2015 Hawaii Bowl
| 2015 Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 14th Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 24, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Aloha Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | San Diego State FB Dakota Gordon[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Cincinnati by 2½[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Rodney Burnette (C-USA)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 22,793[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$TBD | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN/ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Adam Amin, Greg McElroy, & Holly Rowe (ESPN) Kevin Winter, Mike Golic, & Mike Golic, Jr. (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2015 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2015 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The fourteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Cincinnati Bearcats of the American Athletic Conference against the San Diego State Aztecs from the Mountain West Conference. It began at 3:15 p.m. HST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.[4]
Teams[edit]
The game featured the Cincinnati Bearcats, with a record of 7–5, against San Diego State, with a record of 10-3 and on a 9-game winning streak going into the game. The Aztecs defeated the Bearcats by a score of 42-7.
Cincinnati Bearcats[edit]
This was the Bearcats' 17th bowl game (they were 8–8 all-time in bowl games), their fifth consecutive bowl appearance, and their first bowl game in Hawaii.
San Diego State Aztecs[edit]
San Diego State, playing its sixth straight bowl game, had won all of its eight regular conference games this year. They then defeated Air Force, 27-24 in the title game for the school's 20th football conference championship. Head coach Rocky Long is among 13 active coaches to have guided his current team to a bowl game during his first five seasons as the head man. This was also the Aztecs' first bowl game in Hawaii since 1952.
Game summary[edit]
Scoring Summary[edit]
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Source: [3]
Statistics[edit]
| Statistics[3] | SDSU | CIN |
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| First downs | 22 | 15 |
| Plays–yards | 64–336 | 63–279 |
| Rushes–yards | 52–207 | 32–77 |
| Passing yards | 129 | 202 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 9–12–0 | 19–31–3 |
| Time of possession | 35:34 | 24:26 |
References[edit]
- ^ "San Diego State clobbers Cincinnati 42-7 in Hawaii Bowl". usatoday.com. Associated Press. December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
San Diego State fullback Dakota Gordon does a lot more than just block for the Aztecs. He showed it in the Hawaii Bowl and ended up with the most valuable player award.
- ^ Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
- ^ a b c d "2015 Hawaii Bowl: San Diego State vs. Cincinnati Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ "SHERATON HAWAII BOWL". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.