2024 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game

| title_sponsor =

| subheader = 10th AAC Championship Game

| image = 2024 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game trophy (241206-A-YJ405-001).jpg

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| caption = The championship trophy on Blaik Field before the game

| date_game_played = December 6

| year_game_played = 2024

| football_season = 2024

| stadium = Michie Stadium

| city = West Point, New York

| visitor_school = Tulane University

| visitor_name_short = Tulane

| visitor_nickname = Green Wave

| visitor_record = 9–3

| visitor_rank_AP =

| visitor_rank_coaches =

| visitor_rank_CFP =

| visitor_coach = Jon Sumrall

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 7

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 7

| home_school = United States Military Academy

| home_name_short = Army

| home_nickname = Black Knights

| home_record = 10–1

| home_rank_AP = 24

| home_rank_coaches = 23

| home_rank_CFP = 24

| home_coach = Jeff Monken

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 14

| home_3q = 7

| home_4q = 7

| MVP = Bryson Daily, QB, Army

| odds = Tulane by 4

| anthem =

| referee = Tim Rich{{Cite web |url=https://www.footballzebras.com/2024/12/officiating-crews-for-the-2024-college-football-conference-championship-games/ |title=Officiating crews for the 2024 college football conference championship games |first1=Ben |last1=Austro |website=FootballZebras.com |date=December 6, 2024 |access-date=December 7, 2024}}

| halftime =

| attendance = 14,016

| us_network = ABC
ESPN Radio

| us_announcers = ABC: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline reporter)
ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline reporter)

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The 2024 American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 6, 2024 to determine the champion of the American Athletic Conference (The American) for the 2024 season. It was the ninth American Athletic Conference Football Championship Game. The game was scheduled to start at 8:00 p.m. EST and air on ABC. The game featured the Tulane Green Wave against the Army Black Knights. Army defeated Tulane 35-14 for its first conference championship in program history.

According to ESPN, the Black Knights' feat of no penalties, turnovers, or punts in the game was the first such performance by an FBS team in at least 20 years.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42879498/inside-army-navy-day-life-students-service-academies |title=Inside Army-Navy: A day in the life of students at the service academies |first1=Heather |last1=Dinich |first2=Chris |last2=Low |website=ESPN.com |date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=December 13, 2024}}

Teams

The 2024 American Conference Championship Game featured the Tulane Green Wave and the Army Black Knights. This was the third consecutive American title game appearance for Tulane and its third overall. This was the first American title game appearance for Army, which was in its first season in The American.

The site of the game was determined during the final week of the conference season.{{efn|Army has one regular-season game remaining, namely its annual rivalry game against fellow American Conference football affiliate Navy on December 14. However, as part of the agreement by which Army became a football member of the conference, the Army–Navy Game is designated as a non-conference game.}} Tulane's loss to Memphis on November 28, combined with Army's win over UTSA two days later, gave Army the outright regular-season title and hosting rights.{{cite news|last=Postins|first=Matt|url=https://www.si.com/onsi/armed-forces-sports/news/will-army-west-point-host-conference-championship-game-debut|title=Will Army West Point Host Conference Championship Game Debut?|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=November 19, 2024|access-date=November 19, 2024}}

This was the 24th meeting between Tulane and Army; going into the game, the Green Wave led the all-time series 13-9-1.{{Cite web |title=Winsipedia - Tulane Green Wave vs. Army Black Knights football history |url=https://www.winsipedia.com/tulane/vs/army |access-date=2024-12-02}}

=Tulane Green Wave=

Tulane clinched a spot in the game following its win over Navy on November 16.{{cite news|last=Ishaq|first=Sharief|url=https://www.wdsu.com/article/tulane-rolls-into-aac-championship-game-with-shutout-win-over-navy/62927133|title=Tulane rolls into AAC Championship Game with shutout win over Navy|publisher=WDSU|date=November 16, 2024|access-date=November 19, 2024}}

=Army Black Knights=

Army clinched a spot in the game on November 16, one week after its win over North Texas.{{cite news|last=Russo |first=Ralph D. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5926291/2024/11/16/tulane-navy-score-aac-championship-army/|title=Tulane shuts out Navy, clinches AAC title matchup vs. Army: Could Green Wave make Playoff? |publisher=The Athletic |date=November 16, 2024 |access-date=November 19, 2024}}

= Scoring summary =

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|title=2024 American Athletic Conference Championship Game
Tulane Green Wave (9–3, 7–1) vs. No. 24 Army Black Knights (11–1, 8–0)

|date= Saturday, December 6, 2024

|time= 8:00 p.m. EST

|road=Tulane

|R1=0|R2=7|R3=0|R4=7

|home=No. 24 Army

|H1=7|H2=14|H3=7|H4=7

|stadium=Michie Stadium • West Point, NY

|attendance=

|weather=Temperature: {{convert|27|°F|°C}} • Wind: W at {{convert|7|mph|km/h}} • Weather: Fair

|referee=Tim Rich

|TV= ABC

|TVAnnouncers= Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline reporter)
ESPN Radio: Sean Kelley (play-by-play), Kelly Stouffer (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline reporter)

|reference=References:

|scoring=

;First Quarter

(3:48) ARMY – Bryson Daily 5 yard rush, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 11 plays, 72 yards, 6:36; Army 7–0)

;Second Quarter

(10:18) ARMY – Bryson Daily 3 yard rush, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:26; Army 14–0')
(1:40) ARMY – Bryson Daily 4 yard rush, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 5 plays, 21 yards, 1:00; Army 21–0')
(0:44) TULN – Mario Williams 42 yard pass from Darian Mensah, Patrick Durkin kick (Drive: 4 plays, 60 yards, 0:52; Army 21–7')

;Third Quarter

(8:29) ARMY – Bryson Daily 7 yard rush, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 6:31; Army 28–7')

;Fourth Quarter

(6:29) ARMY – Kanye Udoh 1 yard rush, Trey Gronotte kick (Drive: 16 plays, 84 yards, 10:44; Army 35–7')
(1:10) TULN – Alex Bauman 2 yard pass from Darian Mensah, Patrick Durkin kick (Drive: 16 plays, 80 yards, 5:13; Army 35–14')

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| Home = Army Black Knights

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| VisPlaysYds = 54–324

| VisRushing = 29–115

| VisPassYds = 209

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