| 2025 South Florida Bulls football | |
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| Conference | American Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 20 |
| AP | No. 18 |
| Record | 6–1 (3–0 American) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joel Gordon (3rd season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Kodi Burns (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Todd Orlando (3rd season) |
| Base defense | Multiple 3–3–5 |
| Home stadium | Raymond James Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 South Florida | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Temple | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 2 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | 2 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 1 | – | 3 | 3 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 0 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: December 5, 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of October 21, 2025 Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 South Florida Bulls football team represents the University of South Florida (USF) as member of the American Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by third-year head coach Alex Golesh, the Bulls play home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
| Player | Position | Destination |
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| Andrew Kilfoyl | OL | Bowling Green |
| Tawfiq Byard | S | Colorado |
| Ranod Smith | WR | Edward Waters |
| Chenellson Exume | DL | Florida Atlantic |
| Abdur-Rahmaan Yaseen | WR | James Madison |
| Nikola Milovac | OL | Kennesaw State |
| Trey Dubuc | LS | New Mexico |
| Israel Carter | QB | Norfolk State |
| Cooper Evans | K | Northwestern State |
| Doug Blue-Eli | DL | Rutgers |
| Langston Long | LB | Toledo |
| Tyree Kelly | WR | UMass |
| Aamaris Brown-Bunkley | CB | UNLV |
| Eli Hiscock | LS | Wagner |
| John Cannon | K | Western Kentucky |
| Rashad Cheney | DL | Unknown |
| Immanuel Hickman | DE | Virginia Tech [1] |
| Player | Position | Previous school |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Shrader | OL | Appalachian State |
| Cartevious Norton | RB | Charlotte |
| Dre Butler | DL | Charlotte |
| Adam Zouagui | K | Davidson |
| Jacob Merrifield | DL | Florida Atlantic |
| Wyatt Sullivan | TE | Florida Atlantic |
| Izaiah Guy | CB | Georgia State |
| Chase Leon | P | Lamar |
| Boogsie Silvera | S | McNeese |
| Connor McLaughlin | OL | Stanford |
| Chas Nimrod | WR | Tennessee |
| Turner McLaughlin | LS | Tennessee Tech |
| Josh Celiscar | DE | Texas A&M |
| Jonas Duclona | DB | Wisconsin |
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 28 | 5:30 p.m. | No. 25 Boise State * | ESPN | W 34–7 | 34,707 | ||
| September 6 | 4:15 p.m. | at No. 13 Florida * | SECN | W 18–16 | 89,909 | ||
| September 13 | 4:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Miami (FL) * | No. 18 | The CW | L 12–49 | 66,591 | |
| September 20 | 12:00 p.m. | South Carolina State * |
| ESPN+ | W 63–14 | 28,461 | |
| October 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Charlotte |
| ESPN2 | W 54–26 | 34,577 | |
| October 10 | 7:30 p.m. | at North Texas | No. 24 | ESPN2 | W 63–36 | 31,386 | |
| October 18 | 7:30 p.m. | Florida Atlantic | No. 19 |
| ESPNU | W 48–13 | 45,169 |
| October 25 | 12:00 p.m. | at Memphis | No. 18 | ESPN2 | |||
| November 6 | 7:30 p.m. | UTSA |
| ESPN/ESPN2 | |||
| November 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Navy | ESPN Networks | ||||
| November 22 | at UAB | ||||||
| November 29 | Rice |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| AP | — | RV | 18 | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 18 | ||||||||
| Coaches | — | RV | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 20 | ||||||||
| CFP | Not released | Not released | |||||||||||||||
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 25 Broncos | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bulls | 0 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 |
at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | BOIS | USF |
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| First downs | 25 | 15 |
| Plays–yards | 86–378 | 55–372 |
| Rushes–yards | 38–122 | 28—117 |
| Passing yards | 256 | 255 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 27–48–0 | 17–25–0 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 36:21 | 23:39 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Boise State | Passing | Maddux Madsen | 25/46, 225 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Sire Gaines | 9 rushes, 44 yards | |
| Receiving | Latrell Caples | 4 receptions, 58 yards | |
| South Florida | Passing | Byrum Brown | 16/24, 210 yards |
| Rushing | Alvon Isaac | 3 rushes, 52 yards | |
| Receiving | Chas Nimrod | 3 receptions, 96 yards |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bulls | 0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 18 |
| No. 13 Gators | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | USF | FLA |
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| First downs | 20 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 65–391 | 65–355 |
| Rushes–yards | 29–128 | 32–133 |
| Passing yards | 263 | 222 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 23–36–0 | 23–33–1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 25:47 | 34:13 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| South Florida | Passing | Byrum Brown | 23/36, 263 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Byrum Brown | 17 carries, 66 yards | |
| Receiving | Keshaun Singleton | 2 receptions, 75 yards, TD | |
| Florida | Passing | DJ Lagway | 23/33, 222 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Jadan Baugh | 18 carries, 93 yards | |
| Receiving | Eugene Wilson III | 7 receptions, 60 yards, TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 18 Bulls | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| No. 5 Hurricanes | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
at Hard Rock Stadium • Miami Gardens, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | USF | MIA |
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| First downs | 15 | 27 |
| Plays–yards | 68–332 | 68–576 |
| Rushes–yards | 27–40 | 38–205 |
| Passing yards | 292 | 371 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 24–41–1 | 25–30–2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 23:59 | 36:01 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| South Florida | Passing | Byrum Brown | 20/36, 274 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Alvon Isaac | 6 carries, 20 yards | |
