The 2025 GameAbove Sports Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 26, 2025, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. The eleventh annual GameAbove Sports Bowl game (though only the second under the name; prior editions were known as the Quick Lane Bowl) will feature the Northwestern Wildcats from the Big Ten Conference and the Central Michigan Chippewas from the Mid-American Conference. The game is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. EST and will air on ESPN.[2][3] The game will be one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The title sponsor for the bowl game is GameAbove Sports, a company that invests in sports teams, academies, and initiatives.
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The teams have met only once previously, on September 25, 2010, at Northwestern's Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium in Evanston, Illinois, where Northwestern won 30–25.[4]
Central Michigan Chippewas
Northwestern Wildcats
Game summary
Statistics
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| Northwestern
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References
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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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Formerly known as the Quick Lane Bowl |
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