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.
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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] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | 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) | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams
editThe two Tigers teams were selected from the American Athletic Conference and the SEC conference.
Auburn Tigers
editMemphis Tigers
editGame summary
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Source:[2]
Statistics
editStatistics[2] | AUB | 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
edit- Ticket pricing is $50 for East and West reserved sideline seating and $30 for general admission corner seats.
References
edit- ^ "College football odds: Bowl game point spreads". Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "2015 Birmingham Bowl: Auburn vs. Memphis Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.