GAME #13
 
South Alabama (6-6, 5-3 SBC) vs. Western Michigan (6-6, 5-3 MAC)
Date: Saturday, Dec. 14
Kickoff: 8 p.m. CT
Location: Montgomery, Ala. (Cramton Bowl)
Watch: ESPN
Listen: Jags Radio Network
Social: @SouthAlabamaFB
Tickets: USAJaguars.com/tickets/football
 

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NOTES
 
– The 2024 IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl will mark the third-straight bowl game for South Alabama. The Jags played in the 2022 New Orleans Bowl and the 2023 68 Ventures Bowl before this year's game.
 
– The IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl will be the fifth bowl game South Alabama has played in all-time. After the program started in 2009, South Alabama played in its first bowl game in 2014, also in Montgomery in the inaugural Camellia Bowl.
 
– Major Applewhite is the first head coach in program history to lead the Jags to a bowl game in his first season as head coach. Applewhite is now 3-for-3 in leading teams to bowl eligibility in his three seasons as a head coach.
 
– The IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl will mark the third time South Alabama has faced an opponent from the Mid-American Conference in a bowl game. The Jags played Bowling Green in the 2014 Camellia Bowl and Eastern Michigan in the 2023 68 Ventures Bowl.
 

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ABOUT WESTERN MICHIGAN
 
Just like South Alabama, Western Michigan went .500 for the year with a 6-6 overall record and 5-3 record in conference play. Lance Taylor is in his second season coaching the Broncos, and he owns a record of 10-14.
 
Hayden Wolff quarterbacks the Broncos, and he has thrown for 2,212 yards and 17 touchdowns against 17 interceptions. Wolff's top receiving target is Kenneth Womack who has caught 34 passes for 456 yards and a touchdown. Running back Jaden Nixon leads the rushing attack with 876 yards and 12 touchdowns for the year. Defensively, linebacker Donald Willis leads the Broncos with 99 total tackles.
 

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SERIES HISTORY
 
Saturday will mark the first-ever meeting between the Jaguars and Broncos. Western Michigan is the fourth opponent the Jaguars will have met for the first time this season. The others were Ohio, Northwestern State and LSU.
 

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FOLLOW THE JAGS

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