| Game Name: | Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game |
| Title Sponsor: | Hercules Tires |
| Subheader: | 6th SBC Championship Game |
| Date Game Played: | December 7 |
| Year Game Played: | 2024 |
| Football Season: | 2024 |
| Stadium: | Cajun Field |
| City: | Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Visitor School: | Marshall University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Marshall |
| Visitor Nickname: | Thundering Herd |
| Visitor Record: | 9–3 |
| Visitor Coach: | Charles Huff |
| Home School: | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Home Name Short: | Louisiana |
| Home Nickname: | Ragin' Cajuns |
| Home Record: | 10–2 |
| Home Coach: | Michael Desormeaux |
| Us Network: | ESPN Gridiron Radio |
| Us Announcers: | ESPN: Roy Philpott (play-by-play), Sam Acho (analyst), and Lauren Sisler (sideline reporter) Gridiron Radio: Noah Britt (play-by-play), Jon Reynolds (analyst), and Faxon Childress (sideline reporter) |
The 2024 Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game will be a college football game played on December 7, 2024 at Cajun Field on the campus of University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana to determine the champion of the Sun Belt Conference for the 2024 season. It will be the sixth edition of the Sun Belt Conference Football Championship Game. The game is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. CST (7:30 p.m. EST) on ESPN. The game will feature the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, the West Division champions, and the Marshall Thundering Herd, the East Division champions. Sponsored by Hercules Tires, the game will officially be named as the 2024 Hercules Tires Sun Belt Football Championship.[1]
This will be the third all-time meeting between Louisiana and Marshall; Louisiana won their only prior meetings.[2]
See main article: 2024 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team.
Louisiana enters the championship game as West Division champions, having compiled a 10–2 record, 7–1 record in Sun Belt play. Louisiana clinched a spot in the championship game following its victory against ULM on November 30.[3] This will mark Louisiana's fourth appearance in the championship game, their first since 2021.
See main article: 2024 Marshall Thundering Herd football team.
Marshall enters the championship game as East Division champions, having compiled a 9–3 record, 7–1 record in Sun Belt play. Marshall clinched a spot in the championship game following its victory against James Madison on November 30.[4] This will mark Marshall's first appearance in the championship game since joining the conference ahead of the 2022 season.