PapaJohns.com Bowl Brief Overview

The Papajohns.com Bowl is a NCAA-certified post-season college football bowl game approved. This bowl was called the Birmingham Bowl, until it found its sponsor Papa John's Pizza. Another sponsors are ESPN Regional Television and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The first game was held in April 2006. The Papajohns.com Bowl is held at Legion Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama.

The game fields a team from the Conference USA and a team from the Big East or the Mid-American Conference. The Big East and the Mid-American Conference participate in the Papajohns.com Bowl every other year, while the Conference USA will provide a participant for at least four following years (the Conference made an agreement about this). This year the bowl will host a player from the the MAC. In case there is no team eligible to be picked up, they will choose a team from the Big East or an at-large team.

Last year the game took place on December, 23. It fielded the South Florida Bulls from the Big East Conference and the East Carolina Pirates from the Conference USA. The latter won by the points of 24 to 7. The first scores were gained during the first ninety seconds from the beginning of the matchup by Benjamin Williams. He also became the Most Valuable Player of the game.

Next Papajohns.com Bowl will be held on December, 22. They players haven’t been announced yet. So make sure to get your Papajohns.com Bowl tickets in advance to able to enjoy this stunning game.