount that fell short of the minimum $13 million called for by Fair Vote Canada. The assigned money would give one mailout to each Ontario household, a part-time Referendum Resource Officer in each of the province's ridings, a call centre and a website.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign
According to LeDuc et al., "Elections Ontario interpreted its information mandate quite narrowly, and did not inform the public of the substance of the proposal or the competing arguments in favour of or against it." Citizens were expected to get the information they needed from various websites or from the press. Remarkably, although the Citizens' Assembly had produced a shorter version of their report and a short leaflet further summarizing it, Elections Ontario distributed neither, to the surprise and disappointment of the Citizens' Assembly. By contrast in British Columbia, the Citizens' Assembly material was distributed to every household.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign
Similarly, the government made no effort to explain why the Citizen's Assembly had been created, how it had conducted its hearings and deliberations, or why they had made the recommendations upon which voters were expected to pronounce themselves.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Elections Ontario education campaign
The lack of information was such that by late September 2007, public understanding of the question remained very low, with 47% of respondents telling pollster Strategic Counsel they knew nothing at all about the new system, and another 41% saying they knew only "a little." Only 12% said they knew a lot.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support
The Ontario New Democratic Party supported the referendum, although party leader Howard Hampton criticized the system for giving Northern Ontario a decreased number ofridings. The Green Party of Ontario also lent its support.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support
As can be seen in the individual endorsements for and against shown below, the Liberals were divided on the issue, with a greater number in support of reform than against it. However, the Premier himself did not take a position on behalf of the government.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support
Other political parties lending their support to electoral reform included the Family Coalition Party of Ontario and the Communist Party of Ontario.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support
The proposed system received critical support from Fair Vote Canada, which organized the Vote for MMP campaign, a multi-partisan citizen-based campaign. Vote for MMP had received a long list of public endorsements from all parts of the political spectrum. In addition, over 140 professors of law and politics have endorsed MMP.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support
The women's group Equal Voice were also critically supportive during Select Committee on Electoral Reform hearings, speaking in support of proportional representation. Equal Voice, with the support of the Doris Anderson Fund has organized the Equal Voice in Politics campaign to support MMP in the referendum.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support
MMP was endorsed by the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Federation of Students and sixteen other Ontario student unions.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support, Candidates endorsing MMP
There does not appear to exist any comprehensive review of the views of 2007 election candidates from each party on the referendum. The following identifies a selection of candidates upon which information could be found.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support, Candidates endorsing MMP
Although the Ontario Liberal Party had not taken a formal position on MMP, a number of Liberal candidates took a public position in favour of the proposal, including the following.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Support, Candidates endorsing MMP
NDP and Green candidate support was basically universal, since those parties had taken a party position on the issue. The following provides a sample:


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition
The Freedom Party of Ontario was the only party that officially opposed the proposed system, claiming that rule by a majority could be anti-democratic and incompatible with the protection of minorities and of individual rights.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition
Though the PC leader at the time, John Tory, and most PC candidates opposed electoral reform, the party itself did not formally take a position on the issue.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition
As explained by LeDuc et al., the mainstream print media were "uniformly opposed to both the Assembly process and the MMP proposal". This included the National Post, the Globe and Mail, and the Toronto Star. A content analysis conducted by the authors showed that newspaper coverage was predominantly negative, and that it failed to go beyond the statement of objections to explain the issue to the public.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition
Organized opposition to the proposal included the No MMP website.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, Opposition, Individual candidate opposing the proposed reform
The following candidates took a position in favour of the existing FPTP (and against the proposed MMP):


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, No official position
As already noted, neither the Ontario Liberal Party nor the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario took an official position on electoral reform. The positions of Liberal candidates on the issue varied, while most PC candidates opposed the initiative.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Support and opposition for the proposed reform, No official position
The Ontario Libertarian Party, Confederation of Regions Party, Republican Party of Ontario, Reform Party of Ontario and Party for People with Special Needs did not officially state a position on electoral reform.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Results
The proposal was defeated, with 36.8% of the valid votes cast supporting MMP, and 63.2% in favour of retaining FPTP. For detailed results by riding and by region, see Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 detailed results.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Results
The result was decisive, with only five constituencies in the Toronto area returning a majority in favour of MMP. Four of these constituencies also elected an NDP candidate.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis
Analysis and polling conducted after the referendum identified two features that had not been well received: the proposal to increase the number of members in the legislature to make room for a certain number of list members; and the use of closed lists defined by the parties themselves as a mechanism. Aside from this, the major factor determining the outcome was widely seen to be the lack of adequate information and understanding of both the proposal itself and the Citizen's Assembly that had given rise to it. In a pre-referendum poll conducted in April 2007 by Stratcom Research, the most commonly cited argument in opposition to the MMP proposal was lack of information about it.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis
Fair Vote Canada adds that the version of MMP proposed by the Citizen's Assembly differed from that proposed in 2004 by the Law Commission of Canada in two significant ways:


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis
Other analysts, such as LeDuc et al. look to the ambivalence or hostility on the part of the political elite for an explanation. For them, the lack of information and balanced analysis available to voters was not an accident, but the result of inadequate funding, an excessively limited approach to public education by Elections Ontario, a last-minute approach to informing the public, the lack of attention to the role of the Assembly, and hostility from the media elite.


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis
Also worth noting from these authors' analysis, was the evident softness of public opinion on the issue. They point to past surveys that tend to show a public that is aware of electoral issues and somewhat positive towards the issue of proportionality, but does not have particularly strong views about it. They conclude that "in Canada, and particularly in Ontario, we do not find an underlying climate of opinion that would necessarily facilitate the passage of a reform proposal."


2007 Ontario electoral reform referendum, Analysis
For LeDuc et al., a victory for the reform proposal would have been surprising under the circumstances. As they argue based on the evidence of this case and others, "The political advantage in referendum campaigns, particularly those dealing with unfamiliar issues, often seems to rest with the NO side. Those opposed to a proposal do not necessarily have to make a coherent case against it. Often, it is enough merely to raise doubts about it in the minds of voters, question the motives of its advocates, or play upon a natural fear of the unknown."


2007 Ontario general election
The 2007 Ontario general election was held on October 10, 2007, to elect members (MPPs) of the 39th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, Canada. The Liberals under Premier Dalton McGuinty won the election with a majority government, winning 71 out of a possible 107 seats with 42.2% of the popular vote. The election set a record for the lowest voter turnout in an Ontario provincial election; only 52.8% people who were eligible voted. This broke the previous record of 54.7% in the 1923 election.


2007 Ontario general election
As a result of legislation passed by the Legislature in 2004, election dates are now fixed by formula so that an election is held approximately four years after the previous election, unless the government is defeated by a vote of "no confidence" in the Legislature. Previously, the governing party had considerable flexibility to determine the date of an election anywhere up to five years of being elected.


