2024 Fenway Bowl
Postseason college football bowl game
College football game
The 2024 Fenway Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2024, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts . The third edition of the Fenway Bowl game featured UConn and North Carolina . The game started at approximately 11:00 a.m. EST and was aired on ESPN .[ 4] [ 5] 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season . The game was sponsored by cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies and was officially known as the Wasabi Fenway Bowl .
Teams
The matchup of UConn and North Carolina was announced on December 8.
UConn Huskies
UConn, competing as an independent , compiled an 8–4 record, coming off of their first winning season since 2010. The Huskies did not face any ranked teams during the season.
WIth the win over North Carolina, the Huskies won their first bowl game since the 2010 PapaJohns.com Bowl .
North Carolina Tar Heels
North Carolina compiled a 6–6 overall record (3–5 in conference play) during the regular season. The Tar Heels started the season with three consecutive wins, lost their next four games, won the next three, and finished with back-to-back losses. They did not face any ranked teams.
Game summary
2024 Wasabi Fenway Bowl
Quarter
Total
UConn 10
14
3 0 27
North Carolina
7
0
0 7 14
at Fenway Park • Boston, Massachusetts
Date : Saturday, December 28, 2024Game time : 11:06 a.m. EST Game weather : Sunny • Temperature : 38 °F (3 °C) • Wind : 3 mph (4.8 km/h) northeastGame attendance : 27,900TV announcers (ESPN ) : Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark Herzlich (analyst), and Coley Harvey (sideline)Box score
Game information
First Quarter (10:46) CONN – Chris Freeman 32 yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 4:14; UConn 3–0 )
(3:45) CONN – Skyler Bell 38 yard from Joe Fagnano , Chris Freeman kick (Drive: 2 plays, 51 yards, 0:31; UConn 10–0 )
(3:24) UNC – Chris Culliver 95 yard kickoff return, Lucas Osada kick (Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:21; UConn 10–7 ) Second Quarter (14:10) CONN – Alex Honig 4 yard pass from Joe Fagnano, Chris Freeman kick (Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards, 4:14; UConn 17–7 )
(0:54) CONN – Cam Edwards 2 yard run, Chris Freeman kick (Drive: 14 plays, 56 yards, 5:54; UConn 24–7 ) Third Quarter (7:40) CONN – Chris Freeman 24 yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 40 yards, 4:56; UConn 27–7 ) Fourth Quarter (6:46) UNC – John Copenhaver 17 yard from Caleb Hood, Noah Burnette kick (Drive: 8 plays, 96 yards, 4:09; UConn 27–14 )
Statistics
Statistics
CONN
UNC
First downs
20
10
Plays–yards
70–361
42–206
Rushes–yards
46–210
28–96
Passing yards
151
110
Passing: comp –att –int
16–24–0
11–14–1
Time of possession
34:50
25:10
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UConn
Passing
Joe Fagnano 16/23, 151 yards, 2 TD
Rushing
Mel Brown 11 carries, 96 yards
Receiving
Skyler Bell
3 receptions, 77 yards, TD
North Carolina
Passing
Michael Merdinger
9/12, 86 yards, INT
Rushing
Caleb Hood
11 carries, 78 yards
Receiving
John Copenhaver
4 receptions, 44 yards, TD
References
^ @FenwayBowl (December 28, 2024). "Give it up for your 2024 Wasabi Fenway Bowl Offensive MVP!" (Tweet ). Retrieved December 28, 2024 – via Twitter . ^ @FenwayBowl (December 28, 2024). "Congrats to Defensive MVP, Pryce Yates!" (Tweet ). Retrieved December 28, 2024 – via Twitter . ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments" . footballzebras.com . Retrieved December 11, 2024 . ^ Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels" . CBS Sports . Retrieved 30 June 2024 . ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released" . FBSchedules.com . Retrieved 30 June 2024 .
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