2024 Pinstripe Bowl

2024 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
14th Pinstripe Bowl
Boston College Eagles Nebraska Cornhuskers (7–5) (6–6) ACC Big Ten 15 20 Head coach:  Bill O'Brien Head coach:  Matt Rhule
1 2 3 4 Total Boston College 0 2 0 13 15 Nebraska 0 13 7 0 20
Date	December 28, 2024
Season	2024
Stadium	Yankee Stadium
Location	Bronx, New York
MVP	Rahmir Johnson (RB, Nebraska)[1]
Favorite	Nebraska by 3.5
Referee	Daniel Gautreaux (SEC)[2]
Attendance	30,062
United States TV coverage
Network	ABC[a] ESPN Radio
Announcers	Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline) (ABC) Chris Carlin (play-by-play) and Steve Addazio (analyst) (ESPN Radio)
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The 2024 Pinstripe Bowl, known as the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl for sponsorship purposes, was the fourteenth edition of the college football bowl game, played on December 28, 2024, at Yankee Stadium in New York City, New York. Part of the 2024–25 bowl season, the game featured Boston College and Nebraska, and aired at noon EST on ABC.^[3][a]

Teams

Boston College

Boston College was 7–5 in the regular season and 4–4 in ACC play.

Nebraska

Nebraska finished its regular season 6–6, 3–6 in Big Ten play. The Cornhuskers won their first three games to reach the national top twenty-five for the first time since 2019, but lost five of their final six games.

Game

2024 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Boston College	0	2	0	13	15
Nebraska	0	13	7	0	20

at Yankee Stadium • Bronx, New York

• Date: Saturday, December 28, 2024
• Game time: 12:07 p.m. EST
• Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 41 °F (5 °C) • Wind: 2 mph (3.2 km/h) west
• Game attendance: 30,062
• Referee: Daniel Gautreaux
• TV announcers (ABC): Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline)
• Box score

Game information

First quarter (14:56) NU – Rahmir Johnson 4-yard run, John Hohl kick (Drive: 15 plays, 75 yards, 6:32; Nebraska 7–0) (3:39) NU – Kwinten Ives 2-yard run, Hohl kick (Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:46; Nebraska 13–0) (3:39) BC – Ashton McShane defensive PAT conversion (Drive: 7 plays, 67 yards, 2:46; Nebraska 13–2) Second quarter No scoring. Third quarter (3:02) NU – Emmett Johnson 13-yard pass from Dylan Raiola, Hohl kick (Drive: 7 plays, 50 yards, 3:12; Nebraska 20–2) Fourth quarter (6:11) BC – Turbo Richard 1-yard run, pass failed (Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 2:52; Nebraska 20–8) (4:18) BC – Jordan McDonald 2-yard run, Liam Connor kick (Drive: 1 plays, 2 yards, 0:04; Nebraska 20–15)

Statistics

Statistics	BC	NU
First downs	20	21
Plays–yards	88–348	64–363
Rushes–yards	26–47	32–127
Passing yards	301	236
Passing: comp–att–int	26–41–0	24–32–1
Time of possession	28:44	31:16

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boston College	Passing	Grayson James	26/41, 301 yards
	Rushing	Grayson James	9 carries, 22 yards
	Receiving	Lewis Bond	7 receptions, 99 yards
Nebraska	Passing	Dylan Raiola	26/41, 301 yards
	Rushing	Emmett Johnson	14 carries, 68 yards
	Receiving	Jahmal Banks	4 receptions, 79 yards

Notes

1. ABC station WCVB in Boston aired the Pinstripe Bowl locally on its secondary MeTV subchannel due to existing commitments to simulcast coverage of a New England Patriots home game.^[4]

References

1. Kahlil Thomas (December 28, 2024). "Nebraska holds off Boston College to win 2024 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl". MLB. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
2. Ben Austro (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". Football Zebras. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
3. David Cobb. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
4. "Local Boston College fans have to watch bowl game on… MeTV?!?". Awful Announcing. December 27, 2024. Retrieved December 27, 2024.