2007 Ontario general election
The date of this election was originally presumed to be October 4, 2007; however, the law fixes the date on the first Thursday of October or on any day within seven days thereof if required to accommodate a date of "religious or cultural significance". The date was set as October 10, 2007, to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Shemini Atzeret, which fell on October 4, 2007.


2007 Ontario general election
In the same election, there was a provincial referendum on whether to change from first-past-the-post to mixed member proportional representation, as recommended by the Ontario Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. This measure failed, with 37% of the participating electorate and 5 out of 107 ridings voting for the new system; a 60% supermajority was required province-wide, with at least half the ridings also supporting it by a simple majority.


2007 Ontario general election, Issues
Although all four parties released a variety of detailed platform proposals, the campaign was dominated almost entirely by John Tory's promise to extend public funding to Ontario's faith-based schools.


2007 Ontario general election, Issues
In Ontario at present, the Catholic school system is fully funded in the same manner as public schools. However, other religious schools, such as Jewish, Muslim or Evangelical Christian schools, are not funded by the province. This discrepancy has been cited as discriminatory by both the Supreme Court of Canada and the United Nations Human Rights Committee, although to date the province has taken no action to change its existing school funding policies, on the grounds that Catholic school funding in the province is mandated by the Constitution of Canada.


2007 Ontario general election, Issues
Tory's proposal to extend funding to religious schools was controversial, with polls confirming that a clear majority of Ontarians opposed the proposal. Even some of Tory's own caucus, most notably Bill Murdoch and Garfield Dunlop, openly criticized the proposal during the election campaign. After heavy opposition, Tory changed his position later in the campaign, promising a free vote on the issue.


2007 Ontario general election, Issues
The Liberals and the NDP were both opposed to non-Catholic religious school funding, while the Green Party proposed eliminating the province's existing Catholic school funding in favour of a single public school board. Liberal opposition to non-Catholic religious school funding, especially private Muslim schools, appealed to Islamophobic sentiment in the province.


2007 Ontario general election, Issues
There was a brief flurry of interest in health care issues when John Tory emphasized his support for an increasing role for the private sector in health care.


2007 Ontario general election, Issues
In the final week of the campaign, NDP leader Howard Hampton criticized the media for focusing almost entirely on religious schools and virtually ignoring other issues.


2007 Ontario general election, Ridings
With the passing of Bill 214 and the Representation Act, 2005 in 2005, Ontario's electoral boundaries are no longer identical to the federal electoral boundaries. The province is now divided into 11 northern electoral districts that are identical, except for a minor boundary adjustment, to the ones that existed on October 2, 2003, and 96 southern electoral districts that are identical to their federal counterparts as they existed on September 1, 2004.


2007 Ontario general election, Ridings
The 11 northern electoral districts are: Algoma—Manitoulin, Kenora—Rainy River, Nickel Belt, Nipissing, Parry Sound—Muskoka, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay—Atikokan, Thunder Bay—Superior North, Timiskaming—Cochrane, and Timmins—James Bay.


2007 Ontario general election, Ridings
As a result of the redistribution, none of the three major parties took fewer seats than it held at the dissolution of the previous legislature. The Liberals and the Progressive Conservatives each gained seats, while the New Democratic Party's seat total remained unchanged.


2007 Ontario general election, Opinion polls
Since the 2003 general election, several polls have been conducted to determine the current preference of voters. They showed a  decline in Liberal support following the 2004 Ontario budget. Overall, support for the governing Liberals has declined slightly since the 2003 election, the NDP has gained some ground since the 2003 election, and the PCs' poll numbers have not changed significantly since 2003. Support for the Green Party has increased significantly, a shift which parallels the increase in support for the party's federal counterpart. During the pre-election period, the Ontario Greens did not appear as an option in some of the polls.


2007 Ontario general election, Opinion polls
Polls indicate results for decided voters. More information can be found in the footnotes to each poll, including undecided results, if provided by the pollster. A dash indicates the absence of a prompt for that party.


2007 Ontario general election, Election results
At 9:23 pm EDT, Citytv projected a Liberal majority government. CTV News made the same call at 9:30 pm EDT, followed by CBC News at 9:37 pm EDT, and Canadian Press at 9:52 pm EDT.


2007 Ontario general election, Election results
Also at 10:30 pm EDT, CBC and CTV reported that Progressive Conservative leader John Tory had called Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty to concede the election. At 10:39 pm EDT, Tory was declared defeated by Canadian Press in the riding of Don Valley West.


2007 Ontario general election, Election results
At 10:43 pm EDT, Liberal leader Dalton McGuinty took the stage to give his speech to the public, breaking tradition of the defeated party leaders going first.


2007 Ontario general election, Election results
Each party lost at least one incumbent MPP — Liberals Mario Racco and Caroline Di Cocco, PCs Joe Tascona, Tim Peterson and John Tory and NDP Paul Ferreira were all defeated. However, each party's losses were offset by gains in other seats. The actual changes in party standings were accounted for entirely by the four new seats resulting from redistribution and the defeat of Peterson. Overall, however, most incumbent MPPs were returned in their ridings.


