The city known as the " Football Capital of the South " returned to the post-season for the first time since 1990 and the defunct All-American Bowl when Birmingham , Alabama 's Legion Field hosted the inaugural Papajohns.com Bowl , the first of three games that were scheduled Saturday , December 23 . Conference USA 's East Carolina University , coached by Skip Holtz , the son of Lou Holtz , fell to the Big East 's University of South Florida by the score of 24 – 7 , in the Bulls ' second post-season game in as many years , having been shut out 14 – 0 , the last year in the Meineke Car Care Bowl by North Carolina State . Both teams earned a $ 300,000 paycheck for their conferences by playing this contest . Game MVP Benjamin Williams scored the game 's historic first points as well as the Bulls ' first points as a member of the Bowl Subdivision with a touchdown , one of two he scored , ninety seconds into the game . The game evened the BCS AQ/non-AQ tally at one game apiece
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