| Game Name: | Fiesta Bowl |
| Subheader: | 53rd Fiesta Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Vrbo |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 2024 |
| Football Season: | 2023 |
| Stadium: | State Farm Stadium |
| City: | Glendale, Arizona |
| Visitor School: | Liberty |
| Visitor Name Short: | Liberty |
| Visitor Nickname: | Flames |
| Visitor Record: | 13–0 |
| Visitor Conference: | Conference USA |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 18 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 20 |
| Visitor Rank Cfp: | 23 |
| Visitor Coach: | Jamey Chadwell |
| Visitor 1Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | Oregon |
| Home Name Short: | Oregon |
| Home Nickname: | Ducks |
| Home Record: | 11–2 |
| Home Conference: | Pac-12 |
| Home Rank Ap: | 8 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 8 |
| Home Rank Cfp: | 8 |
| Home Coach: | Dan Lanning |
| Home 1Q: | 3 |
| Home 2Q: | 28 |
| Home 3Q: | 7 |
| Home 4Q: | 7 |
| Mvp: | Off.:Bo Nix (QB, Oregon)[1] Def.:Jeffrey Bassa (LB, Oregon) |
| Odds: | Oregon by 16.5[2] |
| Referee: | Steve Marlowe (SEC)[3] |
| Attendance: | 47,769 |
| Us Network: | ESPN ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Robert Griffin III (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline) (ESPN) Mike Couzens (play-by-play), Max Starks (analyst), and Stormy Buonantony (sideline) (ESPN Radio) |
| Different Previous: | 2022 (Dec.) |
| Different Next: | 2024 (Dec.) |
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.[4] [5] 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.
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.[6]
See main article: 2023 Liberty Flames football team. 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.
See main article: 2023 Oregon Ducks football team. 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, there 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.