2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl

August 2023 February 2026 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl Papajohnsbowl.png PapaJohns.com Bowl logo 2006 South Florida Bulls University of South Florida East Carolina Pirates East Carolina University 8–4 Big East 7–5 C-USA Jim Leavitt Skip Holtz 14 10 0 0 7 0 0 0 December 23 Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama Benjamin Williams (USF) Rick Doan (Sun Belt) 32,023 Cheers for Papajohns.com Bowl Solomon Jon The Birmingham News http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1166955956184540.xml&coll=2 2006-12-24 2006-12-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070329204822/http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports%2F1166955956184540.xml&coll=2 2007-03-29 dead 300,000 per teamNCAA Football ESPN2 List of announcers of major college bowl games Gary Thorne (play-by-play); Andre Ware (analysis); Todd Harris (sidelines) Yes The 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl was the inaugural postseason college football match of the game, between the South Florida Bulls and the East Carolina Pirates at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The University of South Florida represented the Big East Conference and East Carolina University represented Conference USA. The game resulted in a 24–7 South Florida victory. In the inaugural game, South Florida's Benjamin Williams scored the game's first points just over ninety seconds into the game as one of his two touchdowns on the day, and earned the game's MVP honors. Notably, South Florida had previously been a member of C-USA. Moreover, East Carolina's then head coach Skip Holtz, would later become USF head coach Jim Leavitt's successor following the 2009 season. USF ECU expanded 1 13:53 USF 16 0:08 RushTD Benjamin Williams 16 good Delbert Alvarado 7 0 1 08:43 USF 56 3:51 RushTD Benjamin Williams 1 good Delbert Alvarado 14 0 1 05:04 ECU 79 3:31 RecTD Bobby Good 48 James Pinkney good Ben Hartman 14 7 2 12:51 USF 48 2:50 RecTD Amarri Jackson 37 Matt Grothe good Delbert Alvarado 21 7 2 06:31 USF 25 3:22 FG 38 Delbert Alvarado 24 7 24 7 References PapaJohns.com Bowl Category:Birmingham Bowl Category:South Florida Bulls football bowl games Category:East Carolina Pirates football bowl games Category:December 2006 sports events in the United States PapaJohns.com