2015 Birmingham Bowl (December)

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.

2015 Birmingham Bowl
Auburn Tigers Memphis Tigers (6−6) (9−3) SEC The American 31 10 Head coach:  Gus Malzahn Head coach:  Darrell Dickey (interim)
1 2 3 4 Total 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)
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Teams

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

Auburn Tigers

See also: 2015 Auburn Tigers football team

Memphis Tigers

See also: 2015 Memphis Tigers football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score 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

Statistics[2]	AUB	MEM
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.