Tuesday, December 23
Boca Raton, Fla.
2:00 p.m.
University of Toledo
8-5 , 6-2
22
vs
27
Louisville
9-4 , 4-4
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
F
Toledo
3
0
0
19
22
Louisville
7
0
7
13
27
Team Stats
TOL
LOU
Total Yards
336
333
Pass Yards
167
153
Rushing Yards
169
180
Penalty Yards
100
47
1st Downs
20
23
3rd Downs
4
1
4th Downs
1
3
TOP
31:46
28:14
1st Quarter
TOL 0, LOU 7
LOU - Hurry,Treyshun 17 yd pass from Moss,Miller (Ranvier,Cooper kick) 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:34
TOL 3, LOU 7
TOL - Hammond III,Robert 41 yd field goal 10 plays, 34 yards, TOP 04:55
3rd Quarter
TOL 3, LOU 14
LOU - Meeks,Antonio 5 yd pass from Moss,Miller (Ranvier,Cooper kick) 9 plays, 77 yards, TOP 04:55
4th Quarter
TOL 3, LOU 21
LOU - Brown,Isaac 11 yd run (Ranvier,Cooper kick), 5 plays, 22 yards, TOP 02:29
TOL 11, LOU 21
TOL - Petersen,Jacob 26 yd pass from Osborne,Kalieb (Trayanum,Chip rush) 11 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:11
TOL 14, LOU 21
TOL - Hammond III,Robert 50 yd field goal 6 plays, 18 yards, TOP 02:21
TOL 14, LOU 27
LOU - Brown,Isaac 53 yd run ( kick), 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:32
TOL 16, LOU 27
TOL - Smith,Avery 0 yd PAT return
TOL 22, LOU 27
TOL - Trayanum,Chip 3 yd run (), 6 plays, 68 yards, TOP 02:29
Game Leaders
CMP
17
TD
1
YDS
167
INT
0
Players Mentioned
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PK
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TE
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LB
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Redshirt freshman Kalieb Osborne accounted for 244 yards and one touchdown in Toledo's 27-22 loss to Louisville on Tuesday.
Photo by: Bree Bee
Rockets Fight Till the End at Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl of Beans
12/23/2025 7:10:00 PM | Football
Toledo hangs tough with Louisville before falling, 27-22
BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Toledo Rockets fought till the very end at the Bush's Boca Raton Bowl of Beans but ultimately succumbed to Louisville, 27-22, on Tuesday.
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Toledo trailed throughout the entire game and was down 27-14 late in the fourth quarter before staging a final rally. Avery Smith returned a blocked extra point for two points, and Chip Trayanum scored from three yards out to cut the Louisville lead to five with 2:24 left. But the Cardinals were able to run out the clock to claim the victory.
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The game was the final collegiate contest for many seniors but a big part of the game's story belonged to a redshirt freshman, quarterback Kalieb Osborne. Filling in for injured senior Tucker Gleason in his first collegiate start, Osborne completed 17-of-28 passes for 167 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions. He also led the Rockets with 77 yards on the ground, scrambling for numerous first downs.
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Toledo's defense came through with another big performance as well, holding Louisville to 333 yards of total offense. Senior All-America safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren fought off a lower leg injury and played inspiring football. Junior linebacker K'Von Sherman led the Rockets with nine tackles. Senior defensive tackle Martez Poynter added six tackles and two tackles for loss.
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First Quarter
"We let the guys know after the game that there are no moral victories. We got as close as we did tonight because we scratched and clawed for every inch, and we gave it everything we had. We had moments when we gave them opportunities, and then we had moments when we recovered from that. Our defense, led by Eman, was unbelievable. And Kalieb, for such a young guy – what a performance by a young dude making his first start."
"What happened with us was compelling. These guys could have gone a million other bad directions but they didn't choose that. They chose to bind together. They chose to push forward. They chose to fight. They chose to put everything they had into this football game."