2007 Ontario general election, Election results
McGuinty became the first Liberal leader in Ontario to win two successive majorities in the legislature since Mitchell Hepburn in the 1937 election.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario
All eleven ridings in Northern Ontario were retained by their incumbent parties. The popular vote, however, shifted dramatically, with several Liberal incumbents holding on only very narrowly against NDP challengers. Most notably, Bill Mauro retained Thunder Bay—Atikokan by a margin of just 36 votes against John Rafferty, whom Mauro had defeated in 2003 by a margin of over 11,000 — Rafferty, in fact, spent much of the night leading Mauro. A judicial recount on October 31 increased Mauro's margin of victory to 50 votes.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario
David Ramsay, similarly, trailed New Democrat John Vanthof in Timiskaming—Cochrane for much of the night, pulling ahead to a winning margin of 634 votes only in the final few polls to report. This was the narrowest margin of victory in Ramsay's 22-year career. Michael Gravelle also retained Thunder Bay—Superior North by an uncharacteristically narrow margin over Jim Foulds.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario
As well, Monique Smith retained Nipissing by just 377 votes over Progressive Conservative candidate Bill Vrebosch — in 2003, she had defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Al McDonald by a wider margin of over 3,000 votes.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario
In keeping with this trend, New Democrat incumbents Howard Hampton and Gilles Bisson widened their margins of victory over Liberal challengers compared to 2003, and France Gélinas maintained the same margin that her predecessor, Shelley Martel, had attained in the previous election.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Northern Ontario
Notably, the rise in popular support for the New Democrats in Northern Ontario carried over into the 2008 federal election, in which the NDP won nearly every seat in the region for the first time in its history.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Eastern Ontario
In Eastern Ontario, the new riding of Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington was carried by PC candidate Randy Hillier, while all 13 existing ridings were carried by their incumbent parties. With the exception of Yasir Naqvi, who carried Ottawa Centre by a much smaller margin over the NDP than Richard Patten had attained in 2003, Liberals in Ottawa improved their winning margins, although outside of Ottawa the popular vote trend remained relatively stable.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Central Ontario
The most conservative-friendly area of the province, the PC vote largely held up, with the only Liberal gain being Aileen Carroll winning Barrie, the seat she used to represent federally. This was countered by a PC nominal gain in Newmarket—Aurora. The area also delivered the strongest support in the province for the Green Party, with Shane Jolley finishing a very strong second in Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound with 33.1% of the vote, the best finish ever received by any Green candidate in Canada to that point. The Greens also knocked the NDP into fourth place in a majority of area ridings.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Midwestern Ontario
A politically mixed region, Midwestern Ontario had every incumbent party re-elected, as well as some anomalous results; in an election where the PCs were largely held to rural areas, and the Liberals consolidated an urban/suburban base, Elizabeth Witmer held onto the riding of Kitchener—Waterloo for the PCs, while the Liberals won in rural ridings in which they were the incumbent party, such as Huron—Bruce and Perth—Wellington. Further away from the provincewide result, on an election night which demonstrated Liberal strength province wide, Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant delivered the most crushing defeat for a Liberal candidate in the province, with the victorious PC incumbent Toby Barrett coming out 16,571 votes and 38.6% ahead of the Liberal.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville
Although the suburban Western GTA had traditionally been a good area for the PCs, winning many seats in the area as recently as the Harris days, where it formed part of the 905-area backbone of the PC government, the Liberals won every seat in the area handily, with the victorious Liberal candidates averaging at around 50%.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville
Even Mississauga South, which prior to the 2003 election had not voted Liberal provincially since the riding's creation, and had been expected to be a very tight race, proved a surprisingly easy victory for Charles Sousa, who gained the seat back for the Liberals from Tim Peterson, who had crossed the floor.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Brampton, Mississauga & Oakville
The NDP continued to be a non-factor in the area, while the Greens growth in popular vote across the province was reflected, with the Greens even beating the NDP into fourth place in Oakville, which ironically had been the only riding in the province the Greens had not run in the previous election.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Southern Durham and York
The Liberals continued to dominate York Region, with each incumbent being re-elected by a comfortable margin except in Thornhill where Mario Racco lost to PC candidate Peter Shurman. The newly created riding of Ajax—Pickering, projected to be a close race, elected Liberal Joe Dickson by over 6,000 votes despite having no party nominate incumbents. In southern Durham Region, Liberal Wayne Arthurs was re-elected to the newly distributed Pickering—Scarborough East, while Progressive Conservative Christine Elliott was re-elected to Whitby—Oshawa. Despite high expectations for Sid Ryan's fourth run as an NDP candidate in Oshawa, PC incumbent Jerry Ouellette was again re-elected by a wider majority than in 2003.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Hamilton, Burlington & Niagara
An area with several close seats, and a fairly even distribution of seats, every party had a realistic chance of increasing its seat count here. Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, which was a merger of a Liberal held riding and an NDP held riding, and had neither incumbent running, was the most interesting match of the night, with the NDP winning a close race. It proved to be the only change of the election, and every other riding returned the incumbent party, although many in close races, such as Hamilton Mountain (Liberals over NDP), Halton, (PCs over Liberals) and Burlington (PCs over Liberals).


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Southwestern Ontario
In an area with a strong rural-urban divide, both the NDP and PCs had strong hopes of making gains against the Liberals. The NDP had strong hopes of upsetting high-profile Liberals in both Windsor West, and Windsor—Tecumseh, given the NDP's ownership of those seats federally, and the continued decline of the local industrial economy. London—Fanshawe was similarly also a top target, as the NDP has the riding federally and finished a close second in 2003. Overall, however, the only area seat that changed hands was Sarnia—Lambton, with Culture Minister Caroline Di Cocco, the most high-profile Liberal casualty of the night, losing to PC challenger Bob Bailey.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Toronto
All ridings in Toronto were retained by their incumbent parties, with the exception of York South—Weston. New Democrat Paul Ferreira, who had won the seat from the Liberals in a by-election in February 2007, was narrowly defeated by a swing back to Liberal candidate Laura Albanese. Almost twice as many people voted in the riding in the general election compared to the by-election.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Toronto
In Toronto's other notable race, Liberal incumbent Kathleen Wynne defeated PC leader John Tory in Don Valley West. Tory previously represented Dufferin—Caledon, but had chosen to run in a Toronto riding in the general election.


2007 Ontario general election, Breakdown by region, Toronto
Toronto's only incumbent from 2003 not to run again was Liberal MPP Mary Anne Chambers. The Liberals successfully retained the seat under new candidate Margarett Best.


2007 Ontario provincial by-elections
By-elections were held on February 8, 2007, in Ontario, Canada, to fill three vacancies in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. By-elections were held in three electoral districts (ridings): Burlington, Markham and York South–Weston. The by-elections resulted in York South-Weston being taken by the NDP from the Liberals, Burlington remaining Progressive Conservative and Markham being retained by the Liberals.


2007 Ontario provincial by-elections
Since this was a by-election of the 38th Legislative Assembly of Ontario, the ridings used the same boundaries as the 2003 general election. The subsequent October 10, 2007 general election were run on new electoral district boundaries, mostly following the new federal boundaries that were in place for the 2004 and 2006 federal elections.


2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, Burlington electoral district
The Burlington by-election was called following the resignation of Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Cam Jackson. He resigned to make a successful run in Burlington's 2006 mayoralty election. .


2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, Markham electoral district
The Markham by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Tony Wong. He resigned to make a successful run for one of the four York Region councillor seats in Markham's 2006 municipal election.


2007 Ontario provincial by-elections, York South–Weston electoral district
The York South–Weston by-election was called following the resignation of Liberal MPP Joe Cordiano. He stated the reason for his resignation was the need to spend more time with his family.


2007 Open 13
The 2007 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Marseille, France. The event was part of the ATP International Series category of the 2007 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from 12 February through 18 February 2007.


2007 Open 13, Finals, Doubles
Arnaud Clément /  Michaël Llodra defeated  Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor, 7–5, 4–6, [10–8]


2007 Open 13 – Doubles
Martin Damm and Radek Štěpánek were the defending champions. Damm did not participate this year. Štěpánek partnered with Mahesh Bhupathi, but withdrew from the first round.


2007 Open 13 – Doubles
Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra won in the final 7–5, 4–6, [10–8], against Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.


2007 Open 13 – Singles
The 2007 Open 13 was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Marseille, France the event was part of the 2007 ATP Tour The tournament was held from February 12 to 18, 2007. Gilles Simon defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6–4, 7–6(7–3).


