The 2024 Hawaii Bowl was a

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played on December 24, 2024, at Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex located in

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, Hawaii. The 21st annual

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game featured

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and

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. The game began at approximately 3:00 p.m. HST (8:00 p.m. EST) and aired on

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. The Hawaii Bowl was one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season. The game took five

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periods to decide, which at the time set a new record for the most overtime periods in a

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(FBS) bowl game. However, this record was surpassed just two days later when the

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took six overtimes to decide.

Teams

Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game featured South Florida from the

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(The American) and San Jose State from the

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(MW). South Florida and San Jose State had played once before, in 2017, which South Florida won, 42–22. The game was San Jose State's second appearance in the Hawaii Bowl, and South Florida's first.

South Florida Bulls

The Bulls started their season with a win over Bethune–Cookman, but fell the following week to eighth-ranked

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. South Florida had a three-game losing streak in the middle of the season, but were able to recover in the latter half of the year, clinching

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on November 23 after beating

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, 63–30, at home. The Bulls ended their regular season with a loss to

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, which brought their regular season record to 6–6.

San Jose State Spartans

The Spartans started their season with three consecutive wins before losing to

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in double-overtime. They then alternated winning and losing games before clinching bowl eligibility on November 9 by beating Oregon State, 24–13. San Jose State ended the regular season with a 34–31 win against

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in the

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to bring their record to 7–5.

Game summary

Statistics

References

External links

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