2025 Orange Bowl
| 2025 Capital One Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Semifinal 91st Orange Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 9, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Hard Rock Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Miami Gardens, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Riley Leonard (Notre Dame, QB) Christian Gray (Notre Dame, CB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Penn State by 1.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Ellie Rose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Michael Vandervelde (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Nate Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 66,881 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Greg McElroy (analyst), Molly McGrath and Katie George (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brazil and ESPN Deportes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Brazil: Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play), Deivis Chiodini (analyst) and Giane Pessoa (rules analyst) ESPN Deportes: Ciro Procuna, Ramiro Pruneda and Sebastian M. Christensen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game played on January 9, 2025, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. The 91st annual Orange Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season, along with one of the College Football Playoff's semifinal matches. The game featured the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Penn State Nittany Lions. The game began at approximately 7:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. Sponsored by bank holding company Capital One, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl.