2016 Hawaii Bowl
2016 Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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15th Hawaii Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 24, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | Network ESPN/ESPN Radio | | |||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Chris Cotter, Mark May, Maria Taylor (TV) Kevin Winter, Mike Golic Jr (Radio) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American
Teams
The game featured the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors with a record of 6–7 against the Middle Tennessee. This was the second time that the Hawaii Bowl featured a team with a losing record, after Fresno State in the 2014 Hawaii Bowl.
This was the second meeting between the schools; the first meeting was on September 5, 1993, where the
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Hawaii, playing in their first bowl game since 2010, was the first Hawaii team to enter a bowl game with a losing record. The Rainbow Warriors, led by head coach Nick Rolovich, won the most league games since joining the MW in 2012, and had the most wins in a season since 2011. The Bows had lost three straight bowl games, including the 2008 BCS Sugar Bowl against Georgia, and had not won since a 41–24 Hawaii Bowl win over Arizona State in 2006, 10 years earlier.
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
Coached by Rick Stockstill, the Blue Raiders were bowl eligible for the sixth time since Stockstill took over in 2006, but MTSU hasn't won a bowl game since 2009, losing four straight bowl games in that span. The Blue Raiders also boasted the 12th best passing offense in the country, scoring 40.5 points a game.
Game summary
Hawaii won their first bowl game since the 2006 Hawaii Bowl, exactly 10 years prior.
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Rainbow Warriors | 14 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 52 |
Blue Raiders | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Scoring Summary
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Statistics
Statistics | MTSU | HAW |
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First Downs | 29 | 18 |
Third down efficiency | 4-11 | 8-15 |
Rushes-yards | 24-123 (5.1) | 42-206 (4.9) |
Passing yards | 420 | 296 |
Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 29-50-2 | 20-30-0 |
Time of Possession | 23:26 | 36:34 |
References
- ^ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
- ^ Bowl payout
- ^ Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders series history