2024 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game
2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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6th SBC Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 7, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Cajun Field | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Lafayette, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | QB Braylon Braxton (Marshall) | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Louisiana by 6[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Trennis Livingston[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 20,067 | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN Gridiron Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | ESPN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline reporter) Gridiron Radio: Noah Britt (play-by-play), Jon Reynolds (analyst), and Faxon Childress (sideline reporter) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall xy$ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
James Madison | 4 | – | 4 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Old Dominion | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana xy | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Miss | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship: Marshall 31, Louisiana 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 7, 2024 at Cajun Field on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana to determine the champion of the Sun Belt Conference for the 2024 season. It will be the sixth edition of the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game. The game was played at 6:30 p.m. CST (7:30 p.m. EST) on ESPN. The game featured the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the West Division champions, and the Marshall Thundering Herd, the East Division champions. Sponsored by Hercules Tires, the game was officially named as the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship.[3]
Teams
[edit]This will be the third all-time meeting between Louisiana and Marshall; Louisiana won their only prior meetings.[4]
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
[edit]Louisiana enters the championship game as West Division champions, having compiled a 10–2 record, 7–1 record in Sun Belt play. Louisiana clinched a spot in the championship game following its victory against ULM on November 30.[5] This will mark Louisiana's fourth appearance in the championship game, their first since 2021.
Marshall Thundering Herd
[edit]Marshall enters the championship game as East Division champions, having compiled a 9–3 record, 7–1 record in Sun Belt play. Marshall clinched a spot in the championship game following its victory against James Madison on November 30.[6] This will mark Marshall's first appearance in the championship game since joining the conference ahead of the 2022 season.
Game summary
[edit]Marshall Thundering Herd (9–3, 7–1) vs. Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (10-2, 7–1)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Marshall | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Louisiana | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
at Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA
- Date: Saturday, December 7, 2024
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Temperature: 45 °F (7 °C) • Wind: W at 2 mph (3.2 km/h) • Weather: Mostly cloudy
- Game attendance: 20,067
- Referee: Trennis Livingston
- TV announcers (ESPN): ESPN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline reporter)
Gridiron Radio: Noah Britt (play-by-play), Jon Reynolds (analyst), and Faxon Childress (sideline reporter)
Game information |
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Statistics | MU | ULL |
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First downs | 25 | 11 |
Plays–yards | 70–410 | 60–255 |
Rushes–yards | 44–217 | 28–56 |
Passing yards | 193 | 199 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 18–26–0 | 13–32–1 |
Time of possession | 33:56 | 26:04 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Marshall | Passing | Braylon Braxton | 18/26, 193 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Jordan Houston | 17 carries, 117 yards, TD | |
Receiving | Tychaun Chapman | 8 receptions, 86 yards, TD | |
Louisiana | Passing | Chandler Fields | 4/8, 104 yards |
Rushing | Zylan Perry | 6 carries, 25 yards | |
Receiving | Lance LeGendre | 4 receptions, 81 yards |
References
[edit]- ^ Ianniello, Mike (December 7, 2024). "Marshall vs Louisiana Predictions, Picks, Odds for the 2024 Sun Belt Championship Game". actionnetwork.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ Austro, Ben (December 6, 2024). "Officiating crews for the 2024 college football conference championship games". FootballZebras.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
- ^ "Louisiana to Host 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship". sunbeltsports.org. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "Winsipedia - Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns vs. Marshall Thundering Herd". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "Big Second Half Propels Louisiana To 37-23 Win Over ULM". ragincajuns.com. November 30, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "Marshall Football Tops JMU in Double-OT For SBC East Title". herdzone.com. November 30, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.