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.

Teams

This was the first time that Coastal Carolina and East Carolina faced each other.[6]

Coastal Carolina

Main article: 2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Coastal Carolina compiled a 9–2 regular season record, 6–2 in conference play. They had a non-conference game against Virginia canceled. The Chanticleers qualified for the Sun Belt Conference Championship Game, which they lost to Troy, thus entered the bowl with a 9–3 overall record. Coastal Carolina did not face any ranked opponents during the season.

East Carolina

Main article: 2022 East Carolina Pirates football team

East Carolina played to a 7–5 regular-season record, 4–4 in conference play. They faced one ranked opponent during the season, losing to NC State in their first game. The Pirates played in, and lost, the January 2015 edition of the Birmingham Bowl. They also played in, and lost, the December 2006 edition of the game, when it was known as the PapaJohns.com Bowl. They played in the 2022 Birmingham Bowl and defeated Coastal Carolina University, securing their first bowl victory since 2013.

Officials

The officials for the game were from the Big 12 Conference and were:

Referee: Tutashinda Salaam

Umpire: Sheldon Davis

Head Line Judge: Bradford Edwards

Line Judge: David Young

Field Judge: Ed Vinzant

Side Judge: Rick Ockey

Back Judge: Joel Wetzel

Center Judge: Darren Winkley

Alternate: Marvel July

Replay Official: Dee Anderson

Communicator: Terry Porter[7]

Game summary

2022 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
Period 1 2 34Total
Coastal Carolina 0 14 7829
East Carolina 10 14 141553

at Protective Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama

  • Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2022
  • Game time: 5:45 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: not reported • Wind: 8 mph (13 km/h) southwest
  • Game attendance: 15,901
  • Referee: Tuta Salaam
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Jalyn Johnson (sideline)
  • Box score
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP Coastal Carolina East Carolina
1 10:52 10 70 4:08 East Carolina 28-yard field goal by Andrew Conrad 0 3
1 3:47 5 77 2:22 East Carolina Isaiah Winstead 15-yard touchdown reception from Holton Ahlers, Andrew Conrad kick good 0 10
2 14:38 9 60 4:09 Coastal Carolina Reese White 1-yard touchdown run, Kade Hensley kick good 7 10
2 8:52 7 68 2:46 Coastal Carolina Grayson McCall 9-yard touchdown run, Kade Hensley kick good 14 10
2 6:37 6 53 2:15 East Carolina Isaiah Winstead 11-yard touchdown reception from Holton Ahlers, Andrew Conrad kick good 14 17
2 1:44 8 64 3:17 East Carolina Keaton Mitchell 1-yard touchdown run, Andrew Conrad kick good 14 24
3 11:13 6 27 3:07 East Carolina Jaylen Johnson 2-yard touchdown reception from Holton Ahlers, Andrew Conrad kick good 14 31
3 9:46 3 79 1:27 Coastal Carolina Tyler Roberts 47-yard touchdown reception from Jarrett Guest, Kade Hensley kick good 21 31
3 2:36 7 61 2:51 East Carolina Holton Ahlers 1-yard touchdown run, Andrew Conrad kick good 21 38
4 13:45 6 43 2:23 East Carolina C.J. Johnson 15-yard touchdown reception from Holton Ahlers, Andrew Conrad kick good 21 45
4 6:07 4 12 1:06 Coastal Carolina CJ Beasley 2-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good (Bryce Archie) 29 45
4 2:14 6 47 3:53 East Carolina Shane Calhoun 15-yard touchdown reception from Holton Ahlers, 2-point pass good (Ahlers to Mitchell) 29 53
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 29 53

Statistics

References

  1. ^ @943TheGame (December 28, 2022). "#BREAKINGNEWS: ECU QB Holton Ahlers finishes his career claiming the #BirminghamBowl MVP award" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2022 – via Twitter.
  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.
  4. ^ a b c d "2022 Birmingham Bowl Final Stats" (PDF). Statbroadcast. December 28, 2022. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Winsipedia - Coastal Carolina vs. East Carolina". Winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "2022-23 bowl officiating assignments | Football Zebras". December 5, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
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