| Receiving | Chas Nimrod | 4 receptions, 128 yards | |
| Miami (FL) | Passing | Carson Beck | 23/28, 340 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Mark Fletcher Jr. | 16 carries, 121 yards, 3 TD | |
| Receiving | Keelan Marion | 6 receptions, 81 yards |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bulldogs (FCS) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Bulls | 7 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 63 |
at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | SCST | USF |
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| First downs | 20 | 20 |
| Plays–yards | 80–305 | 54–504 |
| Rushes–yards | 38–70 | 28–252 |
| Passing yards | 235 | 252 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 25–42–1 | 18–26–1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 43:07 | 16:53 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| South Carolina State | Passing | William Atkins IV | 18/28, 151 yards |
| Rushing | Kacy Fields | 7 carries, 24 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Deyandre Ruffin | 4 receptions, 41 yards | |
| South Florida | Passing | Byrum Brown | 14/20, 236 yards, 4 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Sam Franklin | 4 carries, 91 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Chas Nimrod | 4 receptions, 119 yards, 2 TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| 49ers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 26 |
| Bulls | 23 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 54 |
at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | CLT | USF |
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| First downs | 15 | 36 |
| Plays–yards | 62–279 | 97–631 |
| Rushes–yards | 33–130 | 62–407 |
| Passing yards | 149 | 224 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 16–29–2 | 20–35–2 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Time of possession | 28:14 | 31:46 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Charlotte | Passing | Zach Wilcke | 14/18, 150 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | CJ Stokes | 13 carries, 54 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Sean Brown | 4 receptions, 58 yards | |
| South Florida | Passing | Byrum Brown | 19/34, 211 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Byrum Brown | 17 carries, 162 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Jeremiah Koger | 4 receptions, 75 yards, TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 24 Bulls | 7 | 14 | 28 | 14 | 63 |
| Mean Green | 14 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 36 |
at DATCU Stadium • Denton, Texas
| Game information |
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| Statistics | USF | UNT |
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| First downs | 32 | 26 |
| Plays–yards | 86–580 | 78–423 |
| Rushes–yards | 57–306 | 29–97 |
| Passing yards | 274 | 326 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 23–29–1 | 30–49–3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Time of possession | 29:05 | 30:55 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | Passing | Byrum Brown | 22/28, 245 yards, 3 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Byrum Brown | 21 carries, 82 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Jeremiah Koger | 4 receptions, 94 yards, 2 TD | |
| North Texas | Passing | Drew Mestemaker | 30/48, 326 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Caleb Hawkins | 15 carries, 49 yards | |
| Receiving | Miles Coleman | 7 receptions, 101 yards, TD |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Owls | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| No. 19 Bulls | 7 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 48 |
at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | FAU | USF |
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| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Turnovers | ||
| Time of possession | ||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida Atlantic | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| No. 18 Bulls | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Tigers | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Game information |
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| Statistics | USF | MEM |
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| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Turnovers | ||
| Time of possession | ||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| Memphis | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadrunners | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Bulls | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | UTSA | USF |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Turnovers | ||
| Time of possession | ||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| UTSA | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bulls | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Midshipmen | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium • Annapolis, Maryland
| Game information |
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| Statistics | USF | NAVY |
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| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Turnovers | ||
| Time of possession | ||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| Navy | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Bulls | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Blazers | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Protective Stadium • Birmingham, Alabama
| Game information |
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| Statistics | USF | UAB |
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| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Turnovers | ||
| Time of possession | ||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| UAB | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Owls | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| Bulls | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, Florida
| Game information |
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| Statistics | RICE | USF |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Turnovers | ||
| Time of possession | ||
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |