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Birmingham Bowl Winners

Dec. 29, 2025 — Georgia Southern 29, Appalachian State 10

Dec. 27, 2024 — Vanderbilt 35, Georgia Tech 27

Dec. 23, 2023 — Duke 17, Troy 10

Dec. 27, 2022 — East Carolina 53, Coastal Carolina 29

Dec. 28, 2021 — No. 21 Houston 17, Auburn 13

Jan. 1, 2021 — Canceled

Jan. 2, 2020 — No. 23 Cincinnati 38, Boston College 6

Dec. 22, 2018 — Wake Forest 37, Memphis 34

Dec. 23, 2017 — No. 23 South Florida 38, Texas Tech 34

Dec. 29, 2016 — No. 25 South Florida 46, South Carolina 39, OT

Dec. 30, 2015 — Auburn 31, Memphis 10

Jan. 3, 2015 — Florida 28, East Carolina 20

Jan. 4, 2014 — Vanderbilt 41, Houston 24

Jan. 5, 2013 — Ole Miss 38, Pittsburgh 17

Jan. 7, 2012 — SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6

Jan. 8, 2011 — Pittsburgh 27, Kentucky 10

Jan. 2, 2010 — Connecticut 20, South Carolina 7

Dec. 29, 2008 — Rutgers 29, NC State 23

Dec. 22, 2007 — No. 20 Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21

Dec. 23, 2006 — South Florida 24, East Carolina 7

The Cactus Bowl is back, returning to Arizona State’s campus in December

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Cactus Bowl is back and it's returning to Arizona State's campus. Fiesta Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Cactus bowls, announced the return on Wednesday, ending a nine-year run at Chase Field, home of baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks. The game will be played Dec. 26 at Arizona State's Mountain America Stadium. The bowl moved to Chase Field while Arizona State's stadium underwent renovations and had numerous title sponsors, most recently being known as the Rate Bowl from 2024-25.
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