2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl
| 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 36th Pop-Tarts Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Camping World Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Bear Bachmeier (QB, BYU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | BYU by 3.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Chris Coyte (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 34,126 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2025, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The 36th annual Pop-Tarts Bowl (though only the third edition under that name) began at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST and aired on ABC.[1][2] The Pop-Tarts Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The bowl game's title sponsor was Kellanova through their Pop-Tarts brand of toaster pastries. Bowl organizers promoted this edition of the bowl as “The People’s National Championship.”[3]
BYU of the Big 12 Conference defeated Georgia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) by a 25–21 score.[4]
Teams
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured Georgia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC, inclusive of Notre Dame) and BYU from the Big 12 Conference. Notre Dame received an invitation to the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl but withdrew from bowl game consideration for the 2025–26 bowl season.[5] Georgia Tech and BYU had previously met four times, with BYU holding a 3–1 series lead.[6]
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Georgia Tech opened their season with eight consecutive wins, and were ranked as high as seventh. They suffered three losses in their final four regular-season games and entered the Pop-Tarts Bowl with a 9–3 record.[7]
BYU Cougars
BYU also opened their season with eight consecutive wins, also reaching number seven in the polls. They lost to Texas Tech on November 8, won their next three games, then lost again to Texas Tech in the Big 12 Championship Game. The Cougars entered the Pop-Tarts Bowl with an 11–2 record.[8]
Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 22 Georgia Tech | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 12 BYU | 7 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 25 |
at Camping World Stadium • Orlando, Florida
- Date: Saturday, December 27, 2025
- Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 76 °F (24 °C) • Wind: 7 mph (11 km/h) southeast
- Game attendance: 34,126
- Referee: Chris Coyte
- TV announcers (ABC): Mark Jones (play-by-play), Roddy Jones (analyst), and Quint Kessenich (sideline)
- Box score
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No scoring plays
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Statistics
| Statistics | GT | BYU |
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| First downs | 21 | 26 |
| Plays–yards | 68-401 | 63-425 |
| Rushes–yards | 28-131 | 24-100 |
| Passing yards | 270 | 325 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 22–40–1 | 27–39–1 |
| Time of possession | 28:49 | 31:11 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Georgia Tech | Passing | Haynes King | 22/40, 270 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Malachi Hosley | 11 carries, 64 yards | |
| Receiving | Malik Rutherford | 8 receptions, 105 yards | |
| BYU | Passing | Bear Bachmeier | 27/38, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Jovesa Damuni | 7 carries, 64 yards, 1 TD | |
| Receiving | Carsen Ryan | 8 receptions, 120 yards |
See also
- 2025 Cure Bowl, contest at the same venue ten days earlier
- 2025 Citrus Bowl, contest at the same venue four days later
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "BYU Football Unveils New Helmet For Pop-Tarts Bowl". KSL Sports. December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ Mendoza, Jordan (December 27, 2025). "BYU vs Georgia Tech score, updates: Cougars pull off comeback in Pop-Tarts Bowl". USA Today. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ^ Backus, Will (December 7, 2025). "Notre Dame withdraws from bowl consideration following College Football Playoff snub". CBS Sports. CBS Broadcasting. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
- ^ "Georgia Tech vs. BYU football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ^ "Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ^ "BYU Cougars". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
External links
- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com