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 &ndash; 7 South Florida victory
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2006 PapaJohns.com Bowl