2017 Birmingham Bowl

2017 Birmingham Bowl
2017 Birmingham Bowl
12th Birmingham Bowl
Texas Tech Red Raiders	South Florida Bulls
(6–6)	(9–2)
Big 12	The American
34	38
Head coach: ; Kliff Kingsbury	Head coach: ; Charlie Strong
AP	Coaches
23	24
Date	December 23, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Legion Field
Location	Birmingham, Alabama
MVP	Quinton Flowers
Referee	Ron Hudson (MAC)
Attendance	28,623
Payout	US$2,025,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Tom Hart, Gene Chizik, Lauren Sisler
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DateDecember 23, 2017

Season2017

The 2017 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The twelfth edition of the Birmingham Bowl featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders of the Big 12 Conference against the South Florida Bulls of the American Athletic Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.^[3]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Raiders	10	0	14	10	34
Bulls	3	7	7	21	38

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas Tech	Passing	Nic Shimonek	32/59, 416 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Justin Stockton	18 car, 103 yds
	Receiving	Keke Coutee	11 rec, 187 yds, 1 TD
South Florida	Passing	Quinton Flowers	17/34, 311 yds, 4 TD
	Rushing	Quinton Flowers	14 car, 106 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Marquez Valdes-Scantling	3 rec, 133 yds, 1 TD

v t e 2017–18 NCAA football bowl game season
New Mexico (Dec. 16) Las Vegas (Dec. 16) Camellia (Dec. 16) Cure (Dec. 16) New Orleans (Dec. 16) Boca Raton (Dec. 19) Frisco (Dec. 20) Gasparilla (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Bahamas (Dec. 22) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Birmingham (Dec. 23) Dollar General (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Cactus (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 27) Pinstripe (Dec. 27) Texas (Dec. 27) Foster Farms (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 28) Camping World (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Belk (Dec. 29) Cotton (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 29) Arizona (Dec. 29) Fiesta (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 30) Orange (Dec. 30) TaxSlayer (Dec. 30) Citrus (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Peach (Jan. 1)
College Football Playoff games: Rose (semifinal) (Jan. 1) Sugar (semifinal) (Jan. 1) National Championship Game (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27)

v t e Birmingham Bowl
Formerly known as the PapaJohns.com / BBVA Compass Bowl
2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (Jan) 2015 (Dec) 2016 2017 2018 2020 2021 (Jan) 2021 (Dec) 2022 2023 2024 2025
Legion Field (2006–20) Protective Stadium (2021–present)
Birmingham previously hosted the All-American Bowl. There was a Birmingham Bowl in January and December of 2015, and none in 2009 or 2019. The game in January 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Texas Tech Red Raiders