Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
The 2024 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2024, at the Caesars Superdome located in New Orleans, Louisiana . The 24th annual New Orleans Bowl featured Georgia Southern and Sam Houston . The game began at approximately 6:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN2 . The New Orleans Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season . Sponsored by freight shipping company R+L Carriers , the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl .
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured the Sam Houston Bearkats from Conference USA and the Georgia Southern Eagles from the Sun Belt Conference .
This was the first time that the Eagles and Bearkats ever played each other.
Sam Houston Bearkats
Main article: 2024 Sam Houston Bearkats football team
Sam Houston compiled an overall record of 9–3 during the regular season (6–2 in conference). Their losses were to UCF , Western Kentucky , and Jacksonville State . The Bearkats did not face any ranked opponents. Brad Cornelsen was named interim head coach for the New Orleans Bowl, after K. C. Keeler departed in early December for Temple . This was Sam Houston's first bowl game as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision . Their most recent prior bowl win, which occurred when they competed in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), was in the 1956 Refrigerator Bowl .
Georgia Southern Eagles
Main article: 2024 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
Georgia Southern finished their season with an 8–4 record (6–2 in conference). Their four losses were to Boise State , Ole Miss , Old Dominion , and Troy . Ole Miss was the only ranked team the Eagles faced. This was Georgia Southern's third consecutive season with a bowl appearance; they previously appeared in one New Orleans Bowl, winning the 2020 edition .
Game summary
2024 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl
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at Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana
Date : Thursday, December 19, 2024Game time : 6:03 p.m. CST Game weather : Indoor • Temperature : 64 °F (18 °C)Game attendance : 13,151Referee : David SeigleTV announcers (ESPN2 ) : Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Orlando Franklin (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline)Box score Statistics
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Sam Houston
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See also
References
@SportsofSHSU (December 19, 2024). "Jaylon Jimmerson is the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl MVP" (Tweet ). Retrieved December 19, 2024 – via Twitter .
Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . Retrieved December 18, 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 - Georgia Southern Eagles vs. Sam Houston Bearkats" . Winsipedia . Retrieved 2024-12-08.Russo, Ralph D. (2024-12-01). "Temple football hires Sam Houston's K.C. Keeler as next head coach" . The Athletic ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-12-01.
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