2021 Birmingham Bowl

2021 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
2021 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl
15th Birmingham Bowl
Houston Cougars	Auburn Tigers
(11–2)	(6–6)
The American	SEC
Head coach: ; Dana Holgorsen	Head coach: ; Bryan Harsin
Date	December 28, 2021
Season	2021
Stadium	Protective Stadium
Location	Birmingham, Alabama
Favorite	Auburn by 3
Referee	Mike Mothershed (Pac-12)[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Wes Durham (play-by-play), Eric MacLain (analyst), and Taylor Davis (sideline)

The 2021 Birmingham Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 28, 2021, with kickoff scheduled for 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. local CST) on ESPN.[2] It will be the 15th edition of the Birmingham Bowl (after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and will be one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season. Sponsored by the TicketSmarter ticket sales company, the game will be officially known as the TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl.

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl features teams from the American Athletic Conference (AAC or "The American") and the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

This will be the seventh meeting between Auburn and Houston; the Tigers lead the all-time series, 5–1.[3]

Auburn Tigers

Houston Cougars

Game summary

2021 TicketSmarter Birmingham Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Houston	-	-	-	-	0
Auburn	-	-	-	-	0

at Protective Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama

Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. CST)
TV announcers (ESPN): Wes Durham (play-by-play), Eric MacLain (analyst), and Taylor Davis (sideline)

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics

Statistics	HOU	AUB
First downs
Plays–yards	–	–
Rushes–yards	–	–
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	––	––
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Houston	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Auburn	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

"2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
"2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
"Winsipedia - Auburn vs. Houston". Winsipedia.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

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[1] "2021-22 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 6, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.

[2] "2021 College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

[3] "Winsipedia - Auburn vs. Houston". Winsipedia.com. Retrieved 2021-12-05.

2021–22 NCAA football bowl game season
Bahamas (Dec. 17) Cure (Dec. 17) Boca Raton (Dec. 18) Celebration (Dec. 18) New Mexico (Dec. 18) Independence (Dec. 18) LendingTree (Dec. 18) LA (Dec. 18) New Orleans (Dec. 18) Myrtle Beach (Dec. 20) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 21) Frisco (Dec. 21) Armed Forces (Dec. 22) Gasparilla (Dec. 23) Frisco Classic (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Camellia (Dec. 25) Quick Lane (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 27) Birmingham (Dec. 28) First Responder (Dec. 28) Liberty (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Guaranteed Rate (Dec. 28) Fenway (Dec. 29) Pinstripe (Dec. 29) Cheez-It (Dec. 29) Alamo (Dec. 29) Duke's Mayo (Dec. 30) Music City (Dec. 30) Peach (Dec. 30) Las Vegas (Dec. 30) Gator (Dec. 31) Sun (Dec. 31) Arizona (Dec. 31) Outback (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Citrus (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Texas (Jan. 4)
College Football Playoff games: Cotton (Dec. 31) Orange (Dec. 31) National Championship Game (Jan. 10)
All-Star Games Hula Bowl (Jan. 15) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 29) East–West Shrine Bowl (Feb. 3) Senior Bowl (Feb. 5) HBCU Legacy Bowl (Feb. 19)

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Notes	Birmingham previously hosted the All-American Bowl. There was a Birmingham Bowl in January and December of 2015, and none in 2009 or 2019. The game in January 2021 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.