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The Hawaii Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played in the Honolulu, Hawaii, area since 2002. The game was originally held at Aloha Stadium in Halawa, Hawaii, a suburb of Honolulu, before moving to the Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex in 2022. The bowl is one of the post-season contests run by ESPN Events. Typically played on or near Christmas Eve, the bowl normally features a team from the Mountain West Conference, playing a team from either the American Athletic Conference or Conference USA.
For practical and logistical reasons, the Mountain West Conference's tie-in is automatically allocated to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors if the team is bowl-eligible, and was not selected to play in a New Year's Six (or previously, BCS) bowl game. This means that the Rainbow Warriors do not have to travel to the mainland for a bowl game unless it is of significant importance. As a result of this practice, the Rainbow Warriors have made the most appearances in the game, at nine.
For the 2021 through 2023 editions, the bowl was sponsored by EasyPost. Previous sponsors include ConAgra Foods (2002) and Sheraton Hotels and Resorts Hawaii (2003–2013), and SoFi (2018–2019). The 2024 edition had no sponsor. On April 24, 2025, it was announced that Sheraton would be returning as the title sponsor of the game.
The current Mountain West tie-in was held by the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) until 2012, when the WAC ceased sponsoring college football, and Hawaii moved to the Mountain West.
The first two editions were played on the Aloha Bowl's traditional Christmas Day date, but ESPN's acquisition of NBA rights came with the league's Christmas Day games, thus the game moved to Christmas Eve after 2004 in most years.
The 2005 appearance of the UCF Knights at the Hawaii Bowl was the first ever bowl game in that school's history. In 2006, the Pac-10 replaced Conference USA (C-USA) as the WAC's opposition, with C-USA as an alternate. Since Christmas Eve fell on a Monday in 2007, the game was scheduled for the night prior (December 23) to avoid a conflict with Monday Night Football (also on ESPN). In 2008, the bowl organizers selected Notre Dame as an at-large bid, marking the first time an independent played in the contest. C-USA again became a primary tie-in starting in 2009. The 2011 game featured the C-USA champion for the first time, as Southern Mississippi played instead of going to the Liberty Bowl, where the C-USA champion typically played at the time. The bowl featured the Mountain West champion for the first time in 2015, as San Diego State played instead of going to the Las Vegas Bowl, where the Mountain West champion typically plays.
Between 2002 and 2018, C-USA sent a team to the bowl 12 times, registering an 8–4 record. In 2019, the American Athletic Conference (The American) superseded C-USA as the primary tie-in to face a Mountain West team (or independent BYU).
On October 2, ESPN Events announced that the 2020 edition of the bowl game had been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On August 10, 2021, EasyPost was announced as the new sponsor of the bowl, making it the EasyPost Hawai'i Bowl. EasyPost remained the sponsor through the 2023 edition.
On December 23, 2021, the game was cancelled for the second consecutive season, after the Rainbow Warriors withdrew due to injuries and COVID-19 issues within the team.
The 2024 edition of the bowl took five overtime periods to decide, setting a new record for the most overtime periods in a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) bowl game, with the South Florida Bulls defeating the San Jose State Spartans. However, this record was surpassed just two days later when the 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl took six overtimes to decide.
| 9 catches for 158 yards and 2 TD's. |
| 26 for 42, 475 yards, 5 TD's passing. 19 carries for 124 yards and 3 TD's. |
| 8 catches for 114 yards, 2 TD's. 5 punt returns for 90 yards and a TD. |
| 11 receptions for 114 yards. 11 receptions for 210 yards and 3 TD's. |
| 33 for 42, 559 yards and 5 TD's. 14 receptions for 308 yards and 2 TD's. |
| 408 all purpose yards, 2 TD's. |
| 6 receptions for 177 yards and 3 TD's. 22 for 26, 401 yards and 5TD's 8 receptions for 109 yards and 2 TD's. |
| 32 of 41 passing for 460 yards and 2 TD's. |
| 5 carries for 98 yards and 1 TD, 4 receptions for 101 yards and 1 TD, 6 returns for 127 yards. 2 sacks, 8 UA Tackles, 2 Asst. Tackles, 2.5 TFL, 2 Int's for 106 yards and 1 TD 13 receptions for 214 yards and 2 TD's. |
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| Most points scored (one team) | 62, Tulsa vs. Hawaii | 2010 |
| Most points scored (losing team) | 48, shared by: Houston vs. Hawaii UCF vs. Nevada | 2003 2005 |
| Most points scored (both teams) | 102, Hawaii vs. Houston | 2003 |
| Fewest points allowed | 6, Rice vs. Fresno State | 2014 |
| Largest margin of victory | 35, shared by: SMU vs. Nevada San Diego State vs. Cincinnati | 2009 2015 |
| Total yards | 680, Hawaii vs. Arizona State | 2006 |
| Rushing yards | 369, Nevada vs. UCF | 2005 |
| Passing yards | 559, Hawaii vs. Arizona State | 2006 |
| First downs | 32, Hawaii vs. Arizona State | 2006 |
| Fewest yards allowed | 170, San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee | 2022 |
| Fewest rushing yards allowed | –66, San Diego State vs. Middle Tennessee | 2022 |
| Fewest passing yards allowed | 93, Rice vs. Fresno State | 2014 |
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