| 2024 Cricket Celebration Bowl | |||||||
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| 9th Celebration Bowl | |||||||
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| Date | December 14, 2024 | ||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||
The 2024 Celebration Bowl is a college football bowl game scheduled to played on December 14, 2024, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The ninth annual Celebration Bowl will feature South Carolina State, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) and the champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The game is scheduled to began at 12:00 p.m. EST and will air on ABC.[1] Sponsored by Cricket Wireless, the game is officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl.
The SWAC and MEAC are the two NCAA Division I conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). The Celebration Bowl thus serves as a de facto black college football national championship.
The Celebration Bowl is the only one of the 2024–25 bowl games involving teams from the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The NCAA will have a 24-team bracket tournament to determine a champion for the 2024 FCS football season.