2013 BBVA Compass Bowl

2013 BBVA Compass Bowl
Pittsburgh Panthers Ole Miss Rebels
(6–6) (6–6)
Big East SEC
17 38
Head coach: 
Paul Chryst		 Head coach: 
Hugh Freeze
1234 Total
Pittsburgh 01007 17
Ole Miss 141077 38
DateJanuary 5, 2013
Season2012
StadiumLegion Field
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
FavoriteOle Miss by 3½[1]
RefereeReggie Smith (Big 12)
Attendance59,135 (BBVA Compass Bowl Record)
PayoutUS$1 million (SEC); $900,000 (Big East)[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersEamon McAnaney (play-by-play), David Diaz-Infante (analyst) and Paul Carcaterra (sideline reporter)
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The 2013 BBVA Compass Bowl, the seventh edition of the game, was a post-season American college football bowl game, held on January 5, 2013, at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama as part of the 2012–13 NCAA Bowl season. The game, which was telecasted at 12:00 p.m. CT on ESPN, featured the University of Pittsburgh Panthers of the Big East Conference versus the University of Mississippi Rebels of the Southeastern Conference. This was Pittsburgh's third consecutive appearance in the game, as well as its final game as a member of the Big East before they join the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013.[3] The announced attendance for the game was a BBVA Compass Bowl record 59,135, eclipsing the previous attendance record of 42,610 in the 2010 edition.[4] The University of Mississippi defeated the University of Pittsburgh 38–17.

  1. ^ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2013
  2. ^ Solomon, Jon (November 5, 2010). "ESPN develops new financial model for BBVA Compass Bowl". The Birmingham News. Retrieved December 15, 2011.
  3. ^ Werner, Sam (December 3, 2012). "Pitt football heads to Alabama for third BBVA Compass Bowl in a row". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "Pittsburgh vs. Ole Miss - Game Recap - January 5, 2013 - ESPN".