2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
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| 2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 28th Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Albertsons Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boise, Idaho | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Josh Holst (QB, Northern Illinois)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Northern Illinois by 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Marshall Lewis (Sun Belt)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,359 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lowell Galindo (play-by-play), Fozzy Whittaker (analyst), and Tori Petry (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Brazil: Ari Aguiar (play-by-play) and Weinny Eirado (analyst) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2024, at Albertsons Stadium located in Boise, Idaho. The 28th annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl game featured Northern Illinois and Fresno State. The game began at approximately 12:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN.[3][4] The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission.
Northern Illinois Huskies
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured Northern Illinois from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Fresno State from the Mountain West Conference. This was the second meeting of these teams in a Famous Idaho Potato Bowl; the teams met in the 2010 Humanitarian Bowl when the bowl was known by that name—Northern Illinois won, 40–17.[5]
Northern Illinois ended their regular season with a 7–5 record (4–4 in conference) after winning three of their final four games. The Huskies faced one ranked team during the season, defeating Notre Dame, 16–14, on September 7.
Fresno State Bulldogs
Fresno State posted a 6–6 record (4–3 in conference), losing three of their final four games. The Bulldogs faced two ranked teams in FBS, losing to Michigan, 30–10, on August 31, and losing to UNLV, 59–14, on September 28. The 2024 Michigan Football Team was no longer ranked by the end of the season but did beat The Ohio State at the shoe 13–10, on November 30. The Bulldogs were led by Tim Skipper, who was named interim head coach in mid-July following the departure of Jeff Tedford due to health concerns.[6] Fresno State entered the matchup having won their five most recent bowl game appearances.