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College football game
2016 Birmingham Bowl
1 2 3 4 OT
Total
South Florida 15 14 10 0 7
46
South Carolina 0 14 10 15 0
39
Date December 29, 2016 Season
2016 Stadium
Legion Field Location
Birmingham, Alabama MVP
Quinton Flowers
Favorite South Florida by 10.5
[1]
Referee David Alvarez (
Mountain West ) Attendance 31,229
[2] Payout
US$ 1,100,000 (SEC)
[3]
Network
ESPN /
ESPN Radio
Announcers TV:
Eamon McAnaney ,
John Congemi , Kevin WeidlChris Doering ,
Kris Budden
The 2016 Birmingham Bowl was a
college football
bowl game played on December 29, 2016 at
Legion Field in
Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The eleventh annual
Birmingham Bowl featured the
South Florida Bulls from the
American Athletic Conference against the
South Carolina Gamecocks from the
Southeastern Conference . It was one of the
2016–17 bowl games concluding the
2016 FBS football season .
Teams USF Bulls Game summary Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
USF
SC
1
10:25
7
46
2:26
USF
Quinton Flowers 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good
8
0
1
4:26
11
80
4:09
USF
Flowers 4-yard touchdown run, Brandon Behr kick good
15
0
2
14:02
4
81
1:14
SC
Hayden Hurst 25-yard touchdown reception from
Jake Bentley ,
Elliott Fry kick good
15
7
2
10:40
10
77
3:22
USF
Flowers 1-yard touchdown run, Behr kick good
22
7
2
1:12
10
73
4:26
SC
Deebo Samuel 3-yard touchdown reception from Bentley, Fry kick good
22
14
2
0:07
8
68
1:05
USF
D'Ernest Johnson 37-yard touchdown reception from Flowers, Behr kick good
29
14
3
11:55
8
65
3:05
SC
Samuel 4-yard touchdown run, Fry kick good
29
21
3
8:07
11
60
3:48
USF
21-yard field goal by Behr
32
21
3
7:06
3
−7
1:01
USF
Interception returned 47 yards for touchdown by Tajee Fullwood, Behr kick good
39
21
3
0:22
4
2
1:32
SC
43-yard field goal by Fry
39
24
4
9:41
9
77
4:14
SC
Bryan Edwards 9-yard touchdown reception from Bentley, Fry kick good
39
31
4
1:11
3
2
1:34
SC
A.J. Turner 4-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass good
39
39
OT
1
25
USF
Elkanah Dillon 25-yard touchdown reception from Flowers, Behr kick good
46
39
"TOP" =
time of possession . For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football .
46
39
References
Notes
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 .
