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2024 Frisco Bowl

The 2024 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 17, 2024, at Toyota Stadium located in Frisco, Texas. The seventh annual Frisco Bowl featured West Virginia and Memphis. The game began at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[3][4] The Frisco Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by coffeehouse chain Scooter's Coffee and was officially known as the 2024 Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl.

2024 Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl
7th Frisco Bowl
Memphis Tigers West Virginia Mountaineers
(10–2) (6–6)
The American Big 12
42 37
Head coach: 
Ryan Silverfield		 Head coach: 
Chad Scott
(interim)
APCoachesCFP
252325
1234 Total
Memphis 72177 42
West Virginia 017614 37
DateDecember 17, 2024
Season2024
StadiumToyota Stadium
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPOff.: Seth Henigan (QB, Memphis)[1]
Def.: Chandler Martin (LB, Memphis)
FavoriteWest Virginia by 3.5
RefereeJeremy Parker (Sun Belt)[2]
Attendance12,022
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline)
Frisco Bowl
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Teams

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The game featured the Memphis Tigers from the American Athletic Conference ("The American") and the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference.[5] This was the first matchup between these two teams.[6]

West Virginia Mountaineers

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Main article: 2024 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

West Virginia finished their regular season with an overall 6–6 record (5–4 in conference). The Mountaineers faced and lost to three ranked Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams: Penn State, Iowa State, and Kansas State. West Virginia's interim head coach for the bowl game was offensive coordinator Chad Scott, as Neal Brown was dismissed following the team's final regular-season game, a 52–15 loss to Texas Tech.

Memphis Tigers

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Main article: 2024 Memphis Tigers football team

Memphis finished their regular season with an overall 10–2 record (6–2 in conference). Their only losses were to Navy and UTSA. The Tigers faced and defeated one ranked opponent, Tulane, in their final regular-season game. Memphis entered the Frisco Bowl ranked 25th in both the AP poll and in the final College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings.

Game summary

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2024 Frisco Bowl
Quarter 1 2 34Total
No. 25 Memphis 7 21 7742
West Virginia 0 17 61437

at Toyota Stadium • Frisco, Texas

  • Date: Tuesday, December 17, 2024
  • Game time: 8:13 p.m. CST / 9:13 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 69 °F (21 °C) • Wind: 9 mph (14 km/h) southeast
  • Game attendance: 12,022
  • Referee: Jeremy Parker
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline)
  • Box score
Game information
First Quarter
  • (5:06) MEM – Mario Anderson Jr. 4 yard pass from Seth Henigan, Tristian Vandenburg kick (Drive: 5 plays, 45 yards, 2:50; Memphis 7–0)
Second Quarter
  • (14:56) MEM – Tristian Vandenburg 34 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 25 yards, 2:48; Memphis 10–0)
  • (10:46) MEM – Greg Desrosiers Jr. 46 yard run, Tristian Vandenburg kick (Drive: 1 play, 46 yards, 0:10; Memphis 17–0)
  • (7:28) WVU – Hudson Clement 33 yard pass from Garrett Greene, Michael Hayes II kick (Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:18; Memphis 17–7)
  • (2:30) MEM – Tristian Vandenburg 42 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 51 yards, 4:58; Memphis 20–7)
  • (1:44) WVU – Garrett Greene 56 yard run, Michael Hayes II kick (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 0:46; Memphis 20–14)
  • (0:55) MEM – Demeer Blankumsee 18 yard pass from Seth Henigan, Demeer Blankumsee pass from Seth Henigan for 2-pt conversion (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 0:47; Memphis 28–14)
  • (0:00) WVU – Michael Hayes II 46 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 0:55; Memphis 28–17)
Third Quarter
  • (11:10) MEM – Mario Anderson Jr. 3 yard run, Tristian Vandenburg kick (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:50; Memphis 35–17)
  • (7:15) WVU – Hudson Clement 10 yard pass from Garrett Greene, 2-pt conversion failed (Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 3:55; Memphis 35–23)
Fourth Quarter
  • (12:02) WVU – CJ Donaldson Jr. 1 yard run, Michael Hayes II kick (Drive: 16 plays, 90 yards, 7:51; Memphis 35–30)
  • (10:49) MEM – Brandon Thomas 1 yard run, Tristian Vandenburg kick (Drive: 2 plays, 90 yards, 1:05; Memphis 42–30)
  • (4:17) WVU – CJ Donaldson Jr. 1 yard run, Michael Hayes II kick (Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 6:32; Memphis 42–37)

Statistics

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Statistics MEM WVU
First downs 18 25
Plays–yards 56–474 76–534
Rushes–yards 30–180 36–206
Passing yards 294 328
Passing: comp–att–int 18–26–0 29–40–1
Time of possession 26:20 33:40
Team Category Player Statistics
Memphis Passing Seth Henigan 18/26, 294 yards, 2 TD
Rushing Mario Anderson 17 carries, 70 yards, TD
Receiving DeMeer Blankumsee 4 receptions, 120 yards, TD
West Virginia Passing Garrett Greene 29/40, 328 yards, 2 TD, INT
Rushing Garrett Greene 7 carries, 95 yards, TD
Receiving Hudson Clement 11 receptions, 166 yards, 2 TD

References

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  1. ^ @TheJonahDylan (December 18, 2024). "Frisco Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved December 18, 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  3. ^ Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  4. ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Memphis To Face West Virginia In Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl". theamerican.org. December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  6. ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Memphis Tigers football series history". winsipedia.com. December 4, 2024. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
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