2024 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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11th Salute to Veterans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 14, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Cramton Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Montgomery, Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Jeremiah Webb (WR, South Alabama) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | South Alabama by 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Cal McNeill (Mountain West) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 12,021 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Wes Durham (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst), and Dana Boyle (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Salute to Veterans Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 14, 2024, at the Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama. It was the 11th edition of the Salute to Veterans Bowl, formerly known as the Camellia Bowl. [3] The bowl featured South Alabama and Western Michigan. The game began at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST and was aired on ESPN, [4] [5] as the first of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. [a] Sponsored by information technology company Integrated Solutions for Systems (IS4S), it was officially known as the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl. [6]
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and the Sun Belt Conference with a matchup of Western Michigan of the MAC and South Alabama of the Sun Belt. [7] This was the first-ever meeting of the Jaguars and Broncos. [8]
Western Michigan entered the bowl with a 6–6 overall record, 5–3 in conference play. The Broncos faced one ranked team during the season, losing to Ohio State, 56–0. [9]
South Alabama also entered the bowl with a 6–6 overall record, 5–3 in conference play. The Jaguars faced one ranked team during the season, losing to LSU, 42–10. [10]
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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South Alabama | 0 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
Western Michigan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
at Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama
Game information |
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Statistics | USA | WMU |
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First downs | 25 | 22 |
Plays–yards | 62–537 | 61–317 |
Rushes–yards | 38–266 | 34–121 |
Passing yards | 271 | 196 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 15–24–1 | 17–27–1 |
Time of possession | 28.54 | 31.06 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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South Alabama | Passing | Bishop Davenport | 15/24, 271 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Kentrel Bullock | 17 carries, 130 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Jeremiah Webb | 6 receptions, 182 yards, 2 TD | |
Western Michigan | Passing | Hayden Wolff | 17/27, 196 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Jaden Nixon | 11 carries, 45 yards | |
Receiving | Kenneth Womack | 5 receptions, 89 yards |
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