| 2024 Vrbo Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| CFP New Year’s Six 53rd Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 State Farm Stadium inGlendale, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | State Farm Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Off.:Bo Nix (QB, Oregon)[1] Def.:Jeffrey Bassa (LB, Oregon) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Oregon by 16.5[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve Marlowe (SEC)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 47,769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Wischusen (play-by-play),Robert Griffin III (analyst), andKris Budden (sideline) (ESPN) Mike Couzens (play-by-play),Max Starks (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2024 Fiesta Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on January 1, 2024, atState Farm Stadium inGlendale, Arizona. The 53rd annualFiesta Bowl featuredLiberty ofConference USA (C-USA) andOregon of thePac-12 Conference—teams selected at-large by theCollege Football Playoff selection committee. The game began at approximately 11:00 a.m.MST and was aired onESPN.[4][5] The Fiesta Bowl was one of the2023–24 bowl games concluding the2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by vacation rental marketplaceVrbo and was officially known as the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Oregon defeated Liberty, 45–6, to claim their second consecutive bowl victory.[6][7][8]
The teams for the Fiesta Bowl, one of theNew Year's Six bowl games, were selected at-large by theCollege Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee.
This was the first meeting between Oregon and Liberty.[9]
The Flames entered the bowl undefeated, with a 13–0 record, ranked 23rd in the CFP rankings and 18th in theAP poll. They beatNew Mexico State in the2023 Conference USA Football Championship Game, 49–35.
This was Liberty's first Fiesta Bowl. It was also the first appearance by a C-USA team in a New Year's Six bowl game.
The Ducks entered the bowl 11–2 and ranked 8th each of the major polls. Both of their losses were toWashington; once during the regular season and again in the2023 Pac-12 Football Championship Game.
This was Oregon's fourth Fiesta Bowl; entering the game, they were 2–1 in prior appearances, most recently playing in theJanuary 2021 edition, which they lost. It was also Oregon's final game as a member of the Pac-12 Conference, with the Ducks set to join theBig Ten Conference beginning in 2024.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 23 Liberty | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 8 Oregon | 3 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
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| Statistics | LIB | ORE |
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| First downs | 15 | 28 |
| Plays–yards | 52–294 | 71–584 |
| Rushes–yards | 28–168 | 29–183 |
| Passing yards | 126 | 401 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 15–24–2 | 33–42–0 |
| Time of possession | 24:45 | 35:15 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Liberty | Passing | Kaidon Salter | 15/24, 126 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Quinton Cooley | 8 carries, 79 yards | |
| Receiving | CJ Daniels | 8 catches, 79 yards | |
| Oregon | Passing | Bo Nix | 28/35, 363 yards, 5 TD |
| Rushing | Bucky Irving | 14 carries, 117 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Tez Johnson | 11 catches, 172 yards, TD |