2016 Birmingham Bowl

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.

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
1234OT Total
South Florida 15141007 46
South Carolina 01410150 39
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

Teams

USF Bulls
See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference football season

Game summary

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

References
  1. "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. http://www.espn.com/college-football/game?gameId=400876100
  3. Bowl payout
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