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

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.

Baylor won’t have to leave the state for its bowl matchup as the Bears are set to face LSU in the Kinder’s Texas Bowl at Houston’s NRG Stadium. The Texas Bowl annually pits a Big 12 team against an SEC team. Baylor last played in the Texas Bowl in 2018, when the Bears beat Vanderbilt 45-38.