The Birmingham Bowl is an annual postseason college football bowl game that has been played since 2006. Formerly called the Papa John's Pizza Bowl and PapaJohns.com Bowl, the name was changed in 2010 after Papa's Johns declined to renew its sponsorship.http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2010/08/hot_corner_birmingham_bowl_nee.html The game is played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

The game features the fifth- or sixth-place team in the Big East Conference against the eighth- or ninth-place team in the Southeastern Conference.http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions Prior to the 2008 game, the bowl included one team from the Conference USA against one team from the Big East.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=374

The 2010 Birmingham Bowl is scheduled for Saturday, January 9, 2011, at noon EST. The game will air on ESPN.http://www.birminghambowl.com/quick-facts.php

Originally played with one team from the Big East and one from the Conference USA, the first bowl in the series was played on December 23, 2006. The South Florida Bulls defeated the East Carolina Pirates 24-7. Continuing with the Big East versus Conference USA format in 2007, the Cincinnati Bearcats defeated the Southern Miss Eagles 31-21.http://www.birminghambowl.com/past-results.php

In 2008, the bowl game welcomed the NC State Wolfpack from the Atlantic Coast Conference who fell to the Big East representative Rutgers with a score of 29-23. The game moved to January in the 2009 season, being played on January 2, 2010. The match-up was the South Carolina Gamecocks from the SEC against the UConn Huskies in the Big East with the Huskies earning the 20-7 win.http://www.birminghambowl.com/past-results.php