| 2024 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 48th Independence Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Independence Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Shreveport, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Off.: Bryson Daily (QB, Army)[1] Def.: Calib Fortner (LB, Army)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Army by 14.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jeremy Valentine (MAC)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 34,283 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Lowell Galindo (play-by-play), Fozzy Whittaker (analyst), and Tori Petry (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2024, at Independence Stadium located in Shreveport, Louisiana. The game began at approximately 8:15 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[4][5] The Independence Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by engineering services company Radiance Technologies and was officially known as the 2024 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl.
The 48th annual Independence Bowl game was originally set to feature Marshall and Army. However, Marshall withdrew from the contest after a number of its players entered the NCAA transfer portal.[6] Louisiana Tech was named as Marshall's replacement on December 14.[7] Marshall was subsequently fined $100,000 by their conference, the Sun Belt, for opting out of the bowl.[8]
- ^ @ArmyWP_Football (December 29, 2024). "Your @IndyBowl Offensive MVP is Bryson Daily" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ @ArmyWP_Football (December 29, 2024). "Your @IndyBowl Defensive MVP Kalib Fortner!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 29, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ 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 June 30, 2024.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- ^ Samuels, Doug (December 14, 2024). "Marshall backs out of bowl game due to loss of over 25 players to the portal". Footballscoop. Retrieved December 14, 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
replacementwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Low, Chris (January 17, 2025). "Sun Belt fines Marshall for bowl opt-out due to player exits". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 18, 2025.