| 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tropicana Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | St. Petersburg, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | E. Carolina by 14[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Rick Loumiet (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 20,053[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | TV: Beth Mowins (play by play), Joey Galloway (analyst), Paul Carcaterra (sideline) Radio: Eamon McAnaney (play-by-play), Anthony Becht (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline).[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 23, 2013, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. Sponsored by the Beef 'O' Brady's restaurant franchise, it was the sixth edition of the game formerly known as the St. Petersburg Bowl. It featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference against the East Carolina Pirates of Conference USA. [4] It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. The game began at 2:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.[5] East Carolina defeated Ohio, 37–20, by scoring 20 points in the fourth quarter.[6]