2025 Bahamas Bowl | |||||||||
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10th Bahamas Bowl | |||||||||
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Date | January 4, 2025 | ||||||||
Season | 2024 | ||||||||
Stadium | Thomas Robinson Stadium | ||||||||
Location | Nassau, Bahamas | ||||||||
Referee | Darryl DeBerry (AAC) [1] | ||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||
Network | ESPN2 | ||||||||
Announcers | Matt Schumacker (play-by-play) and Dustin Fox (analyst) | ||||||||
The 2025 Bahamas Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on January 4, 2025, at Thomas Robinson Stadium located in Nassau, Bahamas. The tenth annual Bahamas Bowl game will feature Buffalo and Liberty. The game is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. EST and will air on ESPN2. The Bahamas Bowl is one of the final 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature the Liberty Flames from Conference USA (C-USA) and Buffalo Bulls from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
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