# 2024 Fiesta Bowl (January)

The 2024 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2024, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 53rd annual Fiesta Bowl featured Liberty of Conference USA (C-USA) and Oregon of the Pac-12 Conference—teams selected at-large by the College Football Playoff selection committee. The game began at approximately 11:00 a.m. MST and was aired on ESPN. The Fiesta Bowl was one of the 2023–24 bowl games concluding the 2023 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by vacation rental marketplace Vrbo and was officially known as the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl. Oregon defeated Liberty, 45–6, to claim their second consecutive bowl victory.

## Teams

The teams for the Fiesta Bowl, one of the New Year's Six bowl games, were selected at-large by the College Football Playoff (CFP) selection committee.
This was the first meeting between Oregon and Liberty.

### Liberty

The Flames entered the bowl undefeated, with a 13–0 record, ranked 23rd in the CFP rankings and 18th in the AP poll. They beat New Mexico State in the 2023 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.

### Oregon

The Ducks entered the bowl 11–2 and ranked 8th each of the major polls. Both of their losses were to Washington; once during the regular season and again in the 2023 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 the January 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 the Big Ten Conference beginning in 2024.

## Game summary

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 23 Liberty | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 8 Oregon | 3 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
at State Farm Stadium • Glendale, Arizona
* Date: Monday, January 1, 2024
* Game time: 11:00 a.m. MST
* Game weather: N/A (indoor stadium)
* Game attendance: 47,769
* Referee: Steve Marlowe
* TV announcers (ESPN): Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline)
* Box score
Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | LIB | ORE |
| 1 | 12:37 | 6 | 75 | 2:23 | LIB | Bentley Hanshaw 17-yard touchdown reception from Kaidon Salter, Nick Brown kick failed | 6 | 0 |
| 1 | 9:06 | 8 | 60 | 3:31 | ORE | 37-yard field goal by Camden Lewis | 6 | 3 |
| 2 | 12:53 | 7 | 82 | 3:24 | ORE | Gary Bryant Jr. 2-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 6 | 10 |
| 2 | 7:13 | 10 | 75 | 3:59 | ORE | Terrance Ferguson 2-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | 3:50 | 5 | 95 | 2:16 | ORE | Kenyon Sadiq 2-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 6 | 24 |
| 2 | 0:03 | 5 | 68 | 1:09 | ORE | Traeshon Holden 17-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | 11:11 | 7 | 75 | 3:49 | ORE | Tez Johnson 24-yard touchdown reception from Bo Nix, Camden Lewis kick good | 6 | 38 |
| 4 | 14:13 | 13 | 82 | 7:27 | ORE | Bucky Irving 1-yard touchdown run, Grant Meadors kick good | 6 | 45 |
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### Statistics

| Statistics | LIB | ORE |
| 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 |
| Liberty | Passing | Kaidon Salter | 15/24, 126 yards, TD, INT |
| Liberty | Rushing | Quinton Cooley | 8 carries, 79 yards |
| Liberty | Receiving | CJ Daniels | 8 catches, 79 yards |
| Oregon | Passing | Bo Nix | 28/35, 363 yards, 5 TD |
| Oregon | Rushing | Bucky Irving | 14 carries, 117 yards, TD |
| Oregon | Receiving | Tez Johnson | 11 catches, 172 yards, TD |