2007 Open Canada Cup
The 2007 Open Canada Cup was the 10th edition of the Canadian Soccer League's open league cup tournament running from July through early September. Trois-Rivières Attak defeated Columbus Clan F.C. 3-0 in the final played at Cove Road Stadium, London, Ontario. It was the Attak's first Open Canada Cup title and marked the first time in the tournament's history where a Quebec club won. The 2007 tournament was significant as it featured for the first time professional and amateur teams from Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia.


2007 Open Canada Cup
The British Columbia teams had their own regional qualifying matches with the winner of the British Columbia Provincial Soccer Championship the Columbus Clan F.C. receiving a bye to the semi-finals. All CSL clubs competed in the competition with the exception of Toronto Croatia which opted out in order to compete in the Croatian World Club Championship and the annual Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament. The remaining Ontario club were from the Ontario Soccer League, Ottawa Carleton Soccer League, and the Western Ontario Soccer League. With the exception of Trois-Rivières the remaining  Quebec club Jean-Talon 2007 represented the Concordia Regional Soccer League. London City were awarded the hosting rights to the semi-final, and final. As the host club London City were given a wild card match if they were defeated in the earlier rounds.


2007 Open Championship
The 2007 Open Championship was a men's major golf championship and the 136th Open Championship, played from 19–22 July at Carnoustie Golf Links in Scotland. Pádraig Harrington defeated Sergio García in a playoff to take the title and his first major championship.


2007 Open Championship
A field of 156 players participated in the championship, and the purse was £4.2 million (an increase of £200,000 over 2006); the winner received £750,000 (an increase of £30,000 over 2006). Using conversion rates at the time of the tournament, the purse was €6,158,474 for the European Tour's Order of Merit rankings and US$8,637,720 for the PGA Tour's money list.


2007 Open Championship, History of The Open Championship at Carnoustie
Carnoustie hosted its first Open Championship in 1931 and the 2007 Open was the seventh to be held at Carnoustie, and third consecutive to end in a playoff. Carnoustie's prestige in the golf community is irrefutable as the list of champions includes Tommy Armour (1931), Henry Cotton (1937), Ben Hogan (1953), Gary Player (1968), Tom Watson (1975) and Paul Lawrie (1999).


2007 Open Championship, History of The Open Championship at Carnoustie
The 1999 championship was nicknamed "Carnastie" due to how difficult the course and conditions were. Jean van de Velde stood on the 72nd tee with a three-shot lead, needing only a double-bogey to win. He memorably triple-bogeyed the hole and went to a four-hole playoff with Lawrie and Justin Leonard, in which Lawrie prevailed. Watson's win in 1975, his first of five Open Championships (and eight majors), came after an 18-hole Sunday playoff with Jack Newton.


2007 Open Championship, Field
The field consisted of 156 golfers. Seventy players made the 36-hole cut at 146 (+4) or better.


2007 Open Championship, Field
1. First 10 and anyone tying for 10th place in the 2006 Open ChampionshipÁngel Cabrera (3,4,5,9), Chris DiMarco (3,17), Ernie Els (2,3,4), Jim Furyk (3,9,13,17,21), Sergio García (3,4,17), Carl Pettersson (3,13), Andrés Romero, Adam Scott (3,13), Hideto Tanihara, Tiger Woods (2,3,10,11,13,17)


2007 Open Championship, Field
2. Past Open Champions aged 65 or underMark Calcavecchia, Ben Curtis, John Daly, Nick Faldo, Todd Hamilton, Tony Jacklin, Paul Lawrie, Tom Lehman, Justin Leonard, Sandy Lyle, Mark O'Meara


2007 Open Championship, Field
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2007 Open Championship, Field
The first 50 players on the Official World Golf Rankings for 28 May 2007Robert Allenby, Stephen Ames (12), Stuart Appleby (13), Aaron Baddeley, Chad Campbell (13,17), Paul Casey (4,17), K. J. Choi, Stewart Cink (13,17), Luke Donald (4,13,17), Joe Durant (13), Niclas Fasth (4), Retief Goosen (4,9,13), Anders Hansen (5), Pádraig Harrington (4,17), Charles Howell III, David Howell (4,5,17), Trevor Immelman (13), Zach Johnson (10,17), Robert Karlsson (4,17), Davis Love III (13), Phil Mickelson (10,11,12,13,17), Colin Montgomerie (4,17), Arron Oberholser, Geoff Ogilvy (9,13), Nick O'Hern (19), Rod Pampling (13), Ian Poulter (4), John Rollins, Justin Rose, Rory Sabbatini (13), Charl Schwartzel (4,20), Vijay Singh (11,13), Henrik Stenson (4,17), Richard Sterne, Steve Stricker, Vaughn Taylor (17), David Toms (13,17), Scott Verplank (17), Mike Weir (10), Lee Westwood (17), Brett Wetterich (13,17)


2007 Open Championship, Field
4. First 20 in the European Tour Final Order of Merit for 2006John Bickerton, Thomas Bjørn, Paul Broadhurst, Johan Edfors, Jeev Milkha Singh (18), Anthony Wall


2007 Open Championship, Field
6. Top three players, not otherwise exempt, in the top 20 of the 2007 European Tour Order of Merit through 27 MayMarkus Brier, Raphaël Jacquelin, Yang Yong-eun


2007 Open Championship, Field
7. Top two players, not otherwise exempt, with the most European Tour prize money from the Italian Open through the French Open, including the U. S. OpenBradley Dredge, Graeme Storm


2007 Open Championship, Field
8. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 European Open and the 2007 Barclays Scottish Open. Pelle Edberg, Grégory Havret


2007 Open Championship, Field
11. The U.S. PGA Champions for 2002–2006Rich Beem, Shaun Micheel


2007 Open Championship, Field
13. Top 20 on the Official Money List of the 2006 PGA TourBrett Quigley


2007 Open Championship, Field
14. First 3 and anyone tying for 3rd place, not exempt having applied above, in the top 20 of the Official Money List of the 2007 PGA Tour on completion of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at ColonialNick Watney, Boo Weekley


2007 Open Championship, Field
15. First 2 PGA Tour members and any PGA Tour members tying for 2nd place, not exempt, in a cumulative money list taken from The Players Championship and the five PGA Tour events leading up to and including the 2007 AT&T NationalHunter Mahan


2007 Open Championship, Field
16. The leading player, not exempt having applied above, in the first 5 and ties of each of the 2007 AT&T National and the 2007 John Deere ClassicPat Perez, Jonathan Byrd


