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
APCoaches
2324
1234 Total
Texas Tech 1001410 34
South Florida 37721 38
DateDecember 23, 2017
Season2017
StadiumLegion Field
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
MVPQuinton Flowers
RefereeRon Hudson (MAC)
Attendance28,623[1]
PayoutUS$2,025,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersTom Hart, Gene Chizik, Lauren Sisler
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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]

Teams

The game featured the Texas Tech Red Raiders against the South Florida Bulls and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.[4]

Texas Tech Red Raiders

See also: 2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team and 2017 Big 12 Conference football season

This was the Red Raiders' first Birmingham Bowl.

South Florida Bulls

See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team and 2017 American Athletic Conference football season

South Florida entered the game as the defending Birmingham Bowl champion, their 2016 team having defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks, 46–39 in overtime. This was the Bulls' third Birmingham Bowl; in addition to their 2016 victory, the 2006 Bulls defeated the East Carolina Pirates, 24–7 in the inaugural game when it was known as the PapaJohns.com Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TTU USF
1 10:47 12 67 4:13 TTU 26-yard field goal by Clayton Hatfield 3 0
1 7:12 11 58 3:35 USF 25-yard field goal by Emilio Nadelman 3 3
1 0:34 10 81 3:48 TTU Keke Coutee 5-yard touchdown reception from Nic Shimonek, Clayton Hatfield kick good 10 3
2 0:51 2 25 0:24 USF Tyre McCants 21-yard touchdown reception from Quinton Flowers, Emilio Nadelman kick good 10 10
3 11:25 6 28 2:57 TTU Dylan Cantrell 3-yard touchdown reception from Nic Shimonek, Clayton Hatfield kick good 17 10
3 8:34 9 91 2:51 USF Darnell Salomon 17-yard touchdown reception from Quinton Flowers, Emilio Nadelman kick good 17 17
3 5:55 4 40 1:45 TTU Tre King 4-yard touchdown run, Clayton Hatfield kick good 24 17
4 9:30 9 43 3:07 USF Quinton Flowers 5-yard touchdown run, Emilio Nadelman kick good 24 24
4 5:02 13 60 4:28 TTU 33-yard field goal by Clayton Hatfield 27 24
4 4:26 2 65 0:36 USF Marquez Valdes-Scantling 64-yard touchdown reception from Quinton Flowers, Emilio Nadelman kick good 27 31
4 1:31 8 85 2:55 TTU T. J. Vasher 25-yard touchdown reception from Nic Shimonek, Clayton Hatfield kick good 34 31
4 0:16 7 75 1:15 USF Tyre McCants 26-yard touchdown reception from Quinton Flowers, Emilio Nadelman kick good 34 38
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 38

Statistics

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Raiders 10 0 14 10 34
Bulls 3 7 7 21 38
Statistics TTU USF
First Downs 28 27
Total offense, plays-yards 94–549 82–561
Rushes-yards (net) 35–133 48–250
Passing yards (net) 416 311
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 32–59–2 17–34–0
Time of Possession 35:21 24:39
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

References

  1. ^ "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Bowl payout
  3. ^ "University of South Florida and Texas Tech Selected to Play in the 2017 Birmingham Bowl" (PDF). BirminghamBowl.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  4. ^ Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. South Florida Bulls series history