2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl

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Name=2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl
Date=December 23, 2006
Year=2006
Visitor School=East Carolina University
Visitor Name Short=East Carolina
Visitor Nickname=Pirates
Visitor Record=
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Visitor Coaches=
Visitor BCS=
Visitor Coach=Skip Holtz
Visitor1=7
Visitor2=0
Visitor3=0
Visitor4=0
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Home School=University of South Florida
Home Name Short=South Florida
Home Nickname=Bulls
Home Record=
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Home Coaches=
Home BCS=
Home Coach=Jim Leavitt
Home1=14
Home2=10
Home3=
Home4=
Home Total=24
Type=bg
Stadium=Legion Field
City=Birmingham, Alabama


MVP=South Florida Benjamin Williams
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Attendance=32,023 [cite news | title = Cheers for Papajohns.com Bowl | last = Solomon | first = Jon | publisher = The Birmingham News | url = http://www.al.com/sports/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/1166955956184540.xml&coll=2 | date = 2006-12-24 | accessdate = 2006-12-25]
US Network=ESPN2
US Announcers=The 2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl was a postseason college football match 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.

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External links

* [http://www.papajohnsbowl.com/ Official Papa John's Bowl Website]