2007 Open Championship, Field
17. Playing members of the 2006 Ryder Cup teamsDarren Clarke, J. J. Henry, Paul McGinley


2007 Open Championship, Field
18. Winner of the Order of Merit of the Asian Tour for 2006


2007 Open Championship, Field
19. First 2 on the Order of Merit of the PGA Tour of Australasia for 2006Kevin Stadler


2007 Open Championship, Field
20. Winner of the Order of Merit of the Sunshine Tour for 2006/07


2007 Open Championship, Field
23. First 2 on the Official Money List of the Japan Golf Tour for 2006Toru Taniguchi


2007 Open Championship, Field
24. The leading 4 players, not exempt, in the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri ClassicLee Dong-hwan, Lee Seong-ho, Toshinori Muto, Achi Sato


2007 Open Championship, Field
25. First 2 and anyone tying for 2nd place, not exempt having applied (24) above, in a cumulative money list taken from all official Japan Golf Tour events from the 2007 Japan PGA Championship up to and including the 2007 Mizuno Open Yomiuri ClassicTomohiro Kondo, Toshimitsu Izawa


2007 Open Championship, Field
29. The European Individual Amateur Champion for 2006Rory McIlroy (a)


2007 Open Championship, Field
Local Final Qualifying  (Monday 9 July and Tuesday 10 July)


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Sergio García led the field with a six-under 65; eight years earlier in 1999, he shot 89 in the opening round at Carnoustie and missed the cut by eighteen strokes. Amateur Rory McIlroy had the only bogey-free round on the day at 68 (−3); he qualified for the Open by winning the European Amateur Championship in 2006.


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, First round
Tiger Woods began his campaign for a third straight Open Championship with a 69 (−2), including an eagle at Hogan's Alley, the famous 6th hole at Carnoustie. Paul McGinley was bogey-free until the 15th and 16th holes and carded a 67. John Daly suffered an incredible swoon, scoring −5 after three birdies and an eagle on 11, then had a double bogey at 12, triple bogey at 14, and three more bogeys on the way to a 74 (+3) for the round and went on to miss the cut. The scoring average on the day was 73.72 (+2.72).


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
First round leader Sergio García shot a level par 71 to stay at −6 and led by two strokes. Amateur Rory McIlroy shot a 76 (+5) to drop to +2, tied for 31st going into the weekend. Paul McGinley's 75 (+4) dropped him to even par after starting the day in second place. Tiger Woods had a disappointing 74 (+3) which started with a double bogey on the first hole. Mike Weir shot the best round of the day with a 68 (−3), which moved him into a tie for third place. The 36-hole cut fluctuated until it settled at +4, and the scoring average for the second round was 74.10 (+3.10).


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: McIlroy (+2), Weaver (+6), Ramsay (+9), Coupland (+11), Waring (+12), Matthews (+16).


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
Sergio García's 68 (−3) extended his lead to three strokes and was now at 204 (−9) after 54 holes. Paul McGinley rebounded with 68 (−3), three-under for the championship and tied for third place with six others. Tiger Woods shot a 69 (−2) which put him at −1 going into the weekend. At eight strokes behind the leader, his quest for a third straight Open Championship was improbable; he had never won a major when trailing after 54 holes.


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Third round
The best round on Saturday was an amazing 64 (−7) by Steve Stricker, which was the lowest ever for an Open Championship round at Carnoustie. It also tied the course record (Alan Tait scored 64 during a pro-am in 1994, and Colin Montgomerie scored the same during the Scottish Open in 1995). Stricker birdied five of the first seven holes en route to a bogey-free round with seven birdies and climbed the leaderboard into solo second place, three strokes behind García. Chris DiMarco's 66 (−5) moved him into a tie for third at −3, six shots back. García had yet to win a major championship, and for the first time in his career, led a major after 54 holes. The only Spaniard to win the Open is hall of famer Seve Ballesteros, with three titles. The scoring average on Saturday was 71.61 (+0.61).


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Another wild final round had numerous lead changes, and it came down to Sergio García, Andres Romero, and Pádraig Harrington in the final holes. García struggled at times during his only over-par round of the tournament, but was still at 8-under (+1 for the day) entering the last couple of holes. Meanwhile, Harrington had four birdies followed by an eagle at the 14th hole to move to 9-under for the championship, and stood on the 18th tee with a one-shot lead.


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Harrington went into the Barry Burn twice, but salvaged a double-bogey six to finish with a round of 67 (−4), 7-under for the tournament. García, who now had a one-shot lead on the par-4 72nd hole, found a greenside bunker with his approach shot. He left himself a ten footer (3 m) for par and the title, but the putt lipped out and he had to settle for a playoff, scoring a 73 (+2) for the round.


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Romero shot par or better in every round, and had ten birdies Sunday. He was at 9-under after 70 holes with a two-stroke lead, but the Argentine was done in by a double bogey-bogey ending to finish a single stroke out of the playoff. The best round of the day was by Richard Green who shot a 64 (−7). The Australian equalled the course record during an Open set the previous day by American Steve Stricker, and set the target in the clubhouse on 279.


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
He began the day at +2 and his round put him in a tie for fourth. Rory McIlroy shot +1 on the day, +5 for the tournament, to finish tied 42nd and win the silver medal for top amateur in his first Open. The scoring average on the day was 72.79 (+1.79).


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
Harrington became the first Irishman to win the Open Championship since Fred Daly at Royal Liverpool in 1947 and also the first Open Championship winner from the Republic of Ireland after defeating García in a playoff by one shot. The four-hole aggregate playoff included holes 1, 16, 17, and 18. Harrington birdied the par-4 first hole while García bogeyed, a two-stroke edge. Both players parred the next two holes (García hit the pin on the par-3 16th but his ball rolled a distance away), so Harrington still led by two strokes heading into the dangerous 18th.


2007 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round, Playoff
Harrington played the hole more cautiously this time, and reached the green in three shots. García gave himself a chance by reaching the green in two, but his birdie putt burned the left edge. Harrington made his short bogey putt to become the first European winner of a major since Paul Lawrie of Scotland triumphed in a three-way playoff at Carnoustie in 1999; the win moved Harrington's world ranking up to sixth.


2007 Open Gaz de France
The 2007 Open Gaz de France was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the event and was part of the Tier II series of the 2007 WTA Tour. It took place at the Stade Pierre de Coubertin in Paris, France, from 5 February through 11 February 2007. Fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova won the singles title.


2007 Open Gaz de France, Finals, Doubles
Cara Black /  Liezel Huber defeated  Gabriela Navrátilová /  Vladimíra Uhlířová 6–2, 6–0


2007 Open Gaz de France – Doubles
Émilie Loit and Květa Peschke were the defending champions, but they did not compete together that year.


2007 Open Gaz de France – Doubles
Loit partnering Nathalie Dechy lost in the Quarterfinals, and Peschke partnering Janette Husárová were eliminated in the first round.


2007 Open Gaz de France – Singles
The Women's Singles tournament of the 2007 Open Gaz de France tennis championships took place in Paris, France, between 5 February and 11 February 2007. 27 players from 15 countries competed in the 5-round tournament, with the three highest-seed players joining in the second round of competition. The final winner was Nadia Petrova of Russia, who defeated Lucie Šafářová of the Czech Republic.


