2025 New Orleans Bowl
| 2025 New Orleans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 25th New Orleans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Caesars Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Maverick McIvor (QB, Western Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Western Kentucky by 2.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Christian Watson (Mountain West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,693 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline) (ESPN) Matt Jones (play-by-play) and Myron Medcalf (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2025, at Caesars Superdome located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 25th annual New Orleans Bowl game featured the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers from the Conference USA and the Southern Miss Golden Eagles from the Sun Belt Conference. The game began at approximately 4:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[2][3] The New Orleans Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season.
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured teams from Conference USA and the Sun Belt Conference.
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Game summary
2025 New Orleans Bowl
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| Southern Miss | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
at Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana
- Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025
- Game time: 4:30 p.m. CST
- Game weather: n/a (indoor)
- Game attendance: 16,693
- Referee: Christian Watson
- TV announcers (ESPN): Courtney Lyle (play-by-play), Rene Ingoglia (analyst), and Ian Fitzsimmons (sideline)
Statistics
| Statistics | WKU | USM |
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| First downs | 18 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 73–422 | 84–377 |
| Rushes–yards | 33–155 | 36–119 |
| Passing yards | 267 | 258 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 22–40–2 | 24–48–1 |
| Time of possession | 31:24 | 28:39 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Western Kentucky | Passing | Maverick McIvor | 12/19, 199 yards, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Marvis Parrish | 7 carries, 65 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Matthew Henry | 7 receptions, 126 yards | |
| Southern Miss | Passing | Braylon Braxton | 24/47, 258 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Jeffery Pittman | 10 carries, 55 yards | |
| Receiving | Tychaun Chapman | 3 receptions, 50 yards, 1 TD |
References
- ^ "Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss (Dec 23, 2025)". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
- ^ "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com