2024 Hawaii Bowl
| 2024 Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||
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| Date | December 24, 2024 | ||||||||
| Season | 2024 | ||||||||
| Stadium | Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex | ||||||||
| Location | Honolulu, Hawaii | ||||||||
| Referee | Timothy Barker (Sun Belt)[1] | ||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||
| Announcers | Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Marilyn Payne (sideline) (ESPN) Kevin Winter (play-by-play) and Trevor Matich (analyst) (ESPN Radio) | ||||||||
The 2024 Hawaii Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 24, 2024, at Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 21st annual Hawaii Bowl game will feature South Florida and San Jose State. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. HST (8:00 p.m. EST) and will air on ESPN.[2][3][4] The Hawaii Bowl is one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season.
Teams
[edit]Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature South Florida from the American Athletic Conference (The American) and San Jose State from the Mountain West Conference (MW).[5] South Florida and San Jose State have played once before, in 2017, which South Florida won, 42–22.[6] The game will be San Jose State's second appearance in the Hawaii Bowl, and South Florida's first.
South Florida Bulls
[edit]The Bulls started their season with a win over Bethune–Cookman, but fell the following week to #8 Alabama. They had a 3-game losing streak in the middle of the season, but were able to recover in the latter half of the year, clinching bowl eligibility on November 23 after beating Tulsa 63–30 at home. The Bulls ended their regular season with a loss to Rice, which brought their regular season record to 6–6.
San Jose State Spartans
[edit]The Spartans started their season 3–0 before losing to Washington State in double-overtime. They then alternated winning and losing games before clinching bowl eligibility on November 9, after beating Oregon State 24–13. San Jose State ended the regular season with a 34–31 win against Stanford in the Bill Walsh Legacy Game to bring their record to 7–5.
Game summary
[edit]| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| San Jose State | - | - | - | - | 0 |
at Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Honolulu, Hawaii
- Date: Tuesday, December 24, 2024
- Game time: 3:00 p.m. HST
- TV announcers (ESPN): Tiffany Greene (play-by-play), Jay Walker (analyst), and Marilyn Payne (sideline)
Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | USF | SJSU |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | ||
| Plays–yards | – | – |
| Rushes–yards | – | – |
| Passing yards | ||
| Passing: comp–att–int | –– | –– |
| Time of possession |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Florida | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving | |||
| San Jose State | Passing | ||
| Rushing | |||
| Receiving |
References
[edit]- ^ Austro, Ben (December 9, 2024). "2024-25 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
- ^ Cobb, David. "2024-25 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, locations, kickoff times, TV channels". CBS Sports. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin. "College football bowl schedule for 2024-25 season released". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "The Hawaiʻi Bowl". Retrieved December 6, 2024.
- ^ "San Jose State will play South Florida in the Hawaii Bowl". apnews.com. AP. December 3, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
- ^ "San Jose State Spartans vs. South Florida Bulls football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 3, 2024.