2016 Hawaii Bowl

November 2021 May 2026 Hawaii Bowl 15th Hawaii Bowl December 24 2016 2016 Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii University of Hawaii Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 6-7 Mountain West Nick Rolovich 14 21 10 7 Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders 8-4 C-USA Rick Stockstill 14 7 7 7 No Linehttp://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/18228600/college-football-full-list-odds-every-bowl-game College Bowl Game Odds ESPN December 7, 2016 December 9, 2016 Dru Brown (QB, Hawaii) & Richie James (WR, Middle Tennessee) Charles Lamertina (AAC) 20,327 650,000Bowl payout ESPN/ESPN Radio Chris Cotter, Mark May, Maria Taylor (TV) Kevin Winter, Mike Golic Jr (Radio) 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. 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.Hawaii Rainbow Warriors vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders series history Hawaii Rainbow Warriors 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team 2016 Mountain West Conference football season 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 2016 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team 2016 Conference USA football season 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. Rainbow Warriors 14 21 10 7 Blue Raiders 14 7 7 7 Scoring Summary MTSU HAW 1 12:09 MTSU 4 74 1:26 RushTD I'Tavius Mathers 20 good Canon Rooker 0 7 1 9:46 MTSU 2 70 0:45 RecTD Richie James Brent Stockstill 51 good Canon Rooker 0 14 1 4:09 HAW 1 18 0:05 RecTD Metuisela 'Unga Dru Brown 18 good Rigoberto Sanchez 7 14 1 2:39 HAW 3 45 0:22 RushTD Steven Lakalaka 1 good Rigoberto Sanchez 14 14 2 11:43 HAW 8 80 4:01 RushTD Dru Brown 2 good Rigoberto Sanchez 21 14 2 7:30 HAW IntTD Trayvon Henderson 68 good Rigoberto Sanchez 28 14 2 1:41 MTSU 6 82 1:40 RecTD Ty Lee Brent Stockstill 3 good Canon Rooker 28 21 2 0:22 HAW 5 55 1:13 RecTD Marcus Kemp Dru Brown 39 good Rigoberto Sanchez 35 21 3 9:46 HAW 8 53 3:32 FG Rigoberto Sanchez 23 38 21 3 7:51 MTSU 7 75 1:55 RecTD Dennis Andrews Brent Stockstill 10 good Canon Rooker 38 28 3 1:15 HAW 12 75 6:36 RecTD Metuisela 'Unga Dru Brown 12 good Rigoberto Sanchez 45 28 4 10:09 MTSU 3 55 1:15 RecTD Ty Lee Brent Stockstill 13 good Canon Rooker 45 35 4 3:31 HAW 11 84 6:33 RecTD Dylan Collie Dru Brown 4 good Rigoberto Sanchez 52 35 52 35 Statistics Statistics MTSU HAW 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 Category:2016–17 NCAA football bowl games 2016 2016 Hawaii Bowl 2016 Hawaii Bowl Category:2016 in sports in Hawaii Category:December 2016 sports events in the United States 2016