Hawaiʻi Bowl: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Hawaiʻi Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 2002. Typically played on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the game matches teams from either Conference USA or the Pac-12 and a team from the Mountain West Conference. As part of the bowl charter, a "Hawaiʻi guarantee" allows the University of Hawaiʻi an automatic bid to the bowl provided it is bowl eligible and does not receive a bid to a bowl in the College Football Playoff, which goes to the highest ranking school among the members of the Mountain West, Sun Belt, Mid-American, and American Athletic Conferences and Conference USA. If Hawaiʻi is not eligible then another Mountain West team receives the bid. This continues a tradition started when Hawaiʻi was a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The bowl is one of 11 post-season contests run by ESPN Regional Television ("ESPN Plus"), a subsidiary of ESPN, which has carried the game since its outset.

Series details

• Title: Hawaiʻi Bowl
• Format: Sports
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2002-12-25
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: ESPN
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 187 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 10396

Cast and credited roles

• John Schriffen — Play-by-Play Commentator
• Tiffany Greene — Play-by-Play Commentator
• Jay J. Walker — Analyst
• Orlando Franklin — Analyst
• Marilyn Payne — Sideline Reporter
• Chris Cotter — Play by Play Commentator
• Max Browne — Analyst
• Harry Lyles Jr. — Sideline Reporter

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 2002: premiered 2002-12-25; final listed air date 2002-12-25; episode order: 1.
• Season 2015: premiered 2015-12-24; final listed air date 2015-12-24; episode order: 1.
• Season 2016: premiered 2016-12-24; final listed air date 2016-12-24; episode order: 1.
• Season 2021: premiered 2021-12-24; final listed air date 2021-12-24; episode order: 1.
• Season 2022: premiered 2022-12-24; final listed air date 2022-12-24; episode order: 1.
• Season 2023: premiered 2023-12-23; final listed air date 2023-12-23; episode order: 1.
• Season 2024: premiered 2024-12-24; final listed air date 2024-12-24; episode order: 1.
• Season 2025: premiered 2025-12-24; final listed air date 2025-12-24; episode order: 1.
• Season 2026: premiered 2026-12-24; final listed air date 2026-12-24; episode order: 1.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hawaiʻi Bowl on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.