2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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79th Citrus Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 31, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Camping World Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | South Carolina by 10.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | (Big 12) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Network | ABC ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline) (ABC) Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Marilyn Payne (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Citrus Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 31, 2024, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 79th annual Citrus Bowl will feature teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Southeastern Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. EST and will air on ABC. [2] [3] The Citrus Bowl will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The bowl game will be sponsored by Cheez-It, and the game will be officially known as the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature teams from the Big Ten Conference, and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). This will be the first meeting between South Carolina and Illinois.
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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No. 15 South Carolina | - | - | - | - | 0 |
No. 20 Illinois | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida
Statistics | USC | ILL |
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First downs | ||
Plays–yards | – | – |
Rushes–yards | – | – |
Passing yards | ||
Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
Time of possession |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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South Carolina | Passing | ||
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Illinois | Passing | ||
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