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The 2018 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018.[3] It was the 13th edition of the Birmingham Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Jared brand of Sterling Jewelers, the game was officially named the Jared Birmingham Bowl.[4]
2018 Jared Birmingham Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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13th Birmingham Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 22, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Jamie Newman (QB, Wake Forest) | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Memphis by 4.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Rodney Burnette (Conference USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 25,717 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$1,650,000 [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Dave Neal, D.J. Shockley and Dawn Davenport | ||||||||||||||||||
The bowl was slated to invite teams from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). However, with four SEC teams selected for New Year's Six games, the Birmingham Bowl matchup announced on December 2 featured Wake Forest from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), rather than an SEC team, to face Memphis from The American.[4] The two programs previously met four times, each team winning twice, between 1964 and 1967.[5]
Memphis was defeated in the 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game played on December 1; they received and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Bowl on December 2.[4] The Tigers entered the bowl with a 8–5 record (5–3 in conference).
Wake Forest received and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Bowl on December 2.[4] The Demon Deacons entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–5 in conference).
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Tigers | 14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 34 |
Demon Deacons | 7 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
Statistics | MEM | WF |
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First downs | 22 | 26 |
Plays–yards | 82–378 | 90–529 |
Rushes–yards | 53–207 | 50–201 |
Passing yards | 171 | 328 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 15–29–1 | 22–40–1 |
Time of possession | 30:38 | 29:22 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Memphis | Passing | Brady White | 15/27, 171 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Patrick Taylor | 30 car, 110 yds, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Damonte Coxie | 6 rec, 70 yds | |
Wake Forest | Passing | Jamie Newman | 22/40, 328 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Jamie Newman | 23 car, 91 yds, 3 TD | |
Receiving | Alex Bachman | 7 rec, 171 yds |
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