Game Name: | ReliaQuest Bowl |
Subheader: | 38th ReliaQuest Bowl |
Date Game Played: | January 1 |
Year Game Played: | 2024 |
Football Season: | 2023 |
Stadium: | Raymond James Stadium |
City: | Tampa, Florida |
Visitor School: | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
Visitor Name Short: | Wisconsin |
Visitor Nickname: | Badgers |
Visitor Record: | 7–5 |
Visitor Conference: | Big Ten |
Visitor Coach: | Luke Fickell |
Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home School: | Louisiana State University |
Home Name Short: | LSU |
Home Nickname: | Tigers |
Home Record: | 9–3 |
Home Conference: | SEC |
Home Rank Ap: | 13 |
Home Rank Coaches: | 13 |
Home Rank Cfp: | 13 |
Home Coach: | Brian Kelly |
Home 1Q: | 0 |
Home 2Q: | 14 |
Home 3Q: | 14 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Mvp: | Garrett Nussmeier (QB, LSU) |
Odds: | LSU by 10.5[1] |
Referee: | Mark Duddy (Pac-12)[2] |
Attendance: | 31,424 |
Us Network: | ESPN2 |
Us Announcers: | Brian Custer (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline) |
Different Previous: | 2023 |
Different Next: | 2024 (Dec.) |
The 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2024, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 38th annual ReliaQuest Bowl featured Wisconsin from the Big Ten Conference and LSU from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The game began at approximately 12:00 p.m. EST and was aired on ESPN2.[3] [4] It was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. Tampa-based cybersecurity company ReliaQuest was the title sponsor.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the bowl featured the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference and the LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
This was the fifth meeting between Wisconsin and LSU; entering the game, the Tigers led the Badgers in their all-time series, 3–1.[5]
See main article: 2023 Wisconsin Badgers football team. The Badgers entered the game with a 7–5 record (5–4 in the Big Ten), tied for second place in the Big Ten West Division.
This was Wisconsin's sixth ReliaQuest Bowl; entering the game, the Badgers were 2–3 in prior editions of the game.
See main article: 2023 LSU Tigers football team. The Tigers entered the game with a 9–3 record (6–2 in the SEC), tied for second place in the SEC West Division, and ranked 13th in each of the major polls. Heisman winning quarterback Jayden Daniels sat out of the game to prepare for the NFL draft, with backup Garrett Nussmeier getting his first start of the season and earning MVP honors after throwing for 395 yards and three touchdowns.[6]
This was LSU's third ReliaQuest bowl; entering the game, their official record in the game was 0–1, as their win the 2014 edition was vacated by the NCAA during 2023 for a booster-related violation.[7] Their loss came in the 1989 Hall of Fame Bowl, when the bowl was known by that name.