Hawaiʻi Bowl (2002- )
The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 2002. Typically played on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the game matches teams from either Conference USA or the Pac-12 and a team from the Mountain West Conference. As part of the bowl charter, a "Hawaiʻi guarantee" allows the University of Hawaiʻi an automatic bid to the bowl provided it is bowl eligible and does not receive a bid to a bowl in the College Football Playoff, which goes to the highest ranking school among the members of the Mountain West, Sun Belt, Mid-American, and American Athletic Conferences and Conference USA. If Hawaiʻi is not eligible then another Mountain West team receives the bid. This continues a tradition started when Hawaiʻi was a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The bowl is one of 11 post-season contests run by ESPN Regional Television ("ESPN Plus"), a subsidiary of ESPN, which has carried the game since its outset.
Recent Episodes
| Episode | Name | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-24 | 2024 Hawai'i Bowl: South Florida Bulls vs. San Jose State Spartans | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 2023-12-23 | 2023 Hawai'i Bowl: Coastal Carolina vs. San Jose State | Dec 23, 2023 |
| 2022-12-24 | 2022 Hawai'i Bowl: Middle Tennessee vs. San Diego State | Dec 24, 2022 |
| 2021-12-24 | 2021 Hawai'i Bowl: Memphis (6-6) vs. Hawaii (6-7) | Dec 24, 2021 |
| 2016-12-24 | 2016 Hawaiʻi Bowl: Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors (6-7) vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders (8-4) | Dec 24, 2016 |
