2015 Birmingham Bowl (January)

August 2023 Birmingham Bowl 9th Birmingham Bowl January 3 2015 2014 Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama East Carolina University East Carolina Pirates 8–4 The American Ruffin McNeill 7 0 10 3 University of Florida Florida Gators 6–5 SEC D. J. Durkin (interim) 7 14 7 0 Florida by 7College Football Lines, NCAA College Football Lines At Bovada Online Sportsbook Bovada http://sports.bovada.lv/sports-betting/college-football-lines.jsp https://web.archive.org/web/20141202095115/http://sports.bovada.lv/sports-betting/college-football-lines.jsp December 2, 2014 usurped Florida RB Adam LaneRobbie Andreu, " UF notebook: Lane MVP outing https://web.archive.org/web/20150209053627/http://www.gatorsports.com/article/20150103/ARTICLES/150109908 2015-02-09 ," The Gainesville Sun (January 3, 2015). Retrieved February 8, 2015. Dan Romeo (Mtn. West) 30,0832015 Birmingham Bowl Official Game Stats Stat Broadcast http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=68899&a=1 1,100,000 (Florida)900,000 (East Carolina) ESPN/ESPN Radio Dave Neal, Andre Ware, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN)Clay Matvick, Greg McElroy, & Cara Capuano (ESPN Radio) 2014 2015 (Dec) The 2015 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 3, 2015 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The ninth annual Birmingham Bowl saw the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference defeat the East Carolina Pirates of the American Athletic Conference by a score of 28–20.Birmingham Bowl pits Florida against East Carolina The game started at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season. Teams This was the second overall meeting between these two teams. The last time these two teams met was in 1983, a game Florida won by a score of 24–17. The teams would meet again on September 12, 2015 at Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, a game Florida won 31-24. East Carolina Pirates 2014 East Carolina Pirates football team After finishing their regular season with an 8–4 record, the Pirates accepted their invitation to play in the game.http://www.ecupirates.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120714aaa.html East Carolina To Play Florida In The Birmingham Bowl East Carolina Pirates ECUPirates.com December 7, 2014 December 8, 2014 January 2, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150102211743/http://www.ecupirates.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120714aaa.html dead This was East Carolina's second Birmingham Bowl. They previously played in the 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl (the inaugural version of that game), losing to the South Florida Bulls by a score of 24–7. Florida Gators 2014 Florida Gators football team After finishing their regular season with a 6–5 record, the Gators accepted their invitation to play in the game.http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=29343 Gators to Face East Carolina in 2015 Birmingham Bowl; Ticket Info Available Florida Gators GatorZone.com December 7, 2014 December 8, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141214133403/http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=29343 December 14, 2014 dead Florida was led by interim head coach D. J. Durkin. Durkin was the Gators defensive coordinator until former head coach Will Muschamp was released at the conclusion of the 2014 regular season. Muschamp's replacement is former Colorado State head coach Jim McElwain. This was Florida's first Birmingham Bowl. Game summary Scoring summary ECU UF 1 7:06 ECU 12 78 3:50 RecTD Justin Hardy Shane Carden 3 good Warren Harvey 7 0 1 3:09 UF – – – IntTD Brian Poole 29 good Austin Hardin 7 7 2 14:56 UF 4 68 0:54 RushTD Adam Lane 2 good Austin Hardin 7 14 2 6:23 UF 13 80 6:23 RecTD Brandon Powell Treon Harris 13 good Austin Hardin 7 21 3 12:51 ECU 4 70 0:42 RecTD Cam Worthy Shane Carden 4 good Warren Harvey 14 21 3 11:20 UF 3 91 1:31 RecTD Ahmad Fulwood Treon Harris 86 good Austin Hardin 14 28 3 6:10 ECU 7 44 1:26 FG 24 good Warren Harvey 17 28 4 11:55 ECU 10 54 2:59 FG 24 good Warren Harvey 20 28 20 28 Source: Statistics Statistics ECU UF First downs 32 14 Plays–yards 536 345 Rushes–yards 33–109 42–174 Passing yards 427 171 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 34–68–2 13–28–1 Time of possession 32:23 27:37 References 2 Birmingham Bowl Category:Birmingham Bowl Category:East Carolina Pirates football bowl games Category:Florida Gators football bowl games Category:January 2015 sports events in the United States Birmingham Bowl