2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl

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East Carolina Pirates	South Florida Bulls
(7–5)	(8–4)
7	24
Head coach: Skip Holtz	Head coach: Jim Leavitt

	1	2	3	4	Total
East Carolina	7	0	0	0	7
South Florida	14	10	0	0	24

Date

December 23, 2006

Season

2006

Stadium

Legion Field

Location

Birmingham, Alabama

MVP

Benjamin Williams (USF)

Attendance

32,023^[1]

Payout

US$300,000 per team^[2]

United States TV coverage

Network

ESPN2

Announcers

Gary Thorne (play-by-play); Andre Ware (analysis); Todd Harris (sidelines)

The 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl was the inaugural postseason college football match of the game, between the East Carolina Pirates and the South Florida Bulls at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. East Carolina University represented Conference USA and the University of South Florida represented the Big East Conference. The game resulted in a 24–7 South Florida victory.

In the inaugural game, South Florida's Benjamin Williams scored the game's first points just over ninety seconds into the game as one of his two touchdowns on the day, and earned the game's MVP honors. Notably, South Florida had previously been a member of C-USA. Moreover, East Carolina's then head coach Skip Holtz, would later become USF head coach Jim Leavitt's successor following the 2009 season.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	ECU	USF
1	13:53		16	0:08	USF	Benjamin Williams 16-yard touchdown run, Delbert Alvarado kick good	0	7
1	08:43		56	3:51	USF	Benjamin Williams 1-yard touchdown run, Delbert Alvarado kick good	0	14
1	05:04		79	3:31	ECU	Bobby Good 48-yard touchdown reception from James Pinkney, Ben Hartman kick good	7	14
2	12:51		48	2:50	USF	Amarri Jackson 37-yard touchdown reception from Matt Grothe, Delbert Alvarado kick good	7	21
2	06:31		25	3:22	USF	38-yard field goal by Delbert Alvarado	7	24
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							7	24

References

↑ Solomon, Jon (2006-12-24). "Cheers for Papajohns.com Bowl". The Birmingham News. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
↑ NCAA Football

2006–07 NCAA football bowl game season

Poinsettia (Dec. 19) Las Vegas (Dec. 21) New Orleans (Dec. 22) PapaJohns.com (Dec. 23) New Mexico (Dec. 23) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Hawai'i (Dec. 24) Motor City (Dec. 26) Emerald (Dec. 27) Holiday (Dec. 28) Independence (Dec. 28) Texas (Dec. 28) Music City (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Liberty (Dec. 29) Insight (Dec. 29) Champs Sports (Dec. 29) Meineke Car Care (Dec. 30) Alamo (Dec. 30) Chick-fil-A (Dec. 30) MPC Computers (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 1) Capital One (Jan. 1) International (Jan. 6) GMAC (Jan. 7)

Bowl Championship Series games: Rose (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 2) Sugar (Jan. 3) BCS National Championship (Jan. 8)

All-Star Games: North-South All-Star Classic (Jan. 13) Hula Bowl (Jan. 14) East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27) Texas vs. The Nation Game (Feb. 2)

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Legion Field (2006–present) Birmingham previously served by: All-American Bowl Broadcasters

East Carolina Pirates bowl games

South Florida Bulls bowl games

2005 Meineke Car Care Bowl 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl 2007 Sun Bowl 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl 2010 International Bowl 2010 Meineke Car Care Bowl 2015 Miami Beach Bowl 2016 Birmingham Bowl

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