2025 LA Bowl
| 2025 Bucked Up LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 5th LA Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SoFi Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Inglewood, California | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offensive: Demond Williams Jr. (QB, Washington) Defensive: Xe'Ree Alexander (LB, Washington)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Washington by 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Edwin Lee (American) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 23,269 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst), and Taylor McGregor (sideline) (ABC) Mike Couzens (play-by-play) and Max Browne (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 LA Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 13, 2025, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The fifth and final LA Bowl began at approximately 5:00 p.m. PST and aired on ABC.[2][3] The LA Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by former National Football League player Rob Gronkowski and sports nutrition and lifestyle brand Bucked Up, and was officially known as the Bucked Up LA Bowl Hosted by Gronk.
The Washington Huskies from the Big Ten Conference defeated the Boise State Broncos from the Mountain West Conference by a score of 38–10.[4]
Teams
[edit]The game featured the Washington Huskies (8–4), a former Pac-12 Conference legacy team that had moved to the Big Ten, playing against the Boise State Broncos (9–4), champions of the Mountain West Conference. This was the seventh meeting between the two teams; their most recent prior meeting was in 2023, which Washington won, 56–19.[5] This was also the third time the teams had met in bowl games, with Washington winning the 2019 Las Vegas Bowl, 38–7, and Boise State winning the 2012 Las Vegas Bowl, 28–26.[6]
Washington Huskies
[edit]Washington entered the 2025 LA Bowl with a record of 8–4 (5–4 in the Big Ten), tied for fifth place in their conference. This was their first appearance in the LA Bowl. The Huskies started the season with a 5–1 record, but split their last six games 3–3, including a win over No. 23 Illinois and losses to Wisconsin, Michigan, and No. 6 Oregon.[7]
Boise State Broncos
[edit]Boise State entered the bowl game with a record of 9–4 (6–2 in the Mountain West).[8] The Broncos won their final two games, which set up a four-way tie between UNLV, San Diego State and New Mexico. Per Mountain West tiebreaker rules, an aggregate of different computer rankings were used to determine who would play in the conference championship game, with Boise State and UNLV winning the tiebreaker.[9] The Broncos defeated UNLV, 38–21, in the 2025 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. This was the team's second appearance in the LA Bowl and their first since the 2023 editioon, which they lost to UCLA, 35–22. It was also Boise State's final game as a member of the Mountain West Conference, with the Broncos set to join the Pac-12 Conference in 2026.[10]
Game summary
[edit]Boise State Broncos (9–4) at Washington Huskies (8–4) – Game summary
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Broncos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Huskies | 3 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
at SoFi Stadium • Inglewood, CA
- Date: December 13, 2025
- Game time: 5:00 p.m.
- Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 59 °F (15 °C) • Wind: N/A (indoors)
- Game attendance: 23,269
- Referee: Edwin Lee
- TV announcers (ABC/ESPN Radio): ABC: Dave Pasch (play-by-play), Dusty Dvoracek (analyst) and Taylor McGregor (sideline reporter)
ESPN Radio: Mike Couzens (play-by-play) and Max Browne (analyst) - Box score
| Game information |
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| Statistics | BOISE | WASH |
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| First downs | 16 | 17 |
| Plays–yards | 72–311 | 61–355 |
| Rushes–yards | 58 | 128 |
| Passing yards | 253 | 227 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 22–43–5 | 17–28–0 |
| Time of possession | 32:06 | 28:04 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Boise State | Passing | Max Cutforth | 15-27, 302 yards, TD, 3 INT's |
| Rushing | Dylan Riley | 10 carries, 34 yards | |
| Receiving | Chris Marshall | 5 receptions, 97 yards | |
| Washington | Passing | Demond Williams Jr. | 15–24, 214 yards, 4 TD's |
| Rushing | Jonah Coleman | 12 carries, 96 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Denzel Boston | 6 receptions, 125 yards, TD |
Game recap
[edit]The Boise State Broncos and Washington Huskies started the game by trading field goals in the first quarter.
Then, in the second quarter, Huskies quarterback Demond Williams launched a 78-yard touchdown pass to Denzel Boston to take a 10–3 lead. After a fourth-down stop on defense, the Washington offense responded with a 57-yard touchdown drive, capped off by a 6-yard touchdown catch by receiver Dezmen Roebuck.
After an interception by Boise State QB Maddux Madsen, Washington scored another touchdown, a 3-yard connection from Demond Williams to Raiden Vines-Bright to extend their commanding lead to 24–3 at the half.[11]
The second half of the game started with a 32 yard touchdown pass by Demond WIlliams Jr. to wide receiver Queinton Moore. After the extra point, the Huskies lead 31-3. The scoring continued in the 4th quarter as Washington running back Jonah Coleman scored his final college football touchdown with a 6 yard run to bring the score to 38-3. The Broncos drove late and added a touchdown on a 8 yard touchdown pass from Max Curforth to Matt Lauter bringing the final score to 38-10.
References
[edit]- ↑ Yamashita, Andy (December 13, 2025), "Washington Huskies cruise to LA Bowl blowout over Boise State", Seattle Times
- ↑ "2025-26 College Football Playoff schedule, dates, TV channel, sites". NCAA.com. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
- ↑ "College Football Bowl Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
- ↑ Raley, Dan (December 13, 2025). "UW Does Some Serious Bronco Busting in Final LA Bowl". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Washington vs. Boise State football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 27, 2025.
- ↑ Til, Cameron Van (December 6, 2025). "Report: UW Huskies to face Boise State in LA Bowl". Seattle Sports. Retrieved December 6, 2025.
- ↑ "Washington Huskies". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Boise State Broncos". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ↑ "Boise State to Host UNLV for 2025 Mountain West Football Championship". themw.com. Mountain West Conference. November 30, 2025. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Boise State Accepts Invitation to Pac-12 Conference". broncosports.com. September 12, 2024. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ↑ Raley, Dan (December 13, 2025). "UW Does Some Serious Bronco Busting in Final LA Bowl". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Game statistics at statbroadcast.com