The 2025 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 1, 2025, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The 111th annual Rose Bowl game was one of the 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinals and featured top-ranked Oregon and sixth-ranked Ohio State, both members of the Big Ten Conference. This was the first time since the 1944 game in which two teams from the same conference competed in the Rose Bowl. The game began at approximately 2:00 p.m. PST. The Rose Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Prudential financial service company, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the 2025 Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential.
Background The 2025 Rose Bowl was a quarterfinal game for the 2024–25 College Football Playoff (CFP). Oregon, being the top-ranked team in the final CFP rankings and winner of the Big Ten Championship Game, received a bye in the new 12-team format of the CFP and was selected to play in the bowl game.
Sixth-ranked Ohio State, the number eight seed in the tournament, defeated Tennessee in the first round, 42–17, to advance to this game.
This was the 12th all-time meeting between Ohio State and Oregon, as well as their first post-season meeting since the inaugural 2015 CFP National Championship game in Arlington, which Ohio State won 42–20. It was also their third meeting in the Rose Bowl, following the 1958 and 2010 editions of the bowl from when the game traditionally featured champions of the Big Ten and Pac-12 (or that of their predecessors). The Buckeyes won both times, but the Ducks won the teams' meeting earlier in the 2024 season, a Week 7 game at Autzen Stadium, 32–31.
With the win, Ohio State advanced to the CFP semifinals, facing the winner of the Peach Bowl, Texas, in the Cotton Bowl Classic.
Due to a medical issue, sportswriter Art Spander ended a 70-game streak of attending Pasadena-based playings of the Rose Bowl.
Teams Oregon Ducks
This was the ninth Rose Bowl appearance for the Ducks, who entered the game with a 4–4 record in prior appearances. Their most recent prior appearance was the 2020 game, a win over Wisconsin. Oregon entered the game as the Big Ten Conference champions with an 13–0 record (9–0 in conference), their first season in the conference.
Ohio State Buckeyes
Ohio State was 9–7 in prior Rose Bowl appearances, with their more recent prior appearance coming in the 2022 edition, a three-point victory over Utah. The Buckeyes came into this game with an 11–2 record following their 42–17 first-round win over Tennessee. Ohio State's losses to Oregon and archrival Michigan were by a total of four points.
Game summary
Statistics
+Team statistical comparisonStatisticOhio StateOregonFirst downs 20 15First downs rushing 7 2First downs passing 12 13First downs penalty 1 0Third down efficiency 4–11 8–19Fourth down efficiency 0–0 2–3Total plays–net yards 57–500 70–276Rushing attempts–net yards 31–181 28–-23Yards per rush 5.8 -0.8Yards passing 319 299 Pass completions–attempts 17–26 29–42Interceptions thrown 0 0Punt returns–total yards 0–0 0–0Kickoff returns–total yards 1–3 0–0Punts–average yardage 5–202 8–319Fumbles–lost 0–0 0–0Penalties–yards 2–14 3–13Time of possession 29:05 30:55
+Ohio State statisticsBuckeyes passing Will Howard 17–26 319 3–0Buckeyes rushing TreVeyon Henderson 8 94 2 Quinshon Judkins 17 85 0 Jeremiah Smith 1 5 0 Will Howard 5 -3 0Buckeyes receiving Jeremiah Smith 7 187 2 Emeka Egbuka 5 72 1 Gee Scott Jr. 1 30 0 TreVeyon Henderson 3 20 0 Carnell Tate 1 10 0
+Oregon statisticsDucks passing Dillon Gabriel 29–41 299 2–0Ducks rushing Jordan James 7 14 0 Jayden Limar 2 4 0 Noah Whittington 6 3 1 Tez Johnson 1 -1 0 Dillon Gabriel 12 -43 0Ducks receiving Traeshon Holden 7 116 2 Terrance Ferguson 5 71 0 Tez Johnson 5 32 0 Noah Whittington 6 30 0 Justius Lowe 2 27 0 Jordan James 2 7 0 Gary Bryant Jr. 1 6 0
See also List of college football post-season games that were rematches of regular season games
References
External links Game statistics at statbroadcast.com