2025 Sugar Bowl
| 2025 Allstate Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Quarterfinal 91st Sugar Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Caesars Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Michael Vandervelde (Big 12)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Molly McGrath (sideline) (ESPN) Tom Hart (play-by-play), Jordan Rodgers (analyst), and Cole Cubelic (sideline) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Sugar Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The 91st annual Sugar Bowl game will be one of the College Football Playoff (CFP) quarterfinals and will feature Notre Dame and Georgia. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. CST. The Sugar Bowl will be one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season.[2] Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the College Football Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
Background
[edit]The 2025 Sugar bowl is a quarterfinal game for the College Football Playoff (CFP).[3] Georgia was ranked second in the final CFP rankings, earned the second seed in the field of 12 teams, and received a first-round bye. The winner of the Sugar Bowl will advance in the playoff to the Orange Bowl to face the winner of the Fiesta Bowl.[4] Tenth-seed Indiana (eighth in the final CFP rankings) and seventh-seed Notre Dame (fifth in the final CFP rankings) competed for the other spot in the Sugar Bowl.[3][5] That game was won by Notre Dame, 27–17.[6]
This will be the fourth meeting between the Bulldogs and the Fighting Irish,[7] following a 2017 and 2019 home-and-home series where Georgia won both games. The two teams have previously met in the postseason once, in the 1981 Sugar Bowl, a 17–10 Georgia win.
| First round | Sugar Bowl | ||||||||
| 2 | Georgia | ||||||||
| 10 | Indiana | 17 | 7 | Notre Dame | |||||
| 7 | Notre Dame | 27 | |||||||
Teams
[edit]Georgia Bulldogs
[edit]The bowl game will be the twelfth Sugar Bowl appearance for the Bulldogs with a record of 5–6, with the program's latest appearance in the 2020 game.[8] Georgia will enter the game as the Southeastern Conference champions, with an 11–2 record (6–2 in conference).[9]
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
[edit]The bowl game will be the fifth Sugar Bowl appearance for the Fighting Irish with a record of 2–2, with the program's latest appearance in the 2007 game. Notre Dame will enter the game with a 12–1 record.
Game summary
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| (7) No. 5 Notre Dame | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| (2) No. 2 Georgia | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Caesars Superdome • New Orleans, Louisiana
- Date: Wednesday January 1, 2025
- Game time: 7:45 p.m. CST
- Game weather: n/a (game played indoors)
- TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), and Molly McGrath (sideline)
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Statistics
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See also
[edit]- 2024 New Orleans Bowl, contested at the same venue 13 days earlier
References
[edit]- ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ "College Football Playoff Announces 2024 and 2025 Game Dates". College Football Playoffs. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ a b Mackel, Fletcher (December 8, 2024). "Georgia Bulldogs will meet winner of Indiana-Notre Dame in 91st Sugar Bowl, playoff quarterfinal". WDSU. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "CFP_2024-25_STANDARDIZED_BRACKET 12.08.24 KC-NEW" (PDF). collegefootballplayoff.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Notre Dame to host Indiana in first round of College Football Playoff". WNDU-TV. December 8, 2024. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ "Notre Dame handles Indiana, wins 27-17 in CFP first round matchup". NCAA.com. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
- ^ "Georgia Bulldogs vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Olson, Eric (December 8, 2024). "No. 2 Georgia gets rest before Sugar Bowl vs. Hoosiers or Irish". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
- ^ Towers, Chip (December 8, 2024). "Georgia football moves to No. 2 in CFP ranking, will rest up for Sugar Bowl". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 9, 2024.