2025 Cure Bowl

2025 StaffDNA Cure Bowl
11th Cure Bowl
1234Total
Old Dominion 7010724
South Florida 370010
DateDecember 17, 2025
Season2025
StadiumCamping World Stadium
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPQuinn Henicle (QB, Old Dominion)
FavoriteSouth Florida by 2.5
RefereeRon Hudson (Conference USA)
Attendance15,036
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Neal (play-by-play), Fozzy Whittaker (analyst), and Morgan Uber (sideline reporter)
Jamie Seh (play-by-play) and Rene Ingoglia (analyst) (Bowl Season Radio)

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)
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Monarchs 7 0 10724
Bulls 3 7 0010

at Camping World StadiumOrlando, 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
Game information
Statistics ODU USF
First downs 21 19
Total yards 382 333
Rushing yards 255 52
Passing yards 127 281
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 11–26–0 27–41–4
Turnovers 1 5
Time of possession 31:07 28:53
Team Category Player Statistics
Old Dominion Passing Quinn Henicle 11/25, 127 yards
Rushing Quinn Henicle 24 carries, 107 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Na'eem Abdur-Raheem Gladding 5 catches, 60 yards
South Florida Passing Gaston Moore 20/28, 236 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing Alvon Isaac 7 carries, 41 yards
Receiving Christian Neptune 10 catches, 102 yards

References

  1. ^ "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  2. ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  3. ^ Helwick, Steve (December 17, 2025). "Old Dominion Stifles South Florida 24-10 in Cure Bowl, Clinches 10-Win Season". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  4. ^ "Winsipedia - Old Dominion vs. South Florida football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved December 5, 2025.