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 AP Coaches 25 22
1 2 3 4 OT Total South Florida 15 14 10 0 7 46 South Carolina 0 14 10 15 0 39
Date	December 29, 2016
Season	2016
Stadium	Legion Field
Location	Birmingham, Alabama
MVP	Quinton Flowers
Favorite	South Florida by 10.5^[1]
Referee	David Alvarez (Mountain West)
Attendance	31,229^[2]
Payout	US$1,100,000 (SEC) $900,000(AAC)^[3]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers	TV: Eamon McAnaney, John Congemi, Kevin Weidl Radio: Doug Bell, Chris Doering, Kris Budden
Birmingham Bowl  < 2015 (Dec) 2017 >

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 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