2025 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)
| 2025 Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| College Football Playoff Semifinal 89th Cotton Bowl Classic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the site of the Cotton Bowl Classic. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 10, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | AT&T Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MOP | Offensive: Will Howard, QB Defensive: Jack Sawyer, DE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Ohio State by 5.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Jerry Magallanes (ACC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 74,527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analyst), Holly Rowe and Laura Rutledge (sidelines) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN Brazil; ESPN Deportes; | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | ESPN Brazil: Matheus Pinheiro (play-by-play), Weinny Eirado (analyst) and Guilherme Cohen (rules analyst); ESPN Deportes: Eduardo Varela, Pablo Viruega and Carlos Nava | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 10, 2025, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The 89th annual Cotton Bowl Classic featured the Texas Longhorns of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the Ohio State Buckeyes of the Big Ten Conference, who both advanced from a College Football Playoff quarterfinal game. The game began at approximately 6:30 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. The Cotton Bowl Classic was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, the game was officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the 89th Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.