2013 Hawaii Bowl Explained

Game Name:Hawaii Bowl
Title Sponsor:Sheraton
Date Game Played:December 24
Year Game Played:2013
Football Season:2013
Stadium:Aloha Stadium
City:Honolulu (Halawa), Hawaii
Home School:Oregon State University
Home Name Short:Oregon State
Home Nickname:Beavers
Home Record:6–6
Home Coach:Mike Riley
Home Conference:Pac-12
Home 1Q:17
Home 2Q:14
Home 3Q:7
Home 4Q:0
Visitor School:Boise State University
Visitor Name Short:Boise State
Visitor Nickname:Broncos
Visitor Record:8–4
Visitor Coach:Bob Gregory (interim)
Visitor Conference:Mountain West
Visitor 1Q:3
Visitor 2Q:3
Visitor 3Q:7
Visitor 4Q:10
Odds:Oregon State by 3[1]
Mvp:Rashaad Reynolds (OSU)
Anthem:Tioni Tam Sing
Referee:Gary Patterson (ACC)
Halftime:Amy Hanaialii and Mark Kealiʻi Hoʻomalu
Attendance:29,106
Payout:750,000 (per team)
Us Network:ESPN/ESPN Radio
Us Announcers:TV: Steve Levy (play-by-play)
Mark May (analyst)
Lou Holtz (analyst)
Maria Taylor (sideline)
Radio: Kevin Winter (play-by-play)
Trevor Matich (analyst)
Different Previous:2012
Different Next:2014

The 2013 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl was an American college football bowl game that was played on December 24, 2013, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. The twelfth edition of the Hawaii Bowl, sponsored by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, featured the Boise State Broncos from the Mountain West Conference against the Oregon State Beavers from the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2013–14 bowl games that concluded the 2013 FBS football season. It began at 3:00 p.m. HST (8:00 p.m. EST) and aired on ESPN. Oregon State defeated Boise State, 38–23.

Teams

Oregon State leads the series with Boise State 4–3. Last meeting, Boise State defeated OSU 37-24 in 2010. The teams have never met in a bowl game.

Boise State

See main article: 2013 Boise State Broncos football team. Interim Head Coach is Bob Gregory after Chris Petersen decided to take over the job at Washington. Since 2000, the Broncos are the winningest football program in college 155–25 (.861), producing 38.8 points per game this year. The team, with 47 penalties this season, is ninth-nationally in fewest penalties per game (3.92) and is 18th-fewest in penalty yards per game (36.42).

Oregon State

See main article: 2013 Oregon State Beavers football team. Junior wide receiver Brandin Cooks has won the 2013 Biletnikoff Award, as the nation's top college receiver. He set OSU records for career receiving touchdowns (23), single season touchdown receptions (15), single season receptions (120) and single season yards (1,670).

Game summary

Statistics

Statistics Boise State Oregon State
First Downs 28 22
Total offense, plays – yards 82–53867–454
Rushes-yards (net) 38–156 33–195
Passing yards (net) 382 259
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 32–44–0 24–34–1
Time of Possession 30:14 29:46

Notes and References

  1. Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 23, 2013.