| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players of the Game | Offense:Jeremiah Smith (WR, Ohio State) Defense:Cody Simon (LB, Ohio State) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ohio State by 2.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Adam Savoie (ACC)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Oregon Marching Band Ohio State University Marching Band | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 90,732 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play) Kirk Herbstreit (analyst) Holly Rowe (sideline) Stormy Buonantony (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2025 Rose Bowl was acollege footballbowl game played on January 1, 2025, at theRose Bowl inPasadena, California. The 111th annualRose Bowl game was one of the2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinals and featured top-rankedOregon and sixth-rankedOhio State, both members of theBig Ten Conference. This was the first time since the1944 game in which two teams from the same conference competed in the Rose Bowl. The game began at approximately 2:00 p.m.PST. The Rose Bowl was one of the2024–25 bowl games concluding the2024 FBS football season.[2][3] Sponsored by thePrudential financial service company, the game was officially known as theCollege Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 2025 Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.
The 2025 Rose Bowl was a quarterfinal game for the2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP).[4]Oregon, being the top-ranked team in the finalCFP rankings and winner of theBig Ten Championship Game, received a bye in the new 12-team format of the CFP and was selected to play in the bowl game.
Sixth-rankedOhio State, the number eight seed in the tournament, defeatedTennessee in the first round, 42–17, to advance to this game.
This was the 12th all-time meeting between Ohio State and Oregon, as well as their first post-season meeting since the inaugural2015 CFP National Championship game in Arlington, which Ohio State won 42–20.[5] It was also their third meeting in the Rose Bowl, following the1958 and2010 editions of the bowl from when the game traditionally featured champions of the Big Ten and Pac-12 (or that of their predecessors). The Buckeyes won both times, but the Ducks won the teams' meeting earlier in the2024 season, a Week 7 game atAutzen Stadium, 32–31.[5]
With the win, Ohio State advanced to the CFP semifinals, facing the winner of thePeach Bowl,Texas, in theCotton Bowl Classic.[6]
Due to a medical issue, sportswriterArt Spander ended a 70-game streak of attending Pasadena-based playings of the Rose Bowl.[7]
| First round | Rose Bowl | ||||||||
| 1 | Oregon | 21 | |||||||
| 8 | Ohio State | 42 | 8 | Ohio State | 41 | ||||
| 9 | Tennessee | 17 | |||||||
This was the ninth Rose Bowl appearance for the Ducks, who entered the game with a 4–4 record in prior appearances.[8] Their most recent prior appearance was the2020 game, a win overWisconsin.[8] Oregon entered the game as theBig Ten Conference champions with an 13–0 record (9–0 in conference), their first season in the conference.[9]
Ohio State was 9–7 in prior Rose Bowl appearances, with their more recent prior appearance coming in the2022 edition, a three-point victory overUtah. The Buckeyes came into this game with an 11–2 record following their 42–17 first-round win over Tennessee. Ohio State's losses to Oregon and archrivalMichigan were by a total of four points.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 8Ohio State | 14 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 41 |
| No. 1 Oregon | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
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