2016 Hawaii Bowl

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2016 Hawaii Bowl
15th Hawaii Bowl
1234Total
Hawaii142110752
Middle Tennessee1477735
DateDecember 24, 2016
Season 2016
Stadium Aloha Stadium
Location Honolulu, Hawaii
MVP Dru Brown (QB, Hawaii) & Richie James (WR, Middle Tennessee)
Favorite No Line [1]
Referee Charles Lamertina (AAC)
Attendance20,327
Payout US$650,000 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers Chris Cotter, Mark May, Maria Taylor (TV)
Kevin Winter, Mike Golic Jr (Radio)
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The 2016 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2016, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The fifteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors from the Mountain West Conference against the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders from Conference USA. It began at 3:15 p.m. HST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2016–17 bowl games that concluded the 2016 FBS football season.

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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 Rainbow Warriors defeated the Blue Raiders by a score of 35–14. [3]

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.

1234Total
Rainbow Warriors142110752
Blue Raiders1477735

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP MTSUHAW
112:094741:26MTSUI'Tavius Mathers 20-yard touchdown run, Canon Rooker kick good07
19:462700:45MTSU Richie James 51-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Canon Rooker kick good014
14:091180:05HAWMetuisela 'Unga 18-yard touchdown reception from Dru Brown, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good714
12:393450:22HAWSteven Lakalaka 1-yard touchdown run, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good1414
211:438804:01HAWDru Brown 2-yard touchdown run, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good2114
27:30HAWInterception returned 68 yards for touchdown by Trayvon Henderson, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good2814
21:416821:40MTSUTy Lee 3-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Canon Rooker kick good2821
20:225551:13HAWMarcus Kemp 39-yard touchdown reception from Dru Brown, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good3521
39:468533:32HAW23-yard field goal by Rigoberto Sanchez3821
37:517751:55MTSUDennis Andrews 10-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Canon Rooker kick good3828
31:1512756:36HAWMetuisela 'Unga 12-yard touchdown reception from Dru Brown, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good4528
410:093551:15MTSUTy Lee 13-yard touchdown reception from Brent Stockstill, Canon Rooker kick good4535
43:3111846:33HAWDylan Collie 4-yard touchdown reception from Dru Brown, Rigoberto Sanchez kick good5235
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.5235

Statistics

StatisticsMTSUHAW
First Downs2918
Third down efficiency4-118-15
Rushes-yards24-123 (5.1)42-206 (4.9)
Passing yards420296
Passing, Comp-Att-Int29-50-220-30-0
Time of Possession23:2636:34

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  2. Bowl payout
  3. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders series history