Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl Sets 2013 Date

The 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, Dec. 23 at Tropicana Field. 

According to the bowl, the game will air live on ESPN and will feature teams from the American Athletic Conference (formerly the Big East) and Conference USA. 

"I feel the change in date and time work to our advantage from a timing standpoint as school is out and the majority of the workforce in the Tampa Bay area take this time off from work," said Brett Dulaney, Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg Executive Director in a news release. "The date also benefits the competing schools fan-bases as many of the bowl's surrounding festivities will now be held during the weekend."

Last year, the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg Bowl hosted the University of Central Florida and Ball State. The Knights, making their second appearance in the bowl, defeated the Cardinals 38-17.  

The American has increased its membership to ten teams for the 2013 season. New to the conference are UCF, Houston, Memphis and SMU. These schools join returning teams in Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers, Temple and USF.

Conference USA also has lineup changes for the 2013 season. Joining the returning teams of East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB and UTEP are FAU, FIU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas and UTSA.

Tickets for the 2013 Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg will go on sale later this year with prices starting at $35, a news release said. 

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