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June 19, 2014 NINTH ANNUAL SET FOR JANUARY 3, 2015

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The ninth annual Birmingham Bowl will be played Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, at Historic in Birmingham, Ala., ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, announced today.

The game will feature a team from the against a team from the American Athletic Conference and will be televised nationally at 1 p.m. (ET)/Noon (CT) on ESPN or ESPN2.

“We are excited to be hosting our game on the final Saturday prior to the inaugural Playoff Championship,” said Mark Meadows, Executive Director of the Birmingham Bowl. “This has been our traditional spot for the past five years and playing the game on a Saturday allows visiting fans the opportunity to travel to Birmingham for the weekend festivities and gives local fans the opportunity to participate in all of the bowl week activities leading up to the game.”

In last year’s game, Vanderbilt defeated Houston, 41-24, in front of more than 42,000 fans, the second highest attendance in the bowl’s history ranking just behind the 2013 Bowl when a record 55,099 fans witnessed Ole Miss defeat Pittsburgh 38-17.

Since the game’s inception in 2006, visitors in town for the Bowl and associated game-week activities have generated over $97 million in economic impact for the Birmingham community, according to figures provided by the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Tickets will go on sale to the public on Monday, Sept. 1, 2014. Ticket pricing will be $50 for East and West reserved sideline seating and $30 for general admission corner seats. For information on corporate packages and branding opportunities, contact David Krakower, ESPN Manager of Sales, David.L.Krakower@.com or call (205) 733-3776, ext.103.

For up-to-the-minute information, be sure to like the Bowl on Facebook.com/birminghambowl and follow on Twitter @birmingham_bowl.

ESPN Events ESPN Events, a subsidiary of ESPN, owns and operates a large portfolio of collegiate sporting events worldwide. The roster includes two Labor Day weekend college football games; 11 college bowl games and eight events, which accounts for approximately 200 hours of programming, reaches almost 64 million viewers and attracts over a half a million attendees each year. With satellite offices in Boise, Birmingham, Dallas-Fort Worth, Albuquerque, St. Petersburg and Las Vegas, ESPN Events builds relationships with conferences, schools and local communities, as well as providing unique experiences for teams and fans.

ESPN Events also manages the Big 12 Corporate Partner Program.

Collegiate Football AdvoCare V100 (Houston); AdvoCare (Houston); Birmingham Bowl (); (Florida); Famous Potato Bowl (Boise); Gildan (Albuquerque); Hawai’i Bowl (Honolulu); Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas-Fort Worth); Lockheed Martin (Dallas-Fort Worth); MEAC/SWAC Challenge presented by Disney (Orlando, Fla.); Raycom Media Camellia Bowl (Montgomery, Ala.); Royal Purple (Nevada); St. Petersburg Bowl (Florida) and The Home Depot College Football Awards (Orlando, Fla.)

Collegiate Basketball Armed Forces Classic (U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, PR); Gildan (South Carolina); Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic (Honolulu); (Orange County, Calif.); Jimmy V Men’s & Women’s Basketball Classics (New York City & South Bend, Ind.); Orlando Classic ( World Resort near Orlando, Fla.); Puerto Rico Tip-Off (San Juan, PR) and State Farm Champions Classic (Indianapolis)

For more information, visit www.espnevents.com or follow on Twitter and Facebook.

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ESPN Media Contact: Rachel Margolis Siegal at 860-766-2798, or [email protected] Local Media Contact: Heather VacLav at 205-991-9644, or [email protected]