The 2024 Rate Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 26, 2024, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The 35th annual Rate Bowl game featured Rutgers and Kansas State. The game began at approximately 3:30 p.m. MST and aired on ESPN. The game was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game's title sponsor was residential mortgage company Rate, formerly known as Guaranteed Rate.

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game features teams from the Big 12 Conference and Big Ten Conference. This will be the second meeting between the Scarlet Knights and the Wildcats, with Rutgers winning their prior meeting in the 2006 Texas Bowl.

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Rutgers compiled a regular-season record of 7–5 (4–5 in Big Ten play). The Scarlet Knights opened the season with four consecutive wins, lost their next four games, then finished with three wins in their final four games. Rutgers faced one ranked team during the season, losing to Illinois.

Kansas State Wildcats

Kansas State posted an 8–4 record (5–4 in Big 12 play) during the regular season. The Wildcats were ranked as high as 13th and had a 7–1 record after eight games, then lost three of their final four games to fall out of the rankings. Kansas State faced three ranked teams, defeating Arizona and Oklahoma State while losing to Iowa State.

Game summary

Quarter1234Total
Rutgers7207741
Kansas State314121544

at Chase Field • Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: Thursday, December 26, 2024
  • Game time: 3:40 p.m. MST
  • Game weather: Indoor
  • Game attendance: 21,659
  • Referee: Nate Black
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Wes Durham (play-by-play), Tom Luginbill (analyst), and Dana Boyle (sideline)
Game information
First Quarter (11:21) KSU – Chris Tennant 29 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards, 3:02; Kansas State 3–0) (4:15) RUTG – Antwan Raymond 2 yard rush, Jai Patel kick (Drive: 13 plays, 75 yards, 7:06; Rutgers 7–3) Second Quarter (14:56) KSU – Avery Johnson 2 yard rush, Chris Tennant kick (Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:19; Kansas State 10–7) (12:55) RUTG – Jai Patel 31 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 2:01; Tied 10–10) (9:31) RUTG – Ja'shon Benjamin 3 yard rush, Jai Patel kick (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:58; Rutgers 17–10) (6:44) KSU – Dylan Edwards 26 yard pass from Avery Johnson, Chris Tennant kick (Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:47; Tied 17–17) (4:45) RUTG – Antwan Raymond 24 yard rush, Jai Patel kick (Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:59; Rutgers 24–17) (1:04) RUTG – Jai Patel 48 yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 28 yards, 1:36; Rutgers 27–17) Third Quarter (8:57) RUTG – Ja'shon Benjamin 7 yard pass from Athan Kaliakmanis, Jai Patel kick (Drive: 10 plays, 64 yards, 4:22; Rutgers 34–17) (5:45) KSU – Dylan Edwards 65 yard rush, two-point pass conversion failed (Drive: 1 plays, 65 yards, 0:11; Rutgers 34–23) (3:39) KSU – Garrett Oakley 13 yard pass from Avery Johnson, two-point pass conversion failed (Drive: 4 plays, 42 yards, 1:16; Rutgers 34–29) Fourth Quarter (14:02) RUTG – Antwan Raymond 1 yard rush, Jai Patel kick (Drive: 5 plays, 18 yards, 2:03; Rutgers 41–29) (7:03) KSU – Joe Jackson 9 yard pass from Avery Johnson, Chris Tennant kick (Drive: 14 plays, 85 yards, 6:53; Rutgers 41–36) (4:15) KSU – Dylan Edwards 36 yard rush, Garrett Oakley pass from Avery Johnson for two-point conversion (Drive: 3 plays, 60 yards, 1:13; Kansas State 44–41)

Statistics

StatisticsRUTKSU
First downs1823
Plays–yards68–40170–546
Rushes–yards36–16440–351
Passing yards237195
Passing: comp–att–int14–32–115–30–1
Time of possession28:5529:05
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
RutgersPassingAthan Kaliakmanis14/32, 237 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
RushingAntwan Raymond18 carries, 113 yards, 3 TD
ReceivingIan Strong5 receptions, 105 yards
Kansas StatePassingAvery Johnson15/30, 195 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
RushingDylan Edwards18 carries, 196 yards, 2 TD
ReceivingJayce Brown5 receptions, 60 yards

External links

  • Game statistics at