2024 68 Ventures Bowl
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| 2024 68 Ventures Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th 68 Ventures Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hancock Whitney Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mobile, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Harold Fannin Jr. (TE, Bowling Green)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Bowling Green by 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Garrett Dickerson (CUSA)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 19,582 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Ashley Stroehlein (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 68 Ventures Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2024, at Hancock Whitney Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The 26th annual 68 Ventures Bowl (though only the second game under that name) featured Arkansas State and Bowling Green. The game begin at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[3][4] The 68 Ventures Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season.
Arkansas State Red Wolves
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Sun Belt Conference. The two teams featured in this matchup have the most (Arkansas State) and second-most (Bowling Green) appearances in this bowl game's history, though they had never appeared together in the bowl (and had only one prior meeting between them, a 1950 win by Bowling Green).
Arkansas State played to a 7–5 record (5–3 in Sun Belt play) during the regular season. The Red Wolves faced two ranked FBS teams, losing to Michigan and Iowa State.
Bowling Green Falcons
Bowling Green compiled a regular-season record of 7–5 (6–2 in MAC play). The Falcons lost to both of the ranked teams they played, Penn State and Texas A&M.