2024 Pinstripe Bowl
| 2024 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 14th Pinstripe Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Yankee Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Bronx, New York | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Rahmir Johnson (RB, Nebraska)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Nebraska by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Daniel Gautreaux (SEC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 30,062 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC[a] ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline) (ABC) Chris Carlin (play-by-play) and Steve Addazio (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Pinstripe Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2024, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. The 14th annual Pinstripe Bowl game featured Boston College and Nebraska. The game aired at approximately 12:00 noon EST on ABC.[3][4][a] The Pinstripe Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by lawn mower manufacturing company Bad Boy Mowers and was officially known as the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl.
Teams
[edit]Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured Boston College from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and Nebraska from the Big Ten Conference.
Boston College Eagles
[edit]Boston College compiled a regular-season record of 7–5 (4–4 in conference). The Eagles faced three ranked teams, defeating Florida State while losing to Missouri and SMU.
Nebraska Cornhuskers
[edit]Nebraska finished their regular season with a 6–6 record (3–6 in conference). The Cornhuskers won their first three games and were briefly ranked nationally, but fell out of the rankings after losing to Illinois. After winning five of their first six games, Nebraska lost five of their final six games. The Cornhuskers lost to three ranked FBS teams: Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio State.
Game summary
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Boston College | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 15 |
| Nebraska | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
at Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York
- Date: Saturday, December 28, 2024
- Game time: 12:07 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 41 °F (5 °C) • Wind: 2 mph (3.2 km/h) west
- Game attendance: 30,062
- Referee: Daniel Gautreaux
- TV announcers (ABC): Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline)
- Box score
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Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | BC | NEB |
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| First downs | 20 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 88–348 | 64–363 |
| Rushes–yards | 26–47 | 32–127 |
| Passing yards | 301 | 236 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 26–41–0 | 24–32–1 |
| Time of possession | 28:44 | 31:16 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Boston College | Passing | Grayson James | 26/41, 301 yards |
| Rushing | Grayson James | 9 carries, 22 yards | |
| Receiving | Lewis Bond | 7 receptions, 99 yards | |
| Nebraska | Passing | Dylan Raiola | 26/41, 301 yards |
| Rushing | Emmett Johnson | 14 carries, 68 yards | |
| Receiving | Jahmal Banks | 4 receptions, 79 yards |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b ABC station WCVB in Boston instead aired the Pinstripe Bowl locally on its secondary MeTV subchannel due to existing commitments to simulcast NFL Network coverage of the concurrently-occurring New England Patriots home game against the Los Angeles Chargers.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas, Kahlil (December 28, 2024). "Nebraska holds off Boston College to win 2024 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl". MLB.com. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Local Boston College fans have to watch bowl game on… MeTV?!?". Awful Announcing. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com