2007 Open Gaz de France – Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Players are listed with the round in which they exited.


2007 Open de Moselle
The 2007 Open de Moselle was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the fifth edition of the Open de Moselle, and was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place at the Arènes de Metz in Metz, France, from 1 October until 7 October 2007.


2007 Open de Moselle
The men's singles featured ATP no. 9, French Open quarterfinalist, Auckland and Beijing runner-up, Sopot champion Tommy Robredo, Miami Masters and Barcelona finalist, Costa do Sauípe winner Guillermo Cañas, and Doha finalist, San Jose titlist Andy Murray. Other seeds were Casablanca and Gstaad champion Paul-Henri Mathieu, Valencia and Kitzbühel runner-up Potito Starace, Gilles Simon, Philipp Kohlschreiber and Igor Andreev.


2007 Open de Moselle, Finals, Doubles
Arnaud Clément /  Michaël Llodra defeated  Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski 6–1, 6–4


2007 Open de Moselle – Doubles
Richard Gasquet and Fabrice Santoro were the defending champions, but chose not to participate that year.


2007 Open de Moselle – Doubles
Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra won in the final 6–1, 6–4, against Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.


2007 Open de Moselle – Singles
Novak Djokovic was the defending champion, but chose not to participate that year.


2007 Open de Moselle – Singles
Tommy Robredo won in the final 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, against Andy Murray.


2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana
The 2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held on outdoor clay courts from 9 April until 15 April 2007. The event was won by Nicolás Almagro in singles and Wesley Moodie & Todd Perry in doubles.


2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Finals, Doubles
Wesley Moodie /  Todd Perry defeated  Yves Allegro /  Sebastián Prieto, 7–5, 7–5


2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles
David Škoch and Tomáš Zíb were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Skoch partnered Jordan Kerr, losing in the first round. Zib did not participate this year.


2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Doubles
Wesley Moodie and Todd Perry won in the final 7–5, 7–5, against Yves Allegro and Sebastián Prieto.


2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Singles
Nicolás Almagro defeated Potito Starace 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 to win the 2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana singles event.


2007 Orange Bowl
The 2007 FedEx Orange Bowl game was a college football Bowl Championship Series (BCS) bowl game following the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was played on January 2, 2007, at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The game matched the No. 6 Louisville Cardinals versus the No. 15 Wake Forest Demon Deacons and was televised on Fox.


2007 Orange Bowl
Each of the teams selected an honorary captain. Louisville chose boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native, and Wake Forest chose golf great Arnold Palmer, a Wake alumnus. Dwyane Wade of the hometown Miami Heat presented the coin for the coin toss.


2007 Orange Prokom Open
The 2007 Orange Prokom Open was the tenth edition of this men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was part of the International Series of the 2007 ATP Tour. It took place in Sopot, Poland from 30 July through 6 August 2007. Tommy Robredo won the singles title.


2007 Orange Prokom Open, Betting controversy
Nikolay Davydenko, then world number 4, was questioned under suspicion of match fixing after his unexpected second round loss to world number 87 Martín Vassallo Argüello, 2-6, 6-3, 2-1 by retirement. Online betting company Betfair reported its suspicions to the game's governing body, the Association of Tennis Professionals, after irregular betting patterns occurred. Betfair took the unprecedented step of voiding all bets on the match, with came to a sum of around £3.6m, ten times the usual amount for a match at this level. Argüello's odds to win the match also rocketed early in the second set, despite being in a losing position. Davydenko retired with a foot injury and called the trainer out towards the end of the second set.


2007 Orange Prokom Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg /  Marcin Matkowski defeated  Martín García /  Sebastián Prieto, 6–1, 6–1


2007 Orange Prokom Open – Doubles
František Čermák and Leoš Friedl were the defending champions, but chose not to defend their title.


2007 Orange Prokom Open – Doubles
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski won the title defeating Martín García and Sebastián Prieto in the final, 6–1, 6–1.


2007 Orange Prokom Open – Singles
Tommy Robredo defeated José Acasuso 7–5, 6–0 to win the 2007 Orange Prokom Open singles event.


2007 Ordina Open
The 2007 Ordina Open was the 2007 edition of the Ordina Open tennis tournament. It was the 18th edition of the tournament and was played on outdoor grass courts. The men's and women's tournament was held from 18 June  through 25 June 2007.


2007 Ordina Open
Ivan Ljubičić won his first grass title. Anna Chakvetadze won her second of four titles she would win in the year.


2007 Ordina Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jeff Coetzee /  Rogier Wassen defeated  Martin Damm /  Leander Paes, 3–6, 7–6(7–5), [12–10]


2007 Ordina Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Chan Yung-Jan /  Chuang Chia-Jung defeated  Anabel Medina Garrigues /  Virginia Ruano Pascual, 7–5, 6–2


2007 Ordina Open – Men's Doubles
Jeff Coetzee and Rogier Wassen were able to emerge victorious at the 2007 Ordina Open Men's Doubles Competition.


2007 Ordina Open – Men's Singles
Ivan Ljubičić defeated Peter Wessels 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 7–6(7–4) to win the 2007 Ordina Open singles event.


2007 Ordina Open – Women's Doubles
Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung emerged the victors of the 2007 Ordina Open Women's Doubles Competition.


2007 Ordina Open – Women's Singles
Third-seeded Anna Chakvetadze was able to overcome Jelena Janković to emerge the victor of the 2007 Ordina Open Women's Singles Competition.


2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 50
Ballot Measure 50 was a legislatively referred state statute ballot measure for the November 6, 2007 special election ballot in the state of Oregon. This measure would have increased the tobacco tax and dedicated the new revenue to providing health care for children, low-income adults and other medically underserved Oregonians, and to fund tobacco prevention and education programs. The proposal would have increased the tax on cigarettes by 84.5 cents per pack, and increased the tax on other tobacco products.


