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Birmingham Bowl Preview: Houston Battles Auburn in Search of 12th Win

Official Site of the AAC | December 27, 2021

Related Topics: Houston, Auburn, Southeastern Conference, Auburn Tigers football, Birmingham, Legion Field, Dana Holgorsen, Vanderbilt Commodores football, Papa Johns, Super Bowl

TICKETSMARTER BIRMINGHAM BOWL
HOUSTON vs. AUBURN
Tuesday, Dec. 28
Noon ET
Protective Stadium | (41,811/Artificial Turf)
Birmingham, Alabama

Television
ESPN
Wes Durham, Eric MacLain and Taylor Davis

Houston Radio
KPRC-AM 950 (flagship)
SiriusXM 202
THE GAME
The Birmingham Bowl generally pairs an American Athletic Conference team against an opponent from the Southeastern Conference … The game was first played in 2006 as the PapaJohns.com Bowl and was the BBVA Compass Bowl for four seasons … Current members of the American Athletic Conference have made 11 appearances in the Birmingham Bowl … The American representative has gone 3-4 in the Birmingham Bowl since the league’s formation in the 2013 season … The game will be played at the new Protective Stadium for the first time in 2021 after being played at historic Legion Field since 2006 … Houston is 0-1 all-time in the Birmingham Bowl as the Cougars fell 41-24 to Vanderbilt in a wild matchup to close the 2013 season … That game saw Houston erase a 24-0 deficit to take a 24-24 tie into the fourth quarter before the Commodores closed with 21 straight points to win it … Houston and Auburn have met six times previously, but have not been on opposing sidelines since 1973 … The schools met in the 1969 Bluebonnet Bowl, when Houston topped the No.










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