College football game
| 2024 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 22nd Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Blake Horvath (QB, Navy) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oklahoma by 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Mike McCabe (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,754 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 2024 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2024, at Amon G. Carter Stadium located in Fort Worth, Texas. The 22nd annual Armed Forces Bowl featured Oklahoma and Navy. The game began at approximately 11:00 a.m. CST and aired on ESPN. The Armed Forces Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The bowl game was sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin and was known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured Navy from the American Athletic Conference (The American) and Oklahoma from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The teams had met once previously, with Navy winning a regular-season matchup in Oklahoma in 1965.
Oklahoma Sooners
Main article: 2024 Oklahoma Sooners football teamOklahoma compiled a 6–6 overall record (2–6 in SEC play) during the regular season. They began with four wins in their first five games and were ranked as high as 15th. They finished the season with five losses in seven games. The Sooners faced five ranked teams, defeating Alabama while losing to Tennessee, Texas, Ole Miss, and Missouri.
Navy Midshipmen
Main article: 2024 Navy Midshipmen football teamNavy registered a regular-season record of 9–3 (6–2 in The American). They won their first six games and were ranked as high as 24th. They then lost three of their next four games, before finishing the season with back-to-back wins, including an upset win in the Army–Navy Game. The Midshipmen faced three ranked teams, defeating Army while losing to Notre Dame and Tulane.
Game summary
2024 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Oklahoma | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| Navy | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
at Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, Texas
- Date: Friday, December 27, 2024
- Game time: 11:05 a.m. CST
- Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 58 °F (14 °C) • Wind: 13 mph (21 km/h) south
- Game attendance: 50,754
- Referee: Mike McCabe
- TV announcers (ESPN): Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline)
- Box score
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Statistics
| Statistics | OU | NAVY |
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| First downs | 26 | 11 |
| Plays–yards | 84–433 | 53–318 |
| Rushes–yards | 40–158 | 39–227 |
| Passing yards | 275 | 92 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 29–44–0 | 7–13–0 |
| Time of possession | 29:50 | 30:04 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Oklahoma | Passing | Michael Hawkins Jr. | 28/43, 247 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Gavin Sawchuk | 13 carries, 67 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Ivan Carreon | 7 receptions, 72 yards | |
| Navy | Passing | Blake Horvath | 7/12, 92 yards |
| Rushing | Blake Horvath | 18 carries, 155 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Nathan Kent | 1 reception, 32 yards |
References
- Garcia, Art (December 27, 2024). "Navy Rallies Past OU, Claims Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl". armedforcesbowl.com (Press release). Retrieved December 27, 2024.
- Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
- "Oklahoma Sooners vs. Navy Midshipmen football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com
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