2016 Birmingham Bowl
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| 2016 Birmingham Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 11th Birmingham Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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.