2015 Hawaii Bowl

The 2015 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2015 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The fourteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Cincinnati Bearcats of the American Athletic Conference against the San Diego State Aztecs from the Mountain West Conference. It began at 3:15 p.m. HST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.[4]

2015 Hawaii Bowl
14th Hawaii Bowl
San Diego State Aztecs Cincinnati Bearcats
(10–3) (7–5)
Mountain West The American
42 7
Head coach: 
Rocky Long		 Head coach: 
Tommy Tuberville
1234 Total
San Diego State 147714 42
Cincinnati 0007 7
DateDecember 24, 2015
Season2015
StadiumAloha Stadium
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii
MVPSan Diego State FB Dakota Gordon[1]
FavoriteCincinnati by 2½[2]
RefereeRodney Burnette (C-USA)[3]
Attendance22,793[3]
PayoutUS$TBD
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersAdam Amin, Greg McElroy, & Holly Rowe (ESPN)
Kevin Winter, Mike Golic, & Mike Golic, Jr. (ESPN Radio)

Teams

The game featured the Cincinnati Bearcats with a record of 7–5 against San Diego State which had a 9-game winning streak going into the game. The Aztecs defeated the Bearcats by a score of 42-7.

Cincinnati Bearcats
See also: 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

This was the Bearcats' 17th bowl game (they were 8–8 all-time in bowl games), their fifth consecutive bowl appearance, and their first bowl game in Hawaii.

San Diego State Aztecs
See also: 2015 San Diego State Aztecs football team

San Diego State, playing its sixth straight bowl game, had won all of its eight regular conference games this year. They then defeated Air Force, 27-24 in the title game for the school's 20th football conference championship. Head coach Rocky Long is among 13 active coaches to have guided his current team to a bowl game during his first five seasons as the head man. This was also the Aztecs' first bowl game in Hawaii since 1952.

Game summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP SDSU CIN
1 14:45 – – – SDSU Rashaad Penny 100-yard kick return, Donny Hageman kick good 7 0
1 9:08 9 85 4:32 SDSU Mikah Holder 14-yard touchdown reception from Christian Chapman, Donny Hageman kick good 14 0
2 2:02 4 56 1:49 SDSU Dakota Gordon 16-yard touchdown reception from Donnel Pumphrey, Donny Hageman kick good 21 0
3 5:14 8 67 3:30 SDSU Dakota Gordon 1-yard touchdown run, Donny Hageman kick good 28 0
4 11:29 11 85 6:54 SDSU Donnel Pumphrey 2-yard touchdown run, Donny Hageman kick good 35 0
4 9:04 – – – SDSU Interception returned 43 yards for touchdown by Alex Barrett, Donny Hageman kick good 42 0
4 3:21 12 73 5:35 CIN Mike Boone 1-yard touchdown run, Andrew Gantz kick good 42 7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 42 7

Source: [3]

Statistics
Statistics[3]SDSUCIN
First downs2215
Plays–yards64–33663–279
Rushes–yards52–20732–77
Passing yards129202
Passing: Comp–Att–Int9–12–019–31–3
Time of possession35:3424:26

References
  1. "San Diego State clobbers Cincinnati 42-7 in Hawaii Bowl". usatoday.com. Associated Press. December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015. San Diego State fullback Dakota Gordon does a lot more than just block for the Aztecs. He showed it in the Hawaii Bowl and ended up with the most valuable player award.
  2. Odds, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2015
  3. "2015 Hawaii Bowl: San Diego State vs. Cincinnati Stats". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  4. "SHERATON HAWAII BOWL". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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