FBA 2018 Media Guide FLIP (2)

Birmingham Bowl
Last Year’s Game:
South Florida's Quinton Flowers ran for one touchdown and threw for a bowl record tying four touchdowns with
the most important one coming with sixteen seconds left in the game to seal the second straight Birmingham bowl
victory for South Florida. Weather played a crucial role along with penalties but nothing short of another exciting
Birmingham bowl that had eight lead changes and four ties. South Florida (10-2) trailed by three with just one
minute and thirty one seconds on the clock when last years Birmingham bowl MVP Quinton Flowers got the ball on
offense. Flowers lead the bulls downfield with two key rushes with a twenty-one-yard gain coming on third and
ten before connecting with Tyre McCants in the endzone leaving just sixteen seconds on the clock for Texas Tech
(6-7). Texas Tech’s quarterback Nic Shimonek threw for 416 yards and three scores, but came up just short with his
desperation pass falling short in the final seconds. Texas Tech was lead on the ground by Justin Stockton who rushed
eighteen times 104 yards. South Florida was lead on the ground by Quinton Flowers who rushed fourteen times for
109 yards. Quinton Flowers repeated as the Fred Sington most valuable player.
Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Texas Tech 10 0 14 10 34
South Florida 3 7 7 21 38
Scoring:
First Quarter: TTU – Clayton Hatfield 26-yard field goal, USF – Emilio Naadelman 25-yard field goal, TTU – Keke
Coutee 5-yard pass from Nic Shimonek (Clayton Hatfield kick).
Second Quarter: USF – Tyre McCants 21-yard pass from Quinton Flowers (Emilio Nadelman kick).
Third Quarter: TTU – Dylan Cantrell 3-yard pass from Nic Shimonek (Clayton Hatfield kick), USF – Darnel Salomon
17-yard pass from Quinton Flowers (Emilio Nadelman kick), TTU – Tre King 4-yard run (Clayton Hatfield kick).
Fourth Quarter: USF – Quinton Flowers 5-yard run (Emilio Nadelman kick), TTU – Clayton Hatfield 33-yard field
goal, USF Marquez Scantling 64-yard pass from Quinton Flowers (Emilio Nadelman kick), TTU – T.J. Vasher
25-yard pass from Nic Shimonek (Clayton Hatfield kick), USF – Tyre McCants 26-yard pass from Quinton Flowers
(Emilio Nadelman kick).
Team Statistics: TTU USF
First Downs 26 27
Rushes- Net Yards 35-133 48-250
Passing Yards 416 311
Passing (Comp-Att-Int) 32-59-2 17-34-0
Total Plays 94 82
Total Net Yards 549 561
Fumbles- Lost 0-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards 10-107 10-100
Time of Possession 35:21 24:39
Individual Statistics
RUSHING
TTU-Stockton, Justin 18-103; King, Tre 10-35; Batson, Cameron 1-19; Coutee, Keke 1-2; Nisby, Desmond 1-minus 1;
Shimonek, Nic 4-minus 25.
USF-Flowers, Quinton 14-106; Tice, Darius 16-65; Johnson, D'Ernest 16-51; McCants, Tyre 1-30; TEAM 1-minus 2.
PASSING
TTU – Nic Shimonek 32-59-2, 416 yds, 3 TD
USF – Quinton Flowers 17-34-0, 311 yds, 4 TD
RECEIVING
TTU-Coutee, Keke 11-187, 1 TD; Vasher, T.J. 5-84, 1 TD; Cantrell, Dylan 4-26, 1 TD; Batson, Cameron 4-23; Stockton,
Justin 2-32; Wesley, Antoine 2-29; Carr, Tyler 2-14; King, Tre 1-15; Shorts, Quan 1-6.
USF-McCants, Tyre 6-88, 2 TD; Salomon, Darnel 4-4, 1 TD; Scantling, Marquez 3-133, 1 TD; Wilcox, Mitch 2-17;
Johnson, D'Ernest 1-25; Mayes, Eric 1-1.
PUNTING
TTU – Dominic Panazzolo 4-34.8, 43 long
USF – Jon Hernandez 3-47.8, 50 long
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