The 2021 Birmingham Bowl was a college football

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played on December 28, 2021, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. local CST) and televised on

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. It was the 15th 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 ( ...

(after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the

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), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by the TicketSmarter ticket sales company, the game was officially known as the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl. This was the first edition of the bowl played at

Protective Stadium Protective Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Its naming rights are provided by the Protective Life company, which will pay $1 million ...

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl features teams from the

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(AAC or "The American") and the

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(SEC). This was the seventh meeting between Auburn and Houston; previous to the game, the Tigers led the all-time series, 5–1.

Auburn Tigers

Houston Cougars

Game summary

Statistics

Team statistics

Individual statistics

Notes

References

Externals links

Game statistics
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