By Colin McGuigan
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The 25th-ranked University of Memphis football team will square off with West Virginia in the 2024 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 17 in Frisco, Texas, at Toyota Stadium. The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will be nationally televised on ESPN.
The Tigers’ selection to the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl marks the 11th-straight season that Memphis has earned a bowl bid – the seventh-longest streak in the country and longest among all non-Power 4 programs.
The game will mark the first-ever meeting between the Tigers (10-2, 6-2 AAC) and Mountaineers (6-6, 5-4 Big 12) as Memphis will match up with a Big 12 opponent in its bowl game for the second-straight season after defeating Iowa State in last year’s AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
West Virginia will be making its fourth bowl appearance in five years after posting a 6-6 overall record during the season with a 5-4 mark in Big 12 play. Among the Mountaineers’ wins in 2024 were Kansas (32-28), Cincinnati (31-24) and Arizona (31-26) while finding themselves on the losing side of a 12-point game to No. 16 Iowa State (28-16) on Oct. 12.
The Mountaineers bring a top 30 rushing offense in the country into the matchup and are one of the least-penalized teams in the nation. Historically, West Virginia has a .293 winning percentage against ranked opponents.
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – No. 25 Memphis (10-2), representing the American Athletic Conference and West Virginia (6-6), representing the Big 12 Conference, will meet in the 2024 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 17, at 9 p.m. ET at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
The game will air on ESPN and simulcast on ESPN+, the leading sports streaming service.
“We are excited to have two outstanding teams participate in the 2024 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl, the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Memphis Tigers,” Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl Executive Director Sean Johnson said. “We look forward to hosting this great matchup and welcoming the teams and their passionate fan bases to Frisco, Texas, for an exciting week of bowl events and a fantastic game at Toyota Stadium.”
West Virginia will appear in its fourth bowl game in five years. The Mountaineers come to the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl with a 6-6 record overall. They are led by senior offensive tackle Wyatt Milum, who has been named a semifinalist for the Outland Trophy, which is given to the best college interior lineman. Milum has not allowed a sack in 45 of the past 47 games, including not allowing any over the past two seasons. He was named Mid-Season Outland Trophy winner by PFF College and Mid-Season Offensive Tackle of the Year by the CollegeFootballNetwork.
Memphis is bowl-eligible for the 11th consecutive year and is currently ranked #25 in the latest AP Poll. The Tigers are led by senior quarterback Seth Henigan, who is the AAC’s all-time leading passer with 13,972 yards. He also holds the record as the winningest quarterback in the program’s history and is among only three active FBS quarterbacks who have passed for over 100 touchdowns in their careers (Dillon Gabriel; Oregon and Will Rogers; Washington).
Chad Scott will serve as the interim head coach and lead the Mountaineers into the Dec. 17 game.
This marks West Virginia’s 41st bowl appearance, the first in the Frisco Bowl and 20th bowl game in the past 23 years. This is the first meeting between the two schools and it will be the 86th meeting with a school from the American Athletic Conference.
The Mountaineers last faced a team from the AAC when they defeated Army, 24-20, in the 2020 AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
Fans are encouraged to follow @WVUfootball and @WVUsports on social media and visit WVUsports.com for the most up-to-date information on West Virginia’s appearance in the 2024 Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl.
The Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl is one of 17 college football bowl games owned and operated by ESPN Events.
Scooter’s Coffee
Founded in 1998 by Don and Linda Eckles in Bellevue, Nebraska, Scooter’s Coffee uses only the finest coffee beans in the world, which are roasted by its affiliated company, Harvest Roasting, in Omaha, Nebraska. In over 25 years of business, the key to Scooter’s Coffee’s success is simple: stay committed to the original business principles and company’s four core values, which are Integrity, Love, Humility and Courage. The Scooter’s Coffee Brand Promise, often recited to franchisees, customers and employees, is: “Amazing People, Amazing Drinks… Amazingly Fast!®” It represents the company’s business origins and reflects a steady commitment to providing an unforgettable experience to loyal and new customers.
Scooter’s Coffee’s network includes more than 825 stores in 31 states and is striving to become the #1 drive-thru specialty coffee franchise system in the nation. Scooter’s Coffee ranked #13 on Yelp’s 2023 list of 50 Most Loved Brands in the U.S. and ranked #2 on Franchise Times Fast & Serious 40 Smartest-Growing Franchises in 2024.
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Frisco Bowl
The Frisco Bowl is an annual NCAA sanctioned post-season Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football bowl game played in Frisco, Texas at Toyota Stadium since December 2017. The bowl game is owned and operated by ESPN Events, a division of ESPN. The Frisco Bowl originated in Miami, Fla. as the Miami Beach Bowl before moving to Frisco in 2017. For more information visit the official website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or YouTube pages.
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