The 2018 Birmingham Bowl was a
college football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...
bowl game played on December 22, 2018. It was the 13th edition of the
Birmingham Bowl
The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game played annually in Birmingham, Alabama. First held in 2006, the game is owned and operated by ESPN Events. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UA ...
, and one of the
2018–19 bowl games concluding the
2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Jared brand of
Sterling Jewelers
Sterling Jewelers, Inc. is an American specialty jewelry company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. The company was founded in 1910 by Henry Shaw (the father of Jerry Shaw, the chairman emeritus of Sterling today), from LeRoy's Jewelers in Lorain, O ...
, the game was officially named the Jared Birmingham Bowl.
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Teams
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
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
(ACC), rather than an SEC team, to face Memphis from The American.
Memphis Tigers
Memphis was defeated in the 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game
The 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was an NCAA Division I college football conference championship game for the American Athletic Conference (AAC) played on December 1, 2018. It was the 4th American Athletic Conferenc ...
played on December 1; they received and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Bowl on December 2.[ The Tigers entered the bowl with a 8–5 record (5–3 in conference).
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Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Wake Forest received and accepted a bid to the Birmingham Bowl on December 2.[ The Demon Deacons entered the bowl with a 6–6 record (3–5 in conference).
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Game summary
Scoring summary
Statistics
References
External links
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Box score
at ESPN
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Birmingham Bowl
The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game played annually in Birmingham, Alabama. First held in 2006, the game is owned and operated by ESPN Events. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UA ...
Birmingham Bowl
Birmingham Bowl
The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game played annually in Birmingham, Alabama. First held in 2006, the game is owned and operated by ESPN Events. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UA ...
Birmingham Bowl
The Birmingham Bowl is a post-season NCAA-sanctioned Division I FBS college football bowl game played annually in Birmingham, Alabama. First held in 2006, the game is owned and operated by ESPN Events. The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UA ...
Memphis Tigers football bowl games
Wake Forest Demon Deacons football bowl games