| 2024 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 16th Gasparilla Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 20, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Raymond James Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Tampa, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | DJ Lagway (QB, Florida)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Matt Packowski (MAC)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 41,472 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Anish Shroff (play-by-play),Andre Ware (analyst), and Paul Carcaterra (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
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The2024 Gasparilla Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on December 20, 2024, atRaymond James Stadium located inTampa, Florida. The 16th annualGasparilla Bowl game featured theTulane Green Wave andFlorida Gators. The Gasparilla Bowl was one of the2024–25 bowl games concluding the2024 FBS football season. Sponsored by mortgage loan companyUnion Home Mortgage, the game was officially known as theUnion Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl.
The game featured Florida of theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) and Tulane of theAmerican Athletic Conference (AAC or "The American"). This was the 22nd all-time meeting between Florida and Tulane, although their first meeting since 1984; entering the Gasparilla Bowl, the Gators led the all-time series, 13–6–2.[3] From 1932 to 1965, the Gators and Green Wave were conference-mates in the SEC before Tulane left due to increasing competitive disparity.
Florida entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (4–4 in conference). The Gators faced six ranked opponents during their regular season, defeatingLSU andOle Miss while losing toMiami (FL),Tennessee,Georgia, andTexas.
Tulane entered the bowl with a 9–4 record (7–1 in conference). The Green Wave faced and lost to two ranked teams during their regular season,Kansas State andOklahoma. Tulane qualified for theAAC Championship Game, which they lost to 24th-rankedArmy, 35–14.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Florida | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 33 |
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| Statistics | TUL | UF |
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| First downs | 11 | 26 |
| Plays–yards | 57–194 | 79–529 |
| Rushes–yards | 27–69 | 44–224 |
| Passing yards | 125 | 305 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 11–30–3 | 22–35–2 |
| Time of possession | 21:03 | 38:57 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Tulane | Passing | Ty Thompson | 11/29, 125 yards, TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Makhi Hughes | 8 carries, 29 yards | |
| Receiving | Mario Williams | 6 receptions, 91 yards, TD | |
| Florida | Passing | DJ Lagway | 22/35, 305 yards, TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Jadan Baugh | 14 carries, 70 yards | |
| Receiving | Chimere Dike | 6 receptions, 96 yards |