2019 Hawaii Bowl

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The 2019 Hawaii Bowl is a college football bowl game that will be played on December 24, 2019, with kickoff scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EST (3:00 p.m. local HST) on ESPN.[4] It will be the 18th edition of the Hawaii Bowl, and will be one of the 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. Sponsored by the SoFi personal finance company, the game will be officially known as the SoFi Hawaii Bowl.

Teams

The game will be played between Hawaii of the Mountain West Conference, and BYU, an FBS independent. This will be the 32nd meeting in this rivalry that dates back to 1930, and first in the postseason.[5] Both teams were previously members of the Western Athletic Conference; BYU from 1962 to 1998, and Hawaii from 1979 to 2011. BYU leads the rivalry series, 23–8.[6]

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

Main article: 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Hawaii enters the bowl with a 9–4 record (5–3 in conference). The Rainbow Warriors finished atop the West Division of the Mountain West Conference, with the same conference win-loss record as San Diego State, whom they defeated during the regular season. Hawaii accepted their bowl invitation following their loss to Boise State in the Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. This is their third Hawaii Bowl appearance under head coach Nick Rolovich, having won in 2016 and lost in 2018. Overall, this is the 13th bowl game for Hawaii (ninth Hawaii Bowl), with a prior record of 6–6 (4–4 in prior Hawaii Bowls).

BYU Cougars

Main article: 2019 BYU Cougars football team

BYU enters the bowl with a 7–5 record, having started the season 2–4, then winning five consecutive games, and losing to San Diego State in their regular season finale. Led by head coach Kalani Sitake, the Cougars accepted an invitation to the Hawaii Bowl on November 16.[7] This is BYU's first Hawaii Bowl appearance, and their second postseason game in Honolulu; they played in the 1992 Aloha Bowl, where they fell to Kansas by three points.[8]

Game summary

2019 SoFi Hawaii Bowl
Period 1 2 34Total
Hawaii - - --0
BYU - - --0

at Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, Hawaii

Game information
First Quarter
Second Quarter
Third Quarter
Fourth Quarter

Statistics

References

  1. ^ "Current Las Vegas Line". vegasinsider.com. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019-20 bowl officiating assignments". footballzebras.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  3. ^ "2019 Bowl Schedule". collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  4. ^ "2019-20 college football bowl schedule, games, dates, times, TV channels". CBSSports.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  5. ^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. BYU Cougars football series history games list". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. BYU Cougars football series history". winsipedia.com. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
  7. ^ Hansen, Jeff. "Aloha! BYU Officially Accepts SoFi Hawaii Bowl Bid". CougarSportsInsider.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  8. ^ Robinson, Jon (4 December 2000). "1992 Aloha Bowl: Kansas 23, BYU 20". Deseret News. Retrieved November 18, 2019.

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