Papajohns.com Bowl at Birmingham AL December 23 1 pm ESPN2

South Florida 24 V S East Carolina 7

South Florida (8-4)

Coach: Jim Leavitt Record at USF: 69-43 (10 years) Bowl appearances: 1 Bowl record: 0-1 Last bowl: 2005 Meineke Car Care North Carolina State 14, South Florida 0 2006 Big East finish: 4-3, t-4th

v s

East Carolina (7-5)

Coach: Skip Holtz Record at ECU: 12-11 (2 years) Bowl appearances: 7 Bowl record: 4-3 Last bowl: 2001 GMAC Marshall 64, East Carolina 61 2006 CUSA East finish: 5-3, 2nd

South Florida's only previous bowl appearance was a shutout loss last year in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. But a team that had ended the regular season with an upset win over West Virginia might have topped that one for the Bulls' biggest victory...more

Scoring Summary  FIRST QUARTER  SF TD 13:53 Benjamin Williams 16 yard run (Bulls 6, Pirates 0)    SF PAT 13:53 Delbert Alvarado kick (Bulls 7, Pirates 0)    SF TD 8:43 Benjamin Williams 1 yard run (Bulls 13, Pirates 0)    SF PAT 8:43 Delbert Alvarado kick (Bulls 14, Pirates 0)    ECU TD 5:04 Bobby Good 48 yard pass from James Pinkney (Bulls 14, Pirates 6)    ECU PAT 5:04 Ben Hartman kick (Bulls 14, Pirates 7)    SECOND QUARTER  SF TD 12:51 Amarri Jackson 37 yard pass from Matt Grothe (Bulls 20, Pirates 7)    SF PAT 12:51 Delbert Alvarado kick (Bulls 21, Pirates 7)    SF FG 6:31 Delbert Alvarado 38 yard (Bulls 24, Pirates 7)      Statistics  South Florida Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Pat Julmiste 6/8 49 21 0 0   Matt Grothe 6/10 81 37 1 0   Team 12/18 130 37 1 0    East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Robert Kass 10/19 138 29 0 0   James Pinkney 8/25 125 48 1 0   Team 18/44 263 48 1 0  South Florida Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Ricky Ponton 4 12 3.0 0 6   Pat Julmiste 12 53 4.4 0 21   Matt Grothe 7 15 2.1 0 9   Amarri Jackson 2 11 5.5 0 8   Taurus Johnson 1 -2 -2.0 0 0   Benjamin Williams 17 67 3.9 2 20   Team 43 156 3.6 2 21    East Carolina Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Bobby Good 1 11 11.0 0 11   Aundrae Allison 1 -5 -5.0 0 0   Robert Kass 3 -13 -4.3 0 7   James Pinkney 9 -9 -1.0 0 12   Dominique Lindsay 12 85 7.1 0 29   Brandon Fractious 6 -15 -2.5 0 1   Team 32 54 1.7 0 29  South Florida Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Ricky Ponton 1 2 2.0 0 2   Will Bleakley 1 13 13.0 0 13   S.J. Green 1 15 15.0 0 15   Cedric Hill 2 22 11.0 0 19   Amp Hill 1 6 6.0 0 6   Ean Randolph 2 27 13.5 0 21   Amarri Jackson 1 37 37.0 1 37   Taurus Johnson 2 5 2.5 0 7   Benjamin Williams 1 3 3.0 0 3   Team 12 130 10.8 1 37    East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Bobby Good 5 116 23.2 1 48   Chris Johnson 1 8 8.0 0 8   Steven Rogers 1 17 17.0 0 17   Jamar Bryant 3 26 8.7 0 16   Aundrae Allison 3 24 8.0 0 15   Kevin Roach 3 45 15.0 0 21   Brandon Fractious 1 26 26.0 0 26   Kort Shankweiler 1 1 1.0 0 1   Team 18 263 14.6 1 48  Team Stat Comparison   SF ECU  Passing attempts - completions 18-12 44-18    Gross passing yards 130 263    Rushing attempts - yards 43-156 32-54    First downs 12 22    Punts - average 6-36.8 6-42.0    Return yards 47 43    Fumbles - lost 1-1 3-2    Penalties - yards 6-60 3-25    Time of possession 30:48 29:12