2007 Oregon Ballot Measure 50
The purpose of the fund would have been to finance the Healthy Kids Program created by the 2007 legislature to provide affordable health care for uninsured children. The measure would have funded tobacco prevention programs, safety net clinics, rural health care and health care for Oregon’s lowest income families and individuals through the Oregon Health Plan. The campaigns for and against the measure spent the most money ever on a ballot measure election in the state's history. Because the measure did not pass, these health care programs were not expanded, and the Healthy Kids Program did not become law.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team
The 2007 Oregon Ducks football team represents the University of Oregon in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mike Bellotti and played their home games at Autzen Stadium.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team
The Ducks rose to a national rank of number 2 in the Bowl Championship Series poll, until an injury to star quarterback Dennis Dixon led to defeat at the hands of the Arizona Wildcats on November 15, 2007. The Ducks lost to Arizona 34–24 in that game. They lost the next game to UCLA in Los Angeles as backup quarterback Brady Leaf was also knocked out of the game. The final score was 16–0. Oregon lost the season finale to rival Oregon State on December 1, 2007 by a score of 38–31 in two overtimes.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team
Oregon finished the season at 8–4 and qualified for the 2007 Sun Bowl in El Paso. On December 31, 2007 freshman quarterback Justin Roper, making his first start, passed for 4 touchdowns (tied for a Sun Bowl record) and 180 yards as Oregon crushed the favored South Florida Bulls 56–21. Jonathan Stewart rushed for a Sun Bowl record and career high 253 yards and a touchdown and was named the game's Most Valuable Player. The 56 points scored by the Ducks was a Sun Bowl record. The Ducks finished the 2007 season with a 9–4 record. They finished with a ranking of 23rd in the final Associated Press Poll.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Previous season
The 2006 Oregon Ducks experienced an incredibly disappointing end to a season last year. After beginning the year with four wins and no losses, and achieving a No. 11 ranking in the AP Poll, the Ducks traveled to Berkeley to face the No. 16 ranked Bears. Unfortunately this game ended in a blowout against the Ducks. The Ducks then went on to win only three of the final eight games, which included a heartbreaking 28–30 loss to the Beavers in which a late Oregon field goal was blocked by the Beavers. The Ducks did play in a bowl game, representing the Pac-10 in the 2006 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl. The Ducks ended the season with a 38–8 loss to the 20th ranked Brigham Young Cougars.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season
February 2 – After Gary Crowton, Oregon's Offensive Coordinator for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, resigned to perform the same duties with Louisiana State University, the University of Oregon hired University of New Hampshire Offensive Coordinator Chip Kelly. While at UNH, Kelly's offenses averaged greater than 400 yards a game in seven of his eight years and over 30 points a game for the previous four years.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season
April 28 – Green defeated White 20–6 in the 2007 spring game.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season
April 29 – Jordan Kent, Dante Rosario, and Matt Toeaina were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft. Dante Rosario was selected by the Carolina Panthers as the 18th pick in the fifth round. Matt Toeaina was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals as the 13th pick in the sixth round. Jordan Kent was selected by the Seattle Seahawks as the 36th pick in the sixth round.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season
May 9 – Former Oregon Running Back Ahmad Rashād, also known as Bobby Moore, was selected to the Class of 2007 entering the College Football Hall of Fame.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season
July 26 – During the Pac-10's media day, the pre-season media poll picks the Ducks to finish 6th in the Pac-10.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Pre-season, Recruiting class
The 2007 Oregon football recruiting class was selected by Scout.com as the ninth-best recruiting class of 2007 and was selected by Rivals.com as the 11th-best recruiting class of 2007. Oregon signed 27 high school seniors and two junior college transfers.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Houston
Oregon's Dennis Dixon ran for 141 yards, with an 80-yard run that resulted in a touchdown. Dixon also threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns, completing nine of 15 passes. Houston's Anthony Alridge converted 22 carries into 205 yards and one touchdown. Adridge also caught three passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. Dixon's 141 rushing yards were the most by an Oregon quarterback since Tony Graziani's 108 yards against Oregon State in 1995.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Houston
The score was tied at 20 points in the third quarter when Houston's Case Keenum attempted to throw a pass to Perry McDaniel in the end zone, but it was intercepted by Patrick Chung. The Ducks then went ahead 27 to 20 after Dixon threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Brian Paysinger. Forty seconds after the Paysinger touchdown, Dixon threw another to Jaison Williams, putting the Ducks up 34 to 20. Houston scored once more and Oregon twice more as the Ducks beat Houston 48 to 27.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Houston
The game was also notable for a skirmish between the Ducks' mascot and the Cougars' mascot. The student fulfilling the role of the Duck was suspended soon after. The fight can be viewed on  on YouTube.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Michigan
This game was Michigan's worst defeat since 1968 when they lost 50 to 14 at Ohio State. Dennis Dixon accounted for 368 yards and a career-high 4 touchdowns. Three touchdowns were thrown to three different receivers for 85, 61, and 45-yard scoring passes on Dixon's way to 292 throwing yards. Dixon also rushed for 76 yards and one touchdown. The Ducks led by 25 at halftime, and faced little opposition in the second half.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Michigan
According to Oregon coach Mike Bellotti the game was a "good win because I think there were some questions about how Michigan was going to bounce back, and whether we would be competitive. I think our players took that to heart." With this game Michigan opened the season with two home losses, the first time that had happened since 1959. It also gave them a losing streak of four games, the most in four decades. Wolverines coach Lloyd Carr said "We have good kids and they're hurting. If losing doesn't make you hurt, you shouldn't be at Michigan."


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
Oregon's 52–21 defeat of Fresno State was Bellotti's 100th win as a coach at the University of Oregon. Dennis Dixon threw for two touchdowns and ran for another. Ducks running back Jonathan Stewart ran for 165 yards and scored two touchdowns, one touchdown being part of an 88-yard run. Dixon said "The sky's the limit right now. This offense is really clicking." Although Dixon didn't put up numbers as impressive as he did at Michigan the previous week, he had a solid performance, completing 14 for 20 passes for 139 yards and running for 59 yards.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
Oregon's mascot was suspended and watched the game, but not from the sidelines. Fresno State's quarterback Tom Brandstater completed 18–32 passes for 219 yards and one touchdown. The loss was Fresno State's second against a ranked team on the road. The previous week the Bulldogs lost 47–45 to Texas A&M in triple overtime. Fresno State coach Pat Hill said "[h]ow many times do I have to say it? We got dominated in all three phases. We got beat pretty good today. That doesn't happen at Fresno State very often. Today we got beat by a better football team. They took it to us. End of conversation."


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, California
The Bears defeated the Ducks 31 to 24. ESPN College GameDay was present (Corso picked Ducks to win)


