2025 Celebration Bowl
| 2025 Cricket Celebration Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10th Celebration Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 13, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Atlanta, Georgia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ryan Subblefield (QB, South Carolina State) Brenyen Scott (DB, South Carolina State) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Scott Broadway (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 26,703 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), Harry Lyles Jr. and Quint Kessenich (sideline reporters) (ABC) Jason Ross Jr. (play-by-play), Max Starks (analyst), and Jordan Reid (sideline reporter) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 13, 2025, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The tenth annual Celebration Bowl game featured the South Carolina State Bulldogs, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, and the Prairie View A&M Panthers, champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. South Carolina State beat Prairie View A&M in quadruple overtime by a score of 40–38.
The game began at noon EST and aired on ABC. The Celebration Bowl was the only one of the 2025–26 bowl games played by FCS teams. The game was sponsored by wireless service provider Cricket Wireless and was officially known as the Cricket Celebration Bowl.