2024 Celebration Bowl
| 2024 Cricket Celebration Bowl | |||||||
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| 9th Celebration Bowl | |||||||
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| Date | December 14, 2024 | ||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||
The 2024 Celebration Bowl is a college football bowl game scheduled to played on December 14, 2024, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The ninth annual Celebration Bowl will feature South Carolina State, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The game is scheduled to began at 12:00 p.m. EST and will air on ABC.[1] Sponsored by Cricket Wireless, the game is officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl.
The SWAC and MEAC are the two NCAA Division I conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Celebration Bowl thus serves as a de facto black college football national championship.
The Celebration Bowl is the only one of the 2024–25 bowl games involving teams from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The NCAA will have a 24-team bracket tournament to determine a champion for the 2024 FCS football season.
Teams
[edit]South Carolina State
[edit]South Carolina State secured their Celebration Bowl berth with a win over Morgan State on November 16, clinching the MEAC title for the Bulldogs.[2] South Carolina State suffered two losses in their first three regular-season games, falling to Florida A&M and Georgia Southern. The Bulldogs then won their next seven games, improving to 8–2 overall (4–0 in conference) at the time they secured their bowl berth.
References
[edit]- ^ "MEAC Announces 2024 Football Schedule on ESPN Platforms". thecelebrationbowl.com (Press release). June 18, 2024. Retrieved October 18, 2024.
- ^ Gaither, Steven J. (November 17, 2024). "HBCU power revived: SC State clinches MEAC title, Celebration Bowl". Miami Herald. Retrieved November 17, 2024.