| Game Name: | Birmingham Bowl |
| Subheader: | 11th Birmingham Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 29 |
| Year Game Played: | 2016 |
| Football Season: | 2016 |
| Stadium: | Legion Field |
| City: | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Visitor School: | University of South Florida |
| Visitor Name Short: | South Florida |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bulls |
| Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | The American |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 25 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 22 |
| Visitor Coach: | T. J. Weist (interim) |
| Visitor 1Q: | 15 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Visitor Ot: | 7 |
| Home School: | University of South Carolina |
| Home Name Short: | South Carolina |
| Home Nickname: | Gamecocks |
| Home Record: | 6–6 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home Coach: | Will Muschamp |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 10 |
| Home 4Q: | 15 |
| Odds: | South Florida by 10.5[1] |
| Mvp: | Quinton Flowers |
| Referee: | David Alvarez (Mountain West) |
| Attendance: | 31,229[2] |
| Payout: | 1,100,000 (SEC) $900,000(AAC)[3] |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Different Previous: | 2015 (Dec) |
| Different Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 Birmingham Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2016 at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. The eleventh annual Birmingham Bowl featured the South Florida Bulls from the American Athletic Conference against the South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season.
See also: 2016 South Florida Bulls football team and 2016 American Athletic Conference football season.