2025 Frisco Bowl
| 2025 Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 8th Frisco Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Center at The Star | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Sieh Bangura (RB, Ohio) Defense: Adonis Williams Jr. (S, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | UNLV by 6.5[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tim Rich (American) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 6,521 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Wes Durham (play-by-play), Steve Addazio (analyst), and Dana Boyle (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. Due to ongoing renovations at the bowl's usual venue, Toyota Stadium, this edition was contested at Ford Center at The Star.[2] The eighth annual Frisco Bowl began at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN.[3][4] The Frisco Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by coffeehouse chain Scooter's Coffee and officially known as the Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl.
The 2025 Frisco Bowl featured the UNLV Rebels (10–3) of the Mountain West Conference and the Ohio Bobcats (8–4) of the Mid-American Conference. Ohio beat UNLV by a score of 17–10.[5]
Teams
Based on conference tie-ins, the game was expected to feature teams from the American Conference and an at-large bid from any of the other Group of Five conferences. The matchup announced was with a team from the Mountain West Conference, UNLV, and a team from the Mid-American Conference (MAC), Ohio. This was the second meeting between the two programs; UNLV won their first meeting, played in 1988.[6]
UNLV Rebels
UNLV opened their season with six consecutive wins, then lost back-to-back games; there record stood at 6–2 in early November. The Rebels completed their regular season with four consecutive wins, then lost the 2025 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game to Boise State, who had also defeated UNLV in mid-October.[7] The Rebels entered the Frisco Bowl with a 10–3 record.
Ohio Bobcats
Ohio lost two of their first three games, including a defeat to then top-ranked Ohio State. The Bobcats won seven of their remaining nine games, and entered the Frisco Bowl with an 8–4 record.[8]
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| UNLV | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Ohio | 0 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
at Ford Center at The Star • Frisco, Texas
- Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: n/a (indoor)
- Game attendance: 6,521
- Referee: Tim Rich
- TV announcers (ESPN): Wes Durham (play-by-play), Steve Addazio (analyst), and Dana Boyle (sideline)
- Box score
Statistics
| Statistics | UNLV | OHIO |
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| First downs | 18 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 59–281 | 58–350 |
| Rushes–yards | 29–97 | 43–207 |
| Passing yards | 184 | 143 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 19–30–1 | 11–15–1 |
| Time of possession | 28:00 | 32:00 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| UNLV | Passing | Anthony Colandrea | 19/30, 184 yards, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Jai'Den Thomas | 11 carries, 51 yards | |
| Receiving | Jaden Bradley | 4 receptions, 62 yards | |
| Ohio | Passing | Parker Navarro | 11/15, 143 yards, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Sieh Bangura | 19 carries, 149 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Chase Hendricks | 4 receptions, 87 yards |
See also
- 2025 Xbox Bowl, played at the same venue
References
- ^ "UNLV vs. Ohio (Dec 23, 2025)". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on January 30, 2026. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Scooter's Coffee Frisco Bowl Moves to Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas". Frisco Bowl. Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Fiutak, Pete (December 24, 2025). "Frisco Bowl: Ohio Ran Over UNLV – 5 Takeaways and What's Next". College Football News. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ^ "UNLV vs. Ohio football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ^ "UNLV Rebels". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
- ^ "Ohio Bobcats". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 25, 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com