Postseason college football bowl game
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The 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 31, 2024, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida . The 39th annual ReliaQuest Bowl (previously played as the Outback Bowl from 1996 to 2022) will feature the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference , and the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference ; a rematch of the previous season’s Rose Bowl (CFP Semifinal) . The game is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST and will air on ESPN . It is one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season .
Teams
The game will feature the (7–5) Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference , versus the (9–3) Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The bowl game is a rematch of the previous season’s Rose Bowl (CFP semifinal) , where the Michigan Wolverines won 27–20 in overtime. In the CFP National Championship , Michigan defeated Alabama’s head coach, Kalen DeBoer , at his previous post with the Washington Huskies . Both DeBoer and Michigan’s Sherrone Moore are in their first season as head coach with each program.
Michigan Wolverines
Main article: 2024 Michigan Wolverines football team
On December 3, Kirk Campbell was fired by Michigan as offensive coordinator, and tight ends coach Steve Casula replaced him as the interim offensive coordinator for the ReliaQuest Bowl. The following week, junior All-Americans Mason Graham , Will Johnson and Colston Loveland each declared for the 2025 NFL draft , opting to sit out the bowl game as projected early first round picks. They were joined by senior running back and captain, Donovan Edwards .
Alabama Crimson Tide
Main article: 2024 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The Crimson Tide were the first team left out in the inaugural 12 team 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP), despite being the No. 11 ranked team in the country. Alabama was not selected into the playoff as both the automatic qualifying Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Big 12 Conference champions were ranked lower, pushing Alabama to No. 13 in the seeding. Senior first-team All-SEC defensive back Malachi Moore will not play in the bowl game with an injury.
Game summary
2024 ReliaQuest Bowl
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No. 11 Alabama
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at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
Statistics
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See also
References
Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . Retrieved December 11, 2024.
Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels" . CBS Sports . Retrieved 30 June 2024.
Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved 30 June 2024.
"Michigan football to play Alabama in ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa on New Year's Eve" . Detroit Free Press "Michigan defeats Alabama in Rose Bowl OT thriller to advance to national championship" . Los Angeles Times "Washington 'didn't execute' in CFP championship game loss" . ESPN "Michigan set to face No. 11 Alabama in Reliaquest Bowl on New Year's Eve" . WXYZ Detroit ."Michigan football fires offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell" . CBS News ."Michigan All-American DT Mason Graham to sit out bowl game, declares for NFL Draft" . Detroit Free Press ."Michigan All-American DB Will Johnson opts out to enter NFL Draft as projected top 5 pick" . Detroit Free Press ."Michigan football TE Colston Loveland declares for NFL draft as projected first-round pick" . Detroit Free Press ."Michigan football captain Donovan Edwards opts out of ReliaQuest Bowl vs Alabama" . Detroit Free Press ."Alabama First Team Out of College Football Playoff Field" . Sports Illustrated "Alabama starter to reportedly miss ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Michigan due to injury" . Yahoo Sports .
ReliaQuest Bowl Formerly known as the Hall of Fame / Outback Bowl History & conference tie-ins
Games
Notes
The bowl was not played during calendar year 1987.
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