| 2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 10th Cure Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Camping World Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Parker Navarro (QB, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Edwin Lee (AAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,518 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Brian Custer (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 20, 2024, at Camping World Stadium located in Orlando, Florida. The tenth annual Cure Bowl, the game featured Ohio and Jacksonville State. The game began at approximately 12:00 noon. EST and aired on ESPN. The Cure Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The bowl was sponsored by the health care employment website StaffDNA and officially known as the StaffDNA Cure Bowl.
Teams
Based on conference tie-ins, the game was expected to feature teams from the Group of Five conferences. The teams were announced on December 7 as Ohio from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Jacksonville State from Conference USA (C-USA), both teams having won their respective conference title games. This was the first time that the Bobcats and Gamecocks ever played each other.
Ohio Bobcats
Main article: 2024 Ohio Bobcats football teamOhio entered the bowl with a 10–3 overall record (7–1 in conference). The Bobcats had three regular-season losses, to Syracuse, Kentucky, and Miami (OH). The team qualified for the MAC Championship Game, a rematch with Miami (OH), which the Bobcats won, 38–3. Ohio did not face any ranked teams during the season. This was the Bobcat's third consecutive season appearing in a bowl game. Ohio's new head coach for the bowl game was Brian Smith—he was named interim head coach after Tim Albin resigned to take another coaching position, then was subsequently named as the program's next head coach.
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Main article: 2024 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football teamJacksonville State entered the bowl with a 9–4 overall record (7–1 in conference). They began their regular season with three losses—to Coastal Carolina, Louisville, and Eastern Michigan—then won eight games in a row before ending their regular season with a loss to Western Kentucky. The Gamecocks then had a rematch with Western Kentucky in the Conference USA Championship Game, which Jacksonville State won, 52–12. Louisville was the only ranked team that the Gamecocks faced. This was Jacksonville State's second consecutive season appearing in a bowl game. The Gamecocks' interim head coach was Rod Smith, as Rich Rodriguez resigned to take another coaching position.
Game summary
2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Ohio | 14 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 30 |
| Jacksonville State | 7 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida
- Date: Friday, December 20, 2024
- Game time: 12:05 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 67 °F (19 °C) • Wind: 7 mph (11 km/h) north
- Game attendance: 10,518
- Referee: Edwin Lee
- TV announcers (ESPN): Brian Custer (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline)
- Pregame line: Ohio -5.5; O/U 56.5 • Ohio notes,Jacksonville State notes, Box score
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Statistics
| Statistics | OHIO | JSU |
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| First downs | 27 | 16 |
| Plays–yards | 73–487 | 66–363 |
| Rushes–yards | 45–227 | 33– -1 |
| Passing yards | 260 | 349 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 19–29–1 | 20–32–1 |
| Time of possession | 37:20 | 22:40 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Ohio | Passing | Parker Navarro | 19/29, 255 Yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Parker Navarro | 14 carries, 110 Yards, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Coleman Owen | 11 receptions, 141 Yards | |
| Jacksonville State | Passing | Tyler Huff | 20/32 349 Yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Tre Stewart | 15 carries, 27 Yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Cam Vaughn | 9 receptions, 169 Yards, TD |
See also
- 2024 Pop-Tarts Bowl, contested at the same venue eight days later
- 2024 Citrus Bowl (December), contested at the same venue 11 days later
References
- Keegan III, Robert (December 20, 2024). "Football: Ohio secures record 11th win with 30-27 Cure Bowl victory". The Post. Athens County, Ohio. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
- Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 18, 2024.
- "2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl Scheduled for December 20 on ESPN". curebowl.com. June 6, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
- Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
- "Winsipedia - Ohio Bobcats vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks". Winsipedia. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- "Brian Smith Named Ohio Interim Head Coach for StaffDNA Cure Bowl". Ohio Athletics. December 9, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- "Brian Smith Named Ohio Football Head Coach". Ohio University. 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
- Nicole, Ashlee; Daniel, Matt (December 17, 2024). "Jax State, Ohio meet in Cure Bowl with interim head coaches". WBRC. Retrieved December 20, 2024.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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