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The 2018 Hawaii Bowl was a college football bowl game being played on December 22, 2018, in Honolulu , Hawaii .[ 4] Hawaii Bowl , and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season . This was the first time since 2007 that the bowl was not played on Christmas Eve .[ 5] SoFi personal finance company, the game was officially called the SoFi Hawaii Bowl .[ 6]
Teams
The game was played between the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors of the Mountain West Conference and the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA (C–USA). The teams had faced each other 10 times, with Hawaii holding an 8–2 lead in the series; both teams previously were members of the Western Athletic Conference .[ 7]
This was Louisiana Tech's first trip to the Hawaii Bowl; it was Hawaii's eighth time in this bowl.
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Hawaii secured a spot in the bowl with a win on November 17 over the UNLV Rebels , ending a four-game losing streak and assuring the Rainbow Warriors of a bowl-eligible winning record, as they reached 7–5 with one game left to play.[ 8] San Diego State Aztecs , ending the regular season with an 8–5 overall record, 5–3 in conference. The Rainbow Warriors' participation in the Hawaii Bowl was confirmed by bowl organizers on November 28.[ 9]
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Louisiana Tech announced their acceptance of a Hawaii Bowl bid on November 28.[ 7]
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
HAW
LT
1
1:08
9
44
3:04
LT
24-yard field goal by Bailey Hale
0
3
2
8:20
7
71
3:21
HAW
Jason-Matthew Sharsh 24-yard touchdown reception from Chevan Cordeiro , Ryan Meskell kick good
7
3
3
10:27
3
51
0:32
LT
Israel Tucker 5-yard touchdown run, Bailey Hale kick good
7
10
3
4:44
7
92
2:55
LT
Jaquis Dancy 58-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith , Bailey Hale kick good
7
17
3
0:55
4
65
2:05
LT
J'Mar Smith 4-yard touchdown run, Bailey Hale kick good
7
24
4
6:14
7
38
2:39
HAW
Marcus Armstrong-Brown 7-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald , Ryan Meskell kick good
14
24
4
3:45
6
65
2:29
LT
Kam McKnight 39-yard touchdown run, Bailey Hale kick good
14
31
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
14
31
Statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Rainbow Warriors
0
7
0
7
14
Bulldogs
3
0
21
7
31
Statistics
HAW
LT
First downs
17
23
Plays–yards
66–226
70–453
Rushes–yards
32–58
38–168
Passing yards
168
285
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
17–34–3
19–31–1
Time of possession
29:23
30:37
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Hawaii Passing
Cole McDonald 10/20, 85 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Fred Holly III
9 car, 57 yds
Receiving
Jason-Matthew Sharsh
5 rec, 67 yds, 1 TD
Louisiana Tech Passing
J'Mar Smith 19/31, 285 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Jaqwis Dancy
15 car, 57 yds
Receiving
Teddy Veal
8 rec, 107 yds
References
^ "Smith Leads Louisiana Tech Past Hawaii 31-14 in Hawaii Bowl" . thehawaiibowl.com . December 23, 2018. Retrieved December 26, 2018 .^ Fawkes, Ben (December 10, 2018). "Odds for every 2018-19 CFB bowl game" . ESPN.com . Retrieved December 18, 2018 . ^ "2018 Bowl Schedule" . CFP.com . Retrieved December 3, 2018 .^ "2018-19 College Football Playoff and bowl schedule" . ESPN . May 2, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018 .^ "For the first time in a decade, Hawaii Bowl won't happen on Christmas Eve" . KHON-TV . Retrieved November 25, 2018 .^ "Hawai'i Bowl Names SoFi as New Title Sponsor" . November 30, 2018.^ a b Spearman, Tanner (November 28, 2018). "Louisiana Tech Accepts Invitation To Hawaii Bowl" . underdogdynasty.com . Retrieved November 28, 2018 . ^ Arnett, Paul (November 18, 2018). "Chevan Cordeiro leads Warriors to epic comeback over UNLV, into Hawaii Bowl" . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . Retrieved November 25, 2018 . ^ "Hawai'i, Louisiana Tech to Face off in 2018 Hawai'i Bowl" . November 28, 2018.
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