2024 Birmingham Bowl Betting Odds, Predictions, Preview

2024 Birmingham Bowl Betting Odds, Predictions, Preview

Recap all the 2024 Birmingham Bowl Betting Odds, Picks, Predictions and History below and be sure to check back for the 2025 installment.

Birmingham Bowl Betting Odds

GTECH @ VAND Odds

  • Opening point spread: Georgia Tech -2.5
  • Opening moneyline: Georgia Tech -130/Vanderbilt +110
  • Opening total: Over/Under 54.5 points scored
  • Time: 3:30 p.m. ET, Friday, Dec. 27 (ESPN)

Birmingham Bowl Betting Resources

  • Date: Friday, December 27, 2024
  • TV-Time: ESPN, 3:30 p.m. ET
  • Venue: Protective Stadium
  • Location: Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham Bowl History

Birmingham Bowl Logo

The Birmingham Bowl debuted in 2006, and the matchup has conference tie-ins with the AAC, SEC, C-USA, and MAC. The game takes place at Legion Field from Birmingham, Alabama. This game was previously called the PapaJohns.com Bowl and the BBVA Compass Bowl prior to dropping its sponsors in 2015. 

Favorites have won three of the last four matchups in the Birmingham Bowl. The 2019 edition watched Cincinnati dominate Boston College in wire-to-wire fashion for a 38-6 victory and that was the second Birmingham bowl victory for the Bearcats.

The 2020 installment of the Birmingham Bowl was wiped out by, what else, COVID-19. The game returned on Dec. 28, 2021, and the Houston Cougars of the AAC were tasked with taking on the Auburn Tigers of the SEC, and a mostly Tigers crowd. Houston erased a three-point deficit with a late touchdown to win it 17-13.

Duke became the first underdog since 2018 to win the Birmingham Bowl outright after knocking off Troy, 17-10 in 2023.

Favorites are now 7-3 ATS across the past 10 versions of this game. The 'under' is also 6-1-1 across the past eight installments.

Birmingham Bowl Betting Results

YearMatchupLine, TotalATS Result
2023Duke 17 Troy 10Troy -6.5, 43.5Underdog, Under
2022East Carolina 53 Coastal Carolina 29ECU -7, 67Favorite, Over
2021Houston 17 Auburn 13 Houston -1, 49Favorite, Under
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2019Cincinnati 38 Boston College 6 Cincinnati -7.5, 53.5Favorite, Under
2018Wake Forest 37 Memphis 34 Memphis -2.5, 71Underdog, Push
2017USF 38 Texas Tech 34USF -2, 66Favorite, Over
2016USF 46 South Carolina 39USF -10.5, 58.5Underdog, Under
2015Auburn 31 Memphis 10Auburn -3, 64.5Favorite, Under
2014Florida 28 East Carolina 20Florida -6.5, 54Favorite, Under
2013Vanderbilt 41 Houston 24Vanderbilt -1.5, 53Favorite, Over
2012Mississippi 38 Pittsburgh 17Mississippi -4.5, 54Favorite, Over
2011SMU 28 Pittsburgh 6Pittsburgh -4, 48Underdog, Under
2010Pittsburgh 27 Kentucky 10Pittsburgh -4, 52.5Favorite, Under
2009Connecticut 20 South Carolina 7South Carolina -4, 50.5Underdog, Under
2008Rutgers 29 N.C. State 23Rutgers -6, 57.5Push, Under
2007Cincinnati 31 Southern Miss 21Cincinnati -11, 55Underdog, Under
2006USF 24 East Carolina 7USF -5.5, 42.5Favorite, Under

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