The 2025 Rose Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 2025 Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential for sponsorship reasons) is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2025, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 111th annual Rose Bowl game will be one of the playoff quarterfinals and will feature two of the playoff teams. The game is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. PST. The Rose Bowl will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season and the winner will advance to the college football playoff semifinals.[2][3]
| 2025 Rose Bowl presented by Prudential | |||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Quarterfinal 111th Rose Bowl Game | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Rose Bowl | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pasadena, California | ||||||||||||||||
| Referee | (ACC)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), and Holly Rowe (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||
Background
editThe 2025 Rose bowl is a quarterfinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP).[4] Oregon being the number 1 team in the final CFP rankings and winning the their conference championship game, received an automatic bye in the new 12 team format of the CFP and was selected to play in the bowl game. No. 9 Tennessee and No. 8 Ohio State will compete for the other spot in the Rose Bowl on December 21, 2024.[4][5] The winner of the Rose Bowl will advance in playoff to the Cotton Bowl, to face the winner of the Peach Bowl.[6]
If the Ducks play Ohio State, it will be their 12th all-time meeting as well as their first post-season meeting since the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship and their third meeting in the Rose Bowl, following the 1958 and 2010 editions of the game. [7]
By contrast, if Tennessee beats the Buckeyes and advances, the game will be the third all-time meeting between the Ducks and the Volunteers, with the latest meeting taking place at Autzen Stadium during the 2013 season, with Oregon winning by a score of 59-14. [8]
| First round | Rose Bowl | ||||||||
| 1 | Oregon | ||||||||
| 8 | Ohio State | ||||||||
| 9 | Tennessee | ||||||||
Teams
editOregon Ducks
editThe bowl game will be the ninth Rose Bowl appearance for the Ducks with a record of 4–4 in prior appearances, with the program's latest appearance being in the 2020 game where they won against the Wisconsin Badgers.[9] Oregon will enter the game as the Big Ten Conference Champions with an 13–0 record (9–0 in conference), their first season in the conference.[10]
Game summary
edit| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 7/6 Tennessee/Ohio State | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| No. 1 Oregon | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Rose Bowl • Pasadena, California
- Date: Wednesday January 1, 2025
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. PST
- TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), and Holly Rowe (sideline)
Hall of Fame
editThe 2024 Rose Bowl Hall of Fame class: Reggie Bush, USC; Mark Dantonio, Michigan State; LaMichael James, Oregon. The induction ceremony will be held prior to the Rose Bowl game on December 31, 2024 in Pasadena and on the field during the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal on January 1, 2025.
References
edit- ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "College Football Playoff Announces 2024 and 2025 Game Dates". College Football Playoffs. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ "The 111th Rose Bowl Game will be a College Football Playoff Quarterfinal". Rose Bowl Game. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b Turner, Austin (December 8, 2024). "We only know 1 of the teams in the upcoming Rose Bowl game so far. Here's why". KTLA. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ De Leon, Anthony. "No. 1 Oregon to face winner of No. 8 seed Ohio State vs. No. 9 seed Tennessee in Rose Bowl". LA Times. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "CFP_2024-25_STANDARDIZED_BRACKET 12.08.24 KC-NEW" (PDF). collegefootballplayoff.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Oregon Ducks vs. Ohio State Buckeyes football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Oregon Ducks vs. Tennessee Volunteers football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Beacham, Greg (December 8, 2024). "Ohio State to host Tennessee in first-round showdown to determine No. 1 Oregon's Rose Bowl matchup". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Buchanan, Ryne (December 8, 2024). "Ducks top CFP bracket; will play in Rose Bowl Jan. 1". KPTV. Retrieved December 9, 2024.