2025 Gator Bowl (December)
| 2025 TaxSlayer Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 81st Gator Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | EverBank Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chandler Morris (QB, Virginia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Missouri by 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Tuta Salaam (Big 12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 31,802 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Bob Wischusen (play-by-play), Louis Riddick (analyst), and Kris Budden (sideline) (ABC) JP Shadrick (play-by-play), Gino Torretta (analyst) and KC Jones (sideline) (Touchdown Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Gator Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2025, at EverBank Stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida. The 81st annual Gator Bowl game began at approximately 7:30 p.m. EST and aired on ABC. The Gator Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by financial technology company TaxSlayer and was officially known as the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl.
The game featured the Virginia Cavaliers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Missouri Tigers from the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Cavaliers defeated the Tigers by a score of 13–7.