| 2015 Birmingham Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th Birmingham Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 3, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Florida RB Adam Lane[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Florida by 7[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Dan Romeo (Mtn. West)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,083[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,100,000 (Florida) 900,000 (East Carolina) | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Neal, Andre Ware, & Laura Rutledge (ESPN) Clay Matvick, Greg McElroy, & Cara Capuano (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 3, 2015 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The ninth annual Birmingham Bowl saw the Florida Gators of the Southeastern Conference defeat the East Carolina Pirates of the American Athletic Conference by a score of 28–20.[4] The game started at 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that concluded the 2014 FBS football season.