The 2025 Cure Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 17, 2025, at Camping World Stadium located in Orlando, Florida. The eleventh annual Cure Bowl featured the South Florida Bulls from the American Conference and the Old Dominion Monarchs from the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at approximately 5:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.[1][2] The Cure Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by StaffDNA, a digital marketplace for healthcare jobs, and was officially known as the StaffDNA Cure Bowl.
The 2025 Cure Bowl featured the Old Dominion Monarchs (9–3) of the Sun Belt Conference and the South Florida Bulls (9–3) of the American Conference. Old Dominion beat South Florida by a score of 24–10.[3]
Teams
This was the first time that Old Dominion and South Florida ever played each other.[4]
Old Dominion Monarchs
South Florida Bulls
Game summary
2025 StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Old Dominion Monarchs (9–3) vs. South Florida Bulls (9–3)
at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida
- Date: December 17, 2025
- Game time: 5:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 72 °F (22 °C) • Wind: 10 mph (16 km/h) east
- Game attendance: 15,036
- Referee: Ron Hudson
- TV: ESPN
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- First Quarter
- Second Quarter
- Third Quarter
- Fourth Quarter
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- Win Probability
- Line
- Over/Under
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| Statistics |
ODU |
USF
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| First downs |
21 |
19
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| Total yards |
382 |
333
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| Rushing yards |
255 |
52
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| Passing yards |
127 |
281
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| Passing: Comp–Att–Int |
11–26–0 |
27–41–4
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| Turnovers |
1 |
5
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| Time of possession |
31:07 |
28:53
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| Team |
Category |
Player |
Statistics
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| Old Dominion |
Passing |
Quinn Henicle |
11/25, 127 yards
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| Rushing |
Quinn Henicle |
24 carries, 107 yards, 2 TD
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| Receiving |
Na'eem Abdur-Raheem Gladding |
5 catches, 60 yards
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| South Florida |
Passing |
Gaston Moore |
20/28, 236 yards, TD, 2 INT
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| Rushing |
Alvon Isaac |
7 carries, 41 yards
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| Receiving |
Christian Neptune |
10 catches, 102 yards
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References
External links
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- All-Star Games
- Hula Bowl (Jan. 10)
- Tropical Bowl (Jan. 18)
- East–West Shrine Bowl (Jan. 27)
- Senior Bowl (Jan. 31)
- HBCU Legacy Bowl (Feb. 21)
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