2015 Birmingham Bowl (December)
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| Date | December 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Auburn RB Jovon Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Auburn by 2[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Heaser (ACC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,430[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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US$1,100,000 (Auburn) $900,000 (Memphis) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Beth Mowins (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline reporter) (ESPN) Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The tenth annual Birmingham Bowl featured a team from the Southeastern Conference against a team from the American Athletic Conference. The game was played at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.
Teams
The two Tigers teams were selected from the American Athletic Conference and the SEC conference.
Auburn Tigers
See also: 2015 Auburn Tigers football team
Memphis Tigers
See also: 2015 Memphis Tigers football team
Game summary
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Source: [2]
Statistics
| Statistics[2] | AU | MEM |
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| First Downs | 23 | 13 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 73–405 | 68–206 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 56–254 | 30–102 |
| Passing yards (net) | 151 | 104 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 10–17–3 | 17–38–1 |
| Time of Possession | 34:17 | 25:43 |
Notes
- Ticket pricing is $50 for East and West reserved sideline seating and $30 for general admission corner seats.
References
- ↑ "College football odds: Bowl game point spreads". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "2015 Birmingham Bowl: Auburn vs. Memphis Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
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