2016 Birmingham Bowl

2016 Birmingham Bowl
11th Birmingham Bowl
South Florida Bulls South Carolina Gamecocks
(10–2) (6–6)
The American SEC
46 39
Head coach: 
T. J. Weist (interim)		 Head coach: 
Will Muschamp
APCoaches
2522
1234OTTotal
South Florida 1514100746
South Carolina 0141015039
DateDecember 29, 2016
Season2016
StadiumLegion Field
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
MVPQuinton Flowers
FavoriteSouth Florida by 10.5[1]
RefereeDavid Alvarez (Mountain West)
Attendance31,229[2]
PayoutUS$1,100,000 (SEC)
$900,000(AAC)[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi, Kevin Weidl
Radio: Doug Bell, Chris Doering, Kris Budden

The 2016 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2016 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The eleventh annual Birmingham Bowl featured the South Florida Bulls from the American Athletic Conference against the South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season.

Teams

USF Bulls

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP USF SC
1 10:25 7 46 2:26 USF Quinton Flowers 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good 8 0
1 4:26 11 80 4:09 USF Flowers 4-yard touchdown run, Brandon Behr kick good 15 0
2 14:02 4 81 1:14 SC Hayden Hurst 25-yard touchdown reception from Jake Bentley, Elliott Fry kick good 15 7
2 10:40 10 77 3:22 USF Flowers 1-yard touchdown run, Behr kick good 22 7
2 1:12 10 73 4:26 SC Deebo Samuel 3-yard touchdown reception from Bentley, Fry kick good 22 14
2 0:07 8 68 1:05 USF D'Ernest Johnson 37-yard touchdown reception from Flowers, Behr kick good 29 14
3 11:55 8 65 3:05 SC Samuel 4-yard touchdown run, Fry kick good 29 21
3 8:07 11 60 3:48 USF 21-yard field goal by Behr 32 21
3 7:06 3 −7 1:01 USF Interception returned 47 yards for touchdown by Tajee Fullwood, Behr kick good 39 21
3 0:22 4 2 1:32 SC 43-yard field goal by Fry 39 24
4 9:41 9 77 4:14 SC Bryan Edwards 9-yard touchdown reception from Bentley, Fry kick good 39 31
4 1:11 3 2 1:34 SC A.J. Turner 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good 39 39
OT 1 25 USF Elkanah Dillon 25-yard touchdown reception from Flowers, Behr kick good 46 39
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 46 39

References

  1. ↑ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ "South Florida vs. South Carolina - Game Summary - December 29, 2016 - ESPN".
  3. ↑ Bowl payout
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