| Game Name: | Hawaii Bowl |
| Subheader: | 21st Hawaii Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 24 |
| Year Game Played: | 2024 |
| Football Season: | 2024 |
| Stadium: | Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex |
| City: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Visitor School: | South Florida University |
| Visitor Name Short: | South Florida |
| Visitor Nickname: | Bulls |
| Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
| Visitor Conference: | The American |
| Visitor Coach: | Alex Golesh |
| Home School: | San Jose State University |
| Home Name Short: | San Jose State |
| Home Nickname: | Spartans |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | MW |
| Home Coach: | Ken Niumatalolo |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
The 2024 Hawaii Bowl is a college football bowl game that is scheduled to be played on December 24, 2024, at Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex located in Honolulu, Hawaii. The 21st annual Hawaii Bowl game will feature South Florida and San Jose State. The game is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. HST and will air on ESPN.[1] [2] The Hawaii Bowl is one of the 2024–25 bowl games concluding the 2024 FBS football season.
Consistent with conference tie-ins, the game will feature South Florida from the American Athletic Conference (The American) and San Jose State from the Mountain West Conference (MW).[3] South Florida and San Jose State have played once before, in 2017, which South Florida won, 42–22.[4] The game will be San Jose State's second appearance in the Hawaii Bowl, and South Florida's first.
See main article: 2024 South Florida Bulls football team. The Bulls started their season with a win over Bethune–Cookman, but fell the following week to
. They had a 3-game losing streak in the middle of the season, but were able to recover in the latter half of the year, clinching bowl eligibility on November 23 after beating Tulsa 63–30 at home. The Bulls ended their regular season with a loss to Rice, which brought their regular season record is 6–6.
See main article: 2024 San Jose State Spartans football team. The Spartans started their season 3–0 before losing to Washington State in double-overtime. They then alternated winning and losing games before clinching bowl eligibility on November 9, after beating Oregon State 24–13. San Jose State ended the regular season with a 34–31 win against Stanford in the Bill Walsh Legacy Game to bring their record to 7–5.