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{{Infobox college football game
| name = 
| subheader                  = 19th Insight Bowl
| year_game_played           = 2007
| game_name                  = Insight Bowl
| image                      = TempeInsightBowllogo.jpg
| caption                    = Insight Bowl logo
| football_season            = 2007
| visitor_name_short         = Indiana 
| visitor_nickname           = Hoosiers
| visitor_school             = University of Indiana
| home_name_short            = Oklahoma State 
| home_nickname              = Cowboys
| home_school                = Oklahoma State University
| visitor_record             = 7–5
| visitor_conference         = [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
| home_record                = 6–6
| home_conference            = [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| visitor_coach              = [[Bill Lynch]]
| home_coach                 = [[Mike Gundy]]
| visitor_1q                 = 3
| visitor_2q                 = 7
| visitor_3q                 = 7
| visitor_4q                 = 16
| home_1q                    = 21
| home_2q                    = 14
| home_3q                    = 7
| home_4q                    = 7
| date_game_played           = December 31
| stadium                    = [[Sun Devil Stadium]]
| city                       = [[Tempe, Arizona]]
| MVP                        = Offensive: OSU QB [[Zac Robinson]] <br> Defensive: OSU S [[Donovan Woods (American football)|Donovan Woods]]
| odds                       = Oklahoma State by 4<ref>World Features Syndicate via Long Beach Press-Telegram, Dec. 26, 2007</ref>
| referee                    = Jack Folliard ([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]])
| payout                     = 1.2 million per team<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s%3D%26url_channel_id%3D34%26url_article_id%3D9255%26change_well_id%3D2 |title = ncaafootball.com - Bowl Schedules/Results  |access-date=2009-09-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803194501/http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=34&url_article_id=9255&change_well_id=2 |archivedate=2007-08-03 }}</ref>
| us_network                 = [[NFL Network]]
| us_announcers_link         = List of announcers of major college bowl games
| us_announcers              = [[Bob Papa]], [[Sterling Sharpe]], [[Mike Mayock]], and [[Kim Jones (reporter)|Kim Jones]]
}}

The '''2007 Insight Bowl''' was the 19th edition of the [[Insight Bowl]]. Part of the [[2007–08 NCAA football bowl games]] season, it was played on December 31, 2007, at [[Sun Devil Stadium]] on the [[Arizona State University]] campus in [[Tempe, Arizona]].

The opponents were the [[2007 Indiana Hoosiers football team|Indiana Hoosiers]] of the [[Big Ten Conference]] and the [[2007 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team|Oklahoma State Cowboys]] of the [[Big 12 Conference]]. This marked the third consecutive year of Big 10 and Big 12 tie-ins for this bowl game.

Both teams had tumultuous seasons. The Hoosiers' previous [[head coach]], [[Terry Hoeppner]], died in June 2007 and [[Bill Lynch]] took over the program. The team's season-long mantra was "Play 13," referring to the goal of earning a bowl game after the 12-game regular season. This was Indiana's first bowl appearance since 1993. Meanwhile, Cowboys head coach [[Mike Gundy]] gained widespread attention across [[North America]] for a tirade against a sportswriter for ''[[The Daily Oklahoman]]''. The outburst was frequently displayed on TV sportscasts and online. The Cowboys were 6–6 on the season and unranked nationally, a generally disappointing outcome for a team with a highly touted pre-season offense. [[Zac Robinson]], who replaced [[Bobby Reid (American football)|Bobby Reid]] as the starting quarterback early in the year, led the offense.

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