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| Date | December 30, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Auburn RB Jovon Robinson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Auburn by 2 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeff Heaser ( ACC) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,430 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout |
US$1,100,000 (Auburn) $900,000 (Memphis) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers |
Beth Mowins (play-by-play),
Anthony Becht (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline reporter) (ESPN) Allen Bestwick, Dan Hawkins, & Tiffany Greene (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2015 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The tenth annual Birmingham Bowl featured a team from the Southeastern Conference against a team from the American Athletic Conference. The game was played at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.
Teams
The two Tigers teams were selected from the American Athletic Conference and the SEC conference.
Auburn Tigers
Memphis Tigers
Game summary
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Source: [2]
Statistics
| Statistics [2] | AUB | MEM |
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| First Downs | 23 | 13 |
| Total offense, plays – yards | 73–405 | 68–206 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 56–254 | 30–102 |
| Passing yards (net) | 151 | 104 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 10–17–3 | 17–38–1 |
| Time of Possession | 34:17 | 25:43 |
Notes
- Ticket pricing is $50 for East and West reserved sideline seating and $30 for general admission corner seats.
References
- ^ "College football odds: Bowl game point spreads". Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "2015 Birmingham Bowl: Auburn vs. Memphis Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.