2013 BBVA Compass Bowl , the seventh edition of the game , was a post-season American college football bowl game , held on January 5 , 2013 at Legion Field in Birmingham , Alabama as part of the 2012 – 13 NCAA Bowl season . The game , which was telecasted at 12:00 p.m. CT on ESPN , featured the University of Pittsburgh Panthers of the Big East Conference versus the University of Mississippi Rebels of the Southeastern Conference . This was Pittsburgh 's third consecutive appearance in the game , as well as its final game as a member of the Big East before they join the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013 . The announced attendance for the game was a BBVA Compass Bowl record 59,135 , eclipsing the previous attendance record of 42,610 in the 2010 edition . The University of Mississippi defeated the University of Pittsburgh 38 – 17
Big East Conference
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
2013 BBVA Compass Bowl