| 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10th GameAbove Sports Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Junior Vandeross III (WR, Toledo)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Pittsburgh by 6.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Hudson (CUSA)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 26,219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Matt Schumacker (play-by-play), Dustin Fox (analyst), and Harry Lyles Jr. (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2024, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The 10th annual GameAbove Sports Bowl game (though only the first under the name; prior editions were known as the Quick Lane Bowl) featured Pittsburgh and Toledo. The game began at approximately 2:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.[3][4] The game was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season.
The game took six overtime periods to decide, setting the record for the most overtime periods in a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) bowl game, a record that had previously been set just two days prior when the 2024 Hawaii Bowl took five overtimes to decide.[5] Lasting for four hours and thirty-nine minutes, it is the longest bowl game this season.
- ^ @GameAboveBowl (December 26, 2024). "Your 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl MVP: Junior Vandeross III
Vandeross finished with 194 yards on 12 receptions and 1 touchdown!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 26, 2024 – via Twitter. - ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ "Toledo Downs Pitt 48-46 in Six Overtimes in GameAbove Sports Bowl". Sports Illustrated. December 26, 2024. Retrieved December 26, 2024.