FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

Birmingham Bowl
GAME HISTORY
Date Result Attendance TV Rating
PapaJohns.com Bowl
12/23/06 South Florida 24, East Carolina 7 28,527 ESPN2
12/22/07 Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21 32,959 ESPN2
12/29/08 Rutgers 29, North Carolina State 23 36,387 1.7 ESPN
1/2/10 Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7 42,610 ESPN
BBVA Compass Bowl
1/8/11 Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10 41,207 ESPN
1/7/12 SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6 28,726 1.49 ESPN
1/5/13 Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17 59,135 2.2 ESPN
1/4/14 Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24 42,717 1.8 ESPN
Birmingham Bowl
1/3/15 Florida 28, East Carolina 20 30,083 3.0 ESPN
12/28/15 Auburn 31, Memphis 10 59,430 3.0 ESPN
12/29/16 South Florida 46, South Carolina 39 (OT) 31,229 1.5 ESPN
12/23/17 South Florida 38, Texas Tech 34 28,623 2.15 ESPN
Individual Awards:
Fred Sington Most Valuable Player Award
2006 Ben Williams, South Florida
2007 Ben Mauk, Cincinnati
2008 Mike Teel, Rutgers
2010 Andre Dixon, Connecticut
2011 Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh
2012 Darius Johnson, SMU
2013 Bo Wallace, Ole Miss
2014 Jordan Matthews, Vanderbilt
2015 Adam Lane, Florida
2015 Jovon Robinson, Jr., Auburn
2016 Quinton Flowers, South Florida
2017 Quinton Flowers, South Florida
Memorable Games:
2008: Behind quarterback Mike Teel, Rutgers rallied from a 17-6 halftime deficit to post a 28-23 victory over North
Carolina State and now-NFL quarterback starter Russell Wilson. Teel finished with 319 passing yards and two
touchdowns, including a 42-yard scoring pass to Kenny Britt with 8:30 left that gave the Scarlet Knights the
lead for good at 26-23.
2007: Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk set bowl records for passing yards, completions and passing touchdowns in
leading the Bearcats to a 31-21 victory over Southern Mississippi in Jeff Bower’s final game as Golden Eagle
head coach. Mauk finished with 334 yards and four touchdown, hitting on 30-of-52 passes.
2010: Connecticut’s Andre Dixon rushed for 126 yards and a touchdown, while his Huskies teammates limited South
Carolina to only 205 offensive yards en route to a 20-7 win. UConn built a 20-0 lead early in the fourth quarter
before the Gamecocks scored their only touchdown on a two-yard Brian Maddox run.
2017: South Florida’s Quinton Flowers became the American Athletic Conference’s career leader in total offense
while leading the bulls to two scores in the final 4:26 to capture the Birmingham Bowl for the second year
in a row. Flowers passed for 311 yards and four touchdowns while rushing 14 times for 106 yards and 1
touchdown. Texas Tech’s Nic Shimonek threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to T.J. Vasher with 1:31 remaining
in the game to give the red raiders the lead. But, that left too much time on the clock for Senior Flowers and
he connected with Tyre McCants in the end zone with 16 seconds left to seal the victory in dramatic fashion.
Top Individual Performances:
Ben Mauk, B, Cincinnati, 2007 -- Threw for a bowl-record 334 yards and added another bowl mark with four
touchdown passes in a 31-21 victory over Southern Mississippi. He hit on 30-of-52 passes.
Mike Teel, QB, Rutgers, 2008 -- His Scarlet Knights trailed 17-6 at halftime before Teel led a rally, passing for 319
yards and two second-half touchdowns in pacing Rutgers to a 28-23 victory over North Carolina State.
Andre Dixon, RB, Connecticut, 2010 -- Rushed for 126 of UConn’s 146-yard team rushing total and had a clinching
10-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter in leading the Huskies to a surprising 20-7 win over South Carolina
Jordan Matthews, WR, Vanderbilt, 2014 – Was on the receiving end of five passes for 143 yards and a pair of
touchdowns, including a pair of 50-yarders from quarterback Patton Robinette in the Commodores’ 41-24 win
over Houston.
Quinton Flowers, QB, South Florida, 2017 – After struggling in the first half going 4-12 passing, Flowers turned it
around in the second half tying the bowl record for touchdown passes with 4 while also rushing for 1. Trailing
late Flowers found Tyre McCants in the end zone with 16 seconds left to give South Florida the victory.
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