2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

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2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
28th Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
DateDecember 23, 2024
Season 2024
Stadium Albertsons Stadium
Location Boise, Idaho
Referee Marshall Lewis (Sun Belt) [1]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Lowell Galindo (play-by-play), Fozzy Whittaker (analyst), and Tori Petry (analyst)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
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The 2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 23, 2024, at Albertsons Stadium located in Boise, Idaho. The 28th annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl game will feature teams from the Mid-American Conference and the Mountain West Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 12:30 p.m. MST and will air on ESPN. [2] [3] The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The title sponsor of the game is the Idaho Potato Commission.

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Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature teams from the Mid-American Conference and the Mountain West Conference.

This will be the two teams second meeting in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, with the previous being the 2010 edition, when the bowl was called the Humantarian Bowl. [4]

Northern Illinois Huskies

Fresno State Bulldogs

Game summary

2024 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Quarter1234Total
Northern Illinois----0
Fresno State----0

at Albertsons StadiumBoise, Idaho

Statistics

StatisticsNIUFSU
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: compattint––––
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Northern IllinoisPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Fresno StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

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