2022 Birmingham Bowl

2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
16th Birmingham Bowl
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers East Carolina Pirates
(9–3) (7–5)
Sun Belt The American
29 53
Head coach: 
Chad Staggs
(interim)		 Head coach: 
Mike Houston
1234 Total
Coastal Carolina 01478 29
East Carolina 10141415 53
DateDecember 27, 2022
Season2022
StadiumProtective Stadium
LocationBirmingham, Alabama
MVPHolton Ahlers (QB, East Carolina)[1]
FavoriteEast Carolina by 7
RefereeTuta Salaam (Big 12)[2]
Attendance15,901
PayoutUS$1,374,545[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersTiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Jalyn Johnson (sideline)
International TV coverage
NetworkESPN Deportes
Birmingham Bowl
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The 2022 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2022, at Protective Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. The 16th annual Birmingham Bowl, the game featured Coastal Carolina of the Sun Belt Conference and East Carolina of the American Athletic Conference. The game began at 5:50 p.m. CST[4] and was aired on ESPN.[5] It was one of the 2022–23 bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. Sponsored by ticket sales company TicketSmarter, the game was officially known as the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl.

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  2. ^ Austro, Ben (December 4, 2022). "2022–23 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Bowl Schedule". College Football Poll. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
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  5. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.