2024 Holiday Bowl
postseason college football bowl game
The 2024 Holiday Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2024, at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California. The 45th annual Holiday Bowl game featured the Syracuse Orange from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Washington State Cougars from the Pac-12 Conference. The game began at approximately 5:00 p.m. PST and aired on Fox. It was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. This was the first edition of the bowl contested at Snapdragon Stadium. Sponsored by multichannel video programming distributor DirecTV, the game was officially known as the DirecTV Holiday Bowl.
Teams
The bowl featured the Syracuse Orange of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference. This was the second meeting between these teams; the first came in 1979, when the Orange defeated the Cougars, 52–25.
Washington State Cougars
Washington State recorded a 8–4 record during the regular season (0–1 in the Pac-12), finishing second of the two teams that competed in the conference during 2024.
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