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, USC
The Ducks defeated the Trojans 24 to 17. Oregon's defensive back Matthew Harper interception on USC's final drive preserved Oregon's victory. Harper said "We knew somebody would make the play, and luckily it was me." Oregon's victory set them up for a chance at the national championship. Number 12 USC (No. 9 AP) lost after Oregon's Jonathan Stewart rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns, while Dennis Dixon completed 16 of 25 passes for 157 yards. Oregon was fifth in the BCS standings, and Dixon became a serious Heisman contender with his 76 rushing yards and 157 passing yards.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
In a game that was considered important enough for ESPN's College Gameday to be broadcast in Eugene, the Oregon Ducks defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils 35–23. Heisman hopeful Dennis Dixon threw for 189 yards and 4 touchdowns and led the Ducks to a victory that places Oregon in the lead for the Pac-10 championship.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
After the Ducks scored a touchdown on their first possession, a 26-yard pass to WR Jaison Williams, the Sun Devils began to march down the field. Showing the same poise as Dixon, ASU QB Rudy Carpenter led the Devils to the Oregon 2-yard line before the Oregon defense lived up to their "bend but don't break" style and held ASU to a field goal. That goal line stop would set the tone for the remainder of the game as Oregon held Arizona State to only 3 points in the first quarter and 13 in the first half.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Trailing 13–21 at the half, Arizona State was able to make a field goal on their first possession in the second half, cutting the Oregon lead to 5. However, the Ducks were able to score the next 14 points of the game, giving the Ducks a 35–16 lead with one quarter left to play. Unfortunately approximately 2 minutes into the fourth quarter, Dennis Dixon was taken out after an awkward tackle and sat out the remainder of the game. Luckily his injury did not seem serious and he was seen jogging on the sidelines soon afterwards.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Arizona State did score one more touchdown later in the fourth quarter, making the score its final 35–23. In a game which Rudy Carpenter was sacked 9 times, it seemed only fitting that the last play of the game was a sack as time ran out.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
The Ducks entered the game ranked No. 2 in both the AP poll and the BCS standings. A win in this game, followed by wins against UCLA and Oregon State, would almost assuredly result in a berth in the BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans. The Ducks started the game hot, with a 39-yard touchdown run by Dennis Dixon and a successful two-point conversion. Following an Arizona interception, the Ducks had the ball back on the Arizona 4-yard line threatening to score again.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
However, Dixon threw an interception that was returned 45 yards and eventually capitalized by the Wildcats as a touchdown, cutting the score to 8–7. The Ducks responded with another solid drive getting the ball to the Arizona 15 and looked set to score again. On 2nd and 7, Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon (the leading Heisman candidate at this point of the season) fell to the ground without being touched. Upon review it was clear that Dixon twisted his already-injured knee and tore his ACL. It would later be revealed that Dixon had actually torn the ligament in the previous week's game against Arizona State.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Arizona
Following the injury, Dixon—having amassed 183 yards on 19 plays—was replaced by Brady Leaf. Oregon's misfortunes mounted: Arizona scored a touchdown on an interception return, another on a punt return, and Leaf suffered an ankle injury, all before halftime. Oregon tried to rally from the 14–31 halftime deficit, but lost 24–34, ending their National Championship hopes. The following day it was announced that Dixon's injury would end his season, and any hopes of a Heisman Trophy.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Oregon State
As of the 111th game in the series, the Ducks lead 55–46–10 all time. This was the first time the home team had not won since 1996, the first time Oregon State had won at Autzen Stadium since 1993, and the first time Oregon State had won two years in a row since 1973–74.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl
After losing the last 3 games of the year, many analysts expected the Ducks to fare poorly in the Sun Bowl. But the Ducks came out strong. Making his first career start, freshman quarterback Justin Roper completed 17 of 30 passes for 180 yards with 4 touchdowns and no interceptions. Running back Jonathan Stewart rushed for a career-high and Sun Bowl record 253 yards and a touchdown and was named the Most Valuable Player of the game.


2007 Oregon Ducks football team, Game summaries, Sun Bowl
Oregon, despite being a 7-point underdog, dominated the game, especially the second half. Holding on to an 18–14 lead at the half, Oregon came out and outscored South Florida 28–0 in the third quarter. The Ducks won 56–21. The 56 points scored was a Sun Bowl record. Jonathan Stewart's 253 rushing yards were a Sun Bowl record. The 35-point margin of victory was the second largest of the 2007–2008 bowl season. The Ducks finished the season 9–4 with their first bowl win since the 2001 season. They finished the season ranked 23rd in the final Associated Press Poll.


2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The 2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team represented Oregon State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Beavers played their home games at Goss Stadium. The team was coached by Pat Casey in his 13th season at Oregon State.


2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team
The Beavers won the College World Series, defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the championship series, for the second consecutive year.


2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team, Beavers in the 2007 MLB Draft
The following members of the Oregon State Beavers baseball program were drafted in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft.


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 2007 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was Mike Riley. Home games were played at Reser Stadium in Corvallis, Oregon.


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Season notes
The team returned 16 starting players from the previous season and was predicted by some analysts to contend for second place in the Pac-10. They returned a majority of the defense, which was ranked second in the nation for total sacks, eighth in the nation in tackles for loss, and within the top 20 in rushing defense in the 2006–07 season. CFN picked the Beavers in their preseason top 25 and claimed they were a "heavy sleeper for big things" in the 2007 season. The Beavers finished the season 9–4, good for third place in the Pac-10, and won the Emerald Bowl 21–14. Their run defense finished second in the nation for fewest rushing yards allowed per game only behind Boston College.


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Roster
QB#1 Sean Canfield (SO)QB#3 Lyle Moevao (SO)QB#2 Ryan Gunderson (SR)RB#6 Clinton Polk (SR)RB#5 Patrick Fuller (JR)WR#9 Anthony Brown (SR)WR#16 James Rodgers (FR)WR#12 Chris Johnson (JR)WR#15 Sam Oltman (FR)WR#17 Sammie Stroughter (SR)TE#19 Brady Camp (FR)LS#55 Joel Cohen (SR)K#13 Alexis Serna (SR)TE#85 John Reese (SO)


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Utah
The Beavers opened the season hosting the Utah Utes of the Mountain West Conference on a Thursday night game, the first day of the college football season. Beavers' star running back Yvenson Bernard ran for 165 yards and two touchdowns and quarterback Sean Canfield completed eight of 19 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. Beaver Coach Mike Riley, still trying to determine a starting quarterback, also brought in quarterback Lyle Moevao to start the second quarter, though his first pass was intercepted. Alexis Serna made a 37-yard field goal in the 3rd quarter.


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Washington State
On a cold, rainy night in Pullman, Washington, the Beavers forced 8 turnovers en route to a 52-17 victory against the Cougars. Yvenson Bernard ran for 2 touchdowns and 77 yards as Lyle Moevao played mistake free in his second career start. Alex Brink threw 5 first half interceptions as the stingy Beaver defense put pressure on him all game long.


2007 Oregon State Beavers football team, Game summaries, Oregon
Beavers own the State again. James Rodgers scores on a fly sweep in double OT. OSU's stingy D stuffs Jonathan Stewart on 4th down, to clinch the first victory on enemy soil for either team since 1996.


2007 Oregon state elections
The November 6, 2007, Special Election, was an off-year election in which no members of the Congress, statewide offices, or members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly were scheduled for election. However, two statewide measures were referred by the legislature to the 2007 November Special Election ballot. While there were only two issues on the ballot, they touched on important enough issues that they attracted one hundred seventy-five arguments in total, both in favor of, and against them in the voter's pamphlet.


2007 Oregon state elections
October 16 was the last day someone could have registered to vote in this election if this was their first time voting in Oregon. Because of a new centralized voter registration database, a voter previously registered could still move within the state, and could change their address until Election Day at 8 pm and still vote.