2014 Miami Beach Bowl

The 2014 Miami Beach Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 22, 2014, at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida. The first edition of the Miami Beach Bowl, it featured the American Athletic Conference co-champion Memphis Tigers against the BYU Cougars. It began at 2:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2014–15 bowl games that comprised the conclusion of the 2014 FBS football season.

2014 Miami Beach Bowl
1st Miami Beach Bowl
1234OT2OT Total
BYU 141401730 48
Memphis 17714737 55
DateDecember 22, 2014
Season2014
StadiumMarlins Park
LocationMiami, Florida
MVPMemphis QB Paxton Lynch
FavoriteMemphis by 1.5
RefereeWayne Winkler (C-USA)
Attendance20,761
PayoutUS$650,000 per team
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Flemming, Danny Kanell, & Allison Williams (ESPN)

Memphis defeated BYU in double overtime by the score of 55–48. Afterwards, the two teams engaged in a bench-clearing brawl.

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