2018 Birmingham Bowl

{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Birmingham Bowl

| subheader = 13th Birmingham Bowl

| title_sponsor = Jared

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = December 22

| year_game_played = 2018

| football_season = 2018

| stadium = Legion Field

| city = Birmingham, Alabama

| visitor_school = University of Memphis

| visitor_name_short = Memphis

| visitor_nickname = Tigers

| visitor_record = 8–5

| visitor_conference = The American

| visitor_rank_AP =

| visitor_rank_coaches =

| visitor_rank_CFP =

| visitor_coach = Mike Norvell

| visitor_1q = 14

| visitor_2q = 14

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 6

| home_school = Wake Forest University

| home_name_short = Wake Forest

| home_nickname = Demon Deacons

| home_record = 6–6

| home_conference = ACC

| home_rank_AP =

| home_rank_coaches =

| home_rank_CFP =

| home_coach = Dave Clawson

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 17

| home_3q = 6

| home_4q = 7

| MVP = Jamie Newman (QB, Wake Forest)

| odds = Memphis by 4.5{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/25435852/full-list-spreads-every-2018-19-college-football-bowl-game |title=Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game |last=Fawkes |first=Ben |date=December 3, 2018 |website=ESPN.com |access-date=December 10, 2018}}

| anthem =

| halftime =

| referee = Rodney Burnette (Conference USA)

| attendance = 25,717

| payout = 1,650,000 {{cite web|url=http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl-schedule/2018/|title=2018 Bowl Schedule|author= |website=CFP.com |access-date=December 3, 2018}}

| us_network = ESPN

| us_announcers = Dave Neal, D.J. Shockley and Dawn Davenport

| ratings =

| intl_network =

| intl_announcers =

| different_next = 2020

}}

The 2018 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/cfpbowls2018/2018-19-college-football-playoff-bowl-schedule |title=2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule |date=May 2, 2018 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=July 30, 2018}} It was the 13th edition of the Birmingham Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Jared brand of Sterling Jewelers, the game was officially named the Jared Birmingham Bowl.

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 (ACC), rather than an SEC team, to face Memphis from The American.{{cite press release |url=https://www.birminghambowl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018JaredBirminghamBowlTeamAnnouncement12.2final-1.pdf |title=The University of Memphis and Wake Forest University Selected to Play in the 2018 Jared Birmingham Bowl |website=birminghambowl.com |date=December 2, 2018}} The two programs previously met four times, each team winning twice, between 1964 and 1967.{{cite web |url=http://www.winsipedia.com/games/memphis/vs/wake-forest |title=Memphis Tigers vs. Wake Forest Demon Deacons football series history games list |website=winsipedia.com |access-date=December 22, 2018}}

=Memphis Tigers=

Memphis was defeated in the 2018 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game 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).

=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).

Game summary

=Scoring summary=

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{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=12:28

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=2:32

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Sage Surratt

| QB=Jamie Newman

| yards=9

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=0

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=10:06

| Team=MEM

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=76

| DriveTime=2:22

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Tony Pollard

| yards=41

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Riley Patterson

| Visitor=7

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=3:28

| Team=MEM

| DrivePlays=16

| DriveLength=98

| DriveTime=5:29

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Patrick Taylor Jr.

| QB=Brady White

| yards=1

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=14

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=14:49

| Team=MEM

| Type=IntTD

| Def=Chris Claybrooks

| yards=37

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Riley Patterson

| Visitor=21

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=11:16

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=13

| DriveLength=57

| DriveTime=3:33

| Type=FG

| yards=36

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=21

| Home=10

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=11:04

| Team=MEM

| Type=KickTD

| Runner=Tony Pollard

| yards=97

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=28

| Home=10

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=7:09

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=12

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=3:55

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jamie Newman

| yards=1

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=28

| Home=17

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=5:33

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=3

| DriveLength=56

| DriveTime=0:26

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jamie Newman

| yards=17

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=28

| Home=24

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=7:41

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=5

| DriveLength=48

| DriveTime=1:40

| Type=FG

| yards=49

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=28

| Home=27

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=3:49

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=12

| DriveLength=47

| DriveTime=2:31

| Type=FG

| yards=39

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=28

| Home=30

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=1:15

| Team=MEM

| DrivePlays=14

| DriveLength=88

| DriveTime=4:36

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Patrick Taylor Jr.

| yards=9

| 2pt type=pass

| 2pt result=failed (intercepted)

| Visitor=34

| Home=30

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=0:34

| Team=WF

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=0:41

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jamie Newman

| yards=1

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Nick Sciba

| Visitor=34

| Home=37

}}

=Statistics=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Tigers

|R1=14 |R2=14 |R3=0 |R4=6

|Home=Demon Deacons

|H1=7 |H2=17 |H3=6 |H4=7

}}

class="wikitable" ! Statistics !!style="{{NCAA color cell\|Memphis Tigers}}"\|MEM !!style="{{NCAA color cell\|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}; text-align:center;"\|WF
First downs	22	26
Plays–yards	82–378	90–529
Rushes–yards	53–207	50–201
Passing yards	171	328
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	15–29–1	22–40–1
Time of possession	30:38	29:22

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
class="wikitable"
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Memphis Tigers}}; text-align:center;"\|Memphis	Passing	Brady White	15/27, 171 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Patrick Taylor	30 car, 110 yds, 1 TD
Receiving	Damonte Coxie	6 rec, 70 yds
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}; text-align:center;"\|Wake Forest	Passing	Jamie Newman	22/40, 328 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Jamie Newman	23 car, 91 yds, 3 TD
Receiving	Alex Bachman	7 rec, 171 yds

References

External links

{{official website|https://www.birminghambowl.com/}}
[http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=401032063 Box score] at ESPN

Birmingham Bowl

Category:Birmingham Bowl

Birmingham Bowl

Category:Memphis Tigers football bowl games

Category:Wake Forest Demon Deacons football bowl games