Louisville and Toledo met in the Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans on Tuesday as one of the numerous bowl games scheduled in the lead-up to the second round of the College Football Playoff. It was a competitive game but the Cardinals wound up victorious,

And Louisville (9-4, 4-4 ACC) thrived in that frantic environment, picking up a 27-22 wire-to-wire win over Toledo (8-5, 4-4 MAC) to collect a second-straight bowl win under head coach Jeff Brohm. Louisville opened the afternoon with little resistance against the Rockets’ second-ranked total defense,

The Toledo Rockets face the Louisville Cardinals in the Boca Raton Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025 at Flagler Credit Union Stadium in Boca Raton, Fla.

Louisville had some fun with the Boca Raton Bowl trophy following a 27-22 win over Toledo on Tuesday. Cardinals players gathered to eat a large quantity of baked beans out of the trophy after the win. The beans were provided by Bush's, the title sponsor of the game.

The Louisville Cardinals will enter as favorites when they face the Toledo Rockets in the Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl on Dec. 23, 2025, at Flagler Credit Union Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida. Both teams bring identical 8-4 records into the matchup.

At the Duke's Mayo Bowl, the winning coach gets doused with mayonnaise. At the Pop-Tarts Bowl, the victorious team has the chance to consume an oversized toasted pastry. And those celebrations evidently made Louisville and Toledo players wonder what will happen when they meet Tuesday in the Boca Raton Bowl — especially

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