2025 Rate Bowl
| 2025 Rate Bowl | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36th Rate Bowl | |||||||||
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| Date | December 26, 2025 | ||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||
| Stadium | Chase Field | ||||||||
| Location | Phoenix, Arizona | ||||||||
| Favorite | Minnesota by 2.5[1] | ||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||
| Announcers | Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline) (ESPN) Roxy Bernstein (play-by-play) and Max Starks (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||
The 2025 Rate Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 26, 2025, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The 36th annual Rate Bowl is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. MST and will air on ESPN.[2][3] The Rate Bowl will be one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The title sponsor for the game is the Rate residential mortgage company.
Teams
Based on conference tie-ins, the game was expected to feature teams from the Big 12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference. However, the matchup announced included a team from the Mountain West Conference in place of a Big 12 team.
This is the first ever meeting between the two programs.[4]
New Mexico Lobos
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Game summary
2025 Rate Bowl
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Minnesota | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Chase Field • Phoenix, Arizona
- Date: Friday, December 26, 2025
- Game time: 2:30 p.m. MST
- TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Monaco (play-by-play), Kirk Morrison (analyst), and Dawn Davenport (sideline)
Statistics
| Statistics | UNM | MINN |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| Minnesota | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
References
- ^ "New Mexico vs. Minnesota (Dec 26, 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.
- ^ "New Mexico vs. Minnesota football history". Winsipedia. Archived from the original on December 20, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com