The LSU Tigers and the Baylor Bears play in the Texas Bowl on December 31, 2024, with kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET, airing on ESPN.The Tigers head into this matchup following a 37-17 win over the

The last time LSU played in the Texas Bowl, head coach Brian Kelly watched his new team from a suite. LSU played with 38 available scholarship players amid a coaching change, its roster so worn down by injuries and attrition that a wide receiver filled in at quarterback.

Baylor is heading south for bowl season but staying in-state to try and ring in the new year with a win over LSU when the two teams face off in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl, the bowl committee announced on Sunday.

LSU football will head to Houston to face Baylor in the Texas Bowl. We're still a few weeks away from kickoff on New Year's Eve. But once the transfer portal talk settles down, attention will shift to the game.

Baylor and LSU will meet in the Dec. 31 Kinder’s Texas Bowl at NRG Stadium, organizers announced Sunday. After starting the season 2-4, prompting calls for coach Dave Aranda’s job, the Bears put together a remarkable turnaround and enter the bowl season as one of the hottest teams in the nation with a six-game winning streak.

In this year’s Texas Bowl, the Baylor Bears are underdogs, but by less than a touchdown (+3), against the LSU Tigers. The action begins at 3:30 p.m. ET on December 31, 2024, airing on ESPN

The Baylor Bears will face the LSU Tigers in the Texas Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024 (12/31/24) at NRG Stadium in Houston. TICKETS: Fans who want to attend the Texas Bowl can buy tickets at SeatGeek, Stubhub, or Vivid Seats.

It will be the first meeting between LSU and Baylor on the gridiron since the 1985 Liberty Bowl. LSU leads the overall series with the Bears, 8-3. The Tigers, winners of their last two games, stand at 8-4 overall after closing the regular-season with victories over Vanderbilt and Oklahoma.