Post-Game Notes
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Toledo trailed throughout the entire game and was down 27-14 late in the fourth quarter before staging a final rally. Avery Smith returned a blocked extra point for two points, and Chip Trayanum scored from three yards out to cut the Louisville lead to five with 2:24 left. But the Cardinals were able to run out the clock to claim the victory.
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The game was the final collegiate contest for many seniors but a big part of the game's story belonged to a redshirt freshman, quarterback Kalieb Osborne. Filling in for injured senior Tucker Gleason in his first collegiate start, Osborne completed 17-of-28 passes for 167 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions. He also led the Rockets with 77 yards on the ground, scrambling for numerous first downs.
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Toledo's defense came through with another big performance as well, holding Louisville to 333 yards of total offense. Senior All-America safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren fought off a lower leg injury and played inspiring football. Junior linebacker K'Von Sherman led the Rockets with nine tackles. Senior defensive tackle Martez Poynter added six tackles and two tackles for loss.
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First Quarter
- Louisville opened the game with an eight-play, 75-yard drive that culminated in a 17-yard touchdown pass.
- Esean Carter's blocked field goal set up a short Toledo drive that concluded with a 41-yard field goal from Robert Hammond III with 11 seconds left in the quarter.
- The defenses dominated the second quarter. The teams exchanged punts, with neither side making it to the red zone.Â
- Toledo missed an opportunity to cut the lead to one when a holding penalty negated a pass completion to the one-yard line, and a subsequent 41-yard field goal attempt was no good.
- Louisville countered with a 77-yard touchdown drive that was finished off with a five-yard TD pass to increase the Cardinal lead to 14-3 with 3:40 left in the third quarter.
- Louisville scored on the first play of the fourth quarter, an 11-yard touchdown run to make the score 21-3.
- Toledo cut the lead to 21-11 on a 26-yard TD pass from Kalieb Osborne to tight end Jacob Petersen. Chip Trayanum took the direct snap in for a two-point conversion.
- The Rockets trimmed the lead to 21-14 on a 50-yard field goal by Hammond with 6:35 left.
- Louisville extended the lead to 27-14 on a 53-yard run, but Avery Smith blocked the extra point and returned it 79 yards for two points, making it 27-16.
- Toledo cut the lead to 27-22 on Chip Trayanum's three-yard run but the two-point conversion failed.
- Louisville got the ball with 2:24 left on the clock and was able to control the ball the rest of the way.
"We let the guys know after the game that there are no moral victories. We got as close as we did tonight because we scratched and clawed for every inch, and we gave it everything we had. We had moments when we gave them opportunities, and then we had moments when we recovered from that. Our defense, led by Eman, was unbelievable. And Kalieb, for such a young guy – what a performance by a young dude making his first start."
"What happened with us was compelling. These guys could have gone a million other bad directions but they didn't choose that. They chose to bind together. They chose to push forward. They chose to fight. They chose to put everything they had into this football game."
Post-Game Notes
- In his first collegiate start, redshirt freshman Kalieb Osborne completed 17-of-28 passes for 167 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions. He also ran for 77 yards, including a 29-yard scamper in the second half.
- Chip Trayanum's 65-yard performance gives him 1,015 yards for the season, becoming the 19th Rocket to pass 1,000 yards in a season.
- Wide receiver Junior Vandeross III caught seven passes for 61 yards. He now has 215 career receptions and 2,647 receiving yards, moving past Steve Odom (2,631 from 2003-06) for eighth place all-time at Toledo.
- Sophomore Robert Hammond III connected on his first two collegiate field goals, a 41-yarder in the first quarter and a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter.
- Toledo's defense held Louisville to 145 yards of total offense in the first half, 75 of which came on the Cardinals' opening drive.
- Junior linebacker K'Von Sherman led the Rockets with nine tackles. Senior defensive tackle Martez Poynter added 2.0 tackles for loss.
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