The 2021 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2021, with kickoff at 12:00 p.m. EST (11:00 a.m. local CST) and televised on ESPN.
[3] It was the 15th edition of the Birmingham Bowl (after the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic), and was one of the 2021–22 bowl games concluding the 2021 FBS football season.
This was the first edition of the bowl played at Protective Stadium.
This was the seventh meeting between Auburn and Houston; previous to the game, the Tigers led the all-time series, 5–1.
[4] at Protective Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.