2015 Birmingham Bowl (December)

College football game

2015 Birmingham Bowl

| Auburn Tigers | Memphis Tigers

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(6−6) | (9−3)
SEC | The American
31 | 10
Head coach:
Gus Malzahn | Head coach:
Darrell Dickey (interim)
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Auburn | 10| 0| 7| 14 | 31
Memphis | 0| 10| 0| 0 | 10
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)
|  Birmingham Bowl

< 2015 (Jan) | 2016 >

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

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The two Tigers teams were selected from the American Athletic Conference and the SEC conference.

### Auburn Tigers

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See also: 2015 Auburn Tigers football team

### Memphis Tigers

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See also: 2015 Memphis Tigers football team

## Game summary

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | AU  | MEM
1  | 8:35  | 12  | 72  | 6:25  | AU  | 20-yard field goal by Daniel Carlson | 3  | 0
1  | 1:58  | 10  | 70  | 4:24  | AU  | Kerryon Johnson 8-yard touchdown run, Daniel Carlson kick good  | 10  | 0
2  | 10:03  | 7  | 30  | 2:56  | MEM  | 53-yard field goal by Jake Elliott | 10  | 3
2  | 3:06  | –  | –  | –  | MEM  | Interception returned 56 yards for touchdown by Reggis Ball, Jake Elliott kick good  | 10  | 10
3  | 3:12  | 8  | 44  | 3:35  | AU  | Jason Smith 11-yard touchdown reception from Jeremy Johnson, Daniel Carlson kick good  | 17  | 10
4  | 14:57  | 9  | 76  | 2:36  | AU  | Jeremy Johnson 5-yard touchdown run, Daniel Carlson kick good  | 24  | 10
4  | 12:57  | 2  | 6  | 0:57  | AU  | Jovon Robinson 4-yard touchdown run, Daniel Carlson kick good  | 31  | 10
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 31  | 10

Source:[2]

### Statistics

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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

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* Ticket pricing is $50 for East and West reserved sideline seating and $30 for general admission corner seats.

## References

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1. ^ "College football odds: Bowl game point spreads". Archived from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
2. ^ a b c d "2015 Birmingham Bowl: Auburn vs. Memphis Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 30, 2015.

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Formerly known as the PapaJohns.com / BBVA Compass Bowl

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* 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.

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* 1937 Bacardi Bowl
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* 2015 Birmingham Bowl
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Memphis Tigers bowl games

* 1971 Pasadena Bowl
* 2003 New Orleans Bowl
* 2004 GMAC Bowl
* 2005 Motor City Bowl
* 2007 New Orleans Bowl
* 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl
* 2014 Miami Beach Bowl
* 2015 Birmingham Bowl
* 2016 Boca Raton Bowl
* 2017 Liberty Bowl
* 2018 Birmingham Bowl
* 2019 Cotton Bowl Classic
* 2020 Montgomery Bowl
* 2022 First Responder Bowl
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