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The 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl was the inaugural postseason college football match of the game, between the South Florida Bulls and the East Carolina Pirates at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The University of South Florida represented the Big East Conference and East Carolina University represented Conference USA. The game resulted in a 24–7 South Florida victory.
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| Date | December 23, 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Benjamin Williams (USF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Rick Doan (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||
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.
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