2025 Xbox Bowl
| 2025 Xbox Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1st Xbox Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 18, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Ford Center at The Star | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Frisco, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Corey Rucker (WR, Arkansas State) Kyle Taylor (LB, Arkansas State) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Kenneth Ray (Mountain West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 7,782 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jorge Sedano (play-by-play), Rodney McLeod (analyst), and Victoria Arlen (sideline reporter) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Xbox Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 18, 2025, at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. The first edition of the Xbox Bowl, it began at approximately 8:00 p.m. CST. The Xbox Bowl was one of the 2025–26 bowl games concluding the 2025 FBS football season, and the only such bowl to air primarily on ESPN2. The game's title sponsor was Microsoft Gaming via their Xbox brand.
In 2025, the Xbox Bowl was created as a new bowl game, replacing the Bahamas Bowl.
The inaugural Xbox Bowl featured the Missouri State Bears (7–5) of Conference USA and the Arkansas State Red Wolves (6–6) of the Sun Belt Conference. Arkansas State beat Missouri State by a score of 34–28.