2018 Birmingham Bowl
| 2018 Jared Birmingham Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 13th Birmingham Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Legion Field | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Birmingham, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jamie Newman (QB, Wake Forest) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Memphis by 4.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Rodney Burnette (Conference USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 25,717 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,650,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Neal, D.J. Shockley and Dawn Davenport | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2018 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2018. It was the 13th edition of the Birmingham Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Jared brand of Sterling Jewelers, the game was officially named the Jared Birmingham Bowl.