GAME STORYLINES GAME 14 - HAWAI‘I BOWL 4 UH is making its seventh Hawai‘i Bowl appearance - first since 2010 - and 11th overall bowl. Hawai‘i is 3-3 in the Hawai‘i Bowl and is 5-5 overall in bowl games. 4 Hawai’i appeared in six of the Hawai’i Bowl’s first nine years of existence, meet- ing C-USA teams four times. UH is 2-2 in those games with wins over Houston (2003) VS and UAB (2004) and losses to Tulane (2002) and Tulsa (2010). HAWAI‘I MIDDLE TENNESSEE 4 UH has dropped its last two Hawai‘i Bowl appearances (Tulsa in 2010 and Notre Dame in 2008) and three straight bowls overall. Prior to that, UH had won three RAINBOW WARRIORS BLUE RAIDERS straight (2003-04, ’06 Hawai‘i Bowls), scoring 40 points or more each time. (6-7, 4-4 MW-2nd West) (8-4, 5-3 C-USA-3rd East) 4 UH’s last bowl win was against Arizona State (41-24) in the 2006 Hawai‘i Bowl. What: Hawai‘i Bowl 4 MT has also lost its last three bowl appearances with its last win over Southern When: Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016 Miss in the 2009 New Orleans Bowl. Time: 3:00 p.m. HT 4 Current UH head coach Nick Rolovich and associate head coach/offensive coor- Where: Honolulu, O‘ahu dinator Brian Smith coached in two previous Hawai‘i Bowls under former coach Greg Stadium: Hawaiian Tel FCU Field at Aloha Stadium McMackin. Rolovich was QB coach in 2008 and OC in ’10 while Smith was OL coach in 2008 and RB coach in ’10. National Television: ESPN with Chris Cotter (play-by-play), Mark May (analyst) and Maria Taylor (sidelines). 4 UH and MT have met once in 1993 in Honolulu with Hawai‘i prevailing 35-14 in the season-opener. The defending WAC champion Rainbow Warriors went on to finish National Radio: ESPN Radio with Kevin Winter (play-by-play) and 6-6 while the Blue Raiders finished 5-6 and missed the Division I-AA playoffs after ESPN Deportes with Kenneth Garay (play-by-play) and Alex Pombo four straight appearances. (analyst). 4 Conference USA teams have won its last six appearances in the Hawai‘i Bowl dat- Local Radio: ESPN 1420AM with Bobby Curran (play-by-play), John ing back to 2007 and are 7-3 overall. Mountain West teams are 1-2 in the bowl. Veneri (analyst), and Mark Veneri (sidelines). Chris Hart and Gary Dickman host the “Countdown To Kickoff” beginning at 1:00 p.m. HT, UH IN THE HAWAI‘I BOWL and also the halftime show. Neighbor islands can listen live on KNUI on Maui, KHLO in Hilo, KKON in Kona, KTOH on Kaua‘i, and KNWJ in Year Opponent (Conference) Result Attendance MVP Pago Pago, American Samoa. 2002 Tulane (C-USA) L, 28-37 35,513 Justin Colbert, WR 2003 Houston (C-USA) W, 54-48 (3ot) 29,005 Timmy Chang, QB 2004 UAB (C-USA) W, 59-40 38,754 Timmy Chang, QB/ Video Streaming: www.espn.com/watchespn Chad Owens, WR Audio Streaming: www.espn.com/espnradio 2006 Arizona State (Pac-10) W, 41-24 43,435 Colt Brennan, QB/ Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com Jason Rivers, WR Series Information: 2nd meeting 2008 Notre Dame (Ind.) L, 21-49 45,718 Aaron Bain, WR 2010 Tulsa (C-USA) L, 35-62 43,673 Greg Salas, WR 2016 HAWAI‘I SCHEDULE Date Opponent (AP/Coaches) Result/Time TV Series Notes Aug. 27 vs. California L, 31-51 ESPN Cal leads 3-2 A combined 1,112 yards of offense in clash Down Under Sept. 3 at #7 Michigan L, 3-63 ESPN UM leads 3-0 UH out-scored 129-3 in last 3 meetings versus the Big Ten Sept. 10 nUT Marti W, 41-36 PPV UH leads 1-0 UH has won 14 straight vs FCS teams Sept. 17 at Arizona L, 28-47 Pac-12 Networks UA leads 5-0 Arizona with TDs on first 3 possessions and rushes for 347 yds Oct. 1 Nevada* W, 38-17 PPV NEV leads 12-9 UH with 344 rushing yards; led 38-3 after three quarters Oct. 8 at San José State* W, 34-17 PPV Tied 19-19-1 UH wins for 7th time in last 8 visits to San José Oct. 15 UNLV* (Homecoming) L, 38-41 PPV UH leads 15-11 Road team won for 1st time in 8 mtgs; teams combine for 31 4Q pts Oct. 22 at Air Force * W, 34-27 (2ot) PPV AFA leads 13-7-1 AFA miss GW 32-yd FG att.; Kemp with two OT TD receptions Oct. 29 New Mexico* L, 21-28 PPV UH leads 14-10 4Q fumble recovery for TD give Lobos 7th straight win in series Nov. 5 at San Diego State* L, 0-55 CBSSN SDSU leads 20-9-2 Aztecs return 2 INT for TD, UH held to season-low 215 yds of TO Nov. 12 #22 Boise State* L, 16-52 CBSSN BSU leads 12-3 UH kicker Rigo Sanchez converts all 3 FG attempts Nov. 19 at Fresno State* W, 14-13 PPV FS leads 26-22-1 UH’s Viane Moala blocks game-winning FG attempt on final play Nov. 26 Massachusetts W, 46-40 PPV UH leads 1-0 Dru Brown career-high 5 TDs; Season-high points for UH HAWAI‘I BOWL Dec. 24 Middle Tennessee 3:00 p.m. ESPN UH leads 1-0 1st bowl appearance since 2010; 11th overall BOLD CAPS = Home games played at Hawaiian Tel FCU Field at Aloha Stadium All times local to site * = Mountain West game 2016 Hawai‘i Football Bowl Guide 1 HawaiiRainbowWarriorsFootball @HawaiiFootball HawaiiAthletics.com GENERAL NOTES HAWAI‘I BOWL (DEC. 24, 2016) OPPONENT COMPARISON ABOUT MIDDLE TENNESSEE 4 The Blue Raiders are eighth nationally in total offense (515.7 yards HAWAI‘I OPPONENT CATEGORY MT OPPONENT per game), 12th in passing (317 yards per game) and 16th in scoring 344 487 Total Points 481 413 offense (40.1 points per game). 26.5 37.5 Points Per Game 40.1 34.4 245 306 First Downs 294 301 4 In its regular season finale win over Florida Atlantic, MT tied a 435 597 Rushing Attempts 394 535 Conference USA single-game record by scoring 77 points; set a new 2088 3169 Rushing Yards 2384 2378 league mark with 495 yards rushing and broke school records with 757 4.8 5.3 Yards Per Rush 6.1 4.4 total yards and nine rushing touchdowns. 160.6 243.8 Rushing Yards Per Game 198.7 198.2 4 The Blue Raiders have set new single-season marks with 6,188 23 30 Rushing TDs 25 35 total offensive yards, 481 points scored and 61 offensive touchdowns. 236-407-15 216-342-9 Pass Att.-Comp.-Int 319-505-13 265-460-11 2890 2751 Passing Yards 3804 2965 4 Wide receiver Richie James broke his single-season receiving yards 222.3 211.6 Passing Yards Per Game 317.0 247.1 record with 1,463 yards. He also became the sixth player in NCAA 21 25 Passing TDs 35 20 Division I history to record 100 yards receiving and 200 yards rush- 842 939 Total Offensive Plays 899 995 ing in the same game finishing with 207 yards rushing and 120 yards 4978 5920 Total Offense 6188 5343 receiving against FAU. 382.9 455.4 Total Offense Per Game 515.7 445.2 4 105/68.4 87/63.5 Penalty Yards/Game 69/53.3 68/52.1 Senior running back I’Tavius Mathers, who owns the school’s single- 20-10 13-5 Fumbles-Lost 10-5 20-8 season all-purpose yards record, also broke MT’s single-season rushing 9-10 15-281 Interceptions-Return Yds 11-175 13-188 mark with 1,504 yards which ranks 10th nationally. 23-170 23-188 Sacks By-Yards 25-142 13-81 4 Quarterback Brent Stockstill, son of head coach Rick Stockstill, 29:01 30:59 TOP/Game 28:31 31:29 passed for 2,801 yards and 27 touchdowns in nine games before suf- TOP PLAYERS fering an injury in the team’s loss to UTSA. Stockstill missed the team’s HAWAI‘I MIDDLE TENNESSEE final three games but could return for the Hawai‘i Bowl. Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD 4 In his 11th season, head coach Rick Stockstill owns a 72-65 record D. Saint Juste 140 836 6.0 3 I’Tavius Mathers 220 1504 6.8 16 with Middle Tennessee with five bowl appearances, one conference Steven Lakalaka 100 415 4.2 12 Richie James 32 300 9.4 4 title, and six winning seasons. Passing C-A Yds TD Int Passing C-A Yds TD Int Dru Brown 189-305 2214 15 7 Brent Stockstill 232-363 2801 27 5 UH-MT SERIES HISTORY Series Information: 2nd Meeting All-time Results Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD Receiving Rec. Yds Avg. TD Overall Series Record: UH leads 1-0 Date UH-MTSU Site Marcus Kemp 70 1036 14.8 7 Richie James 97 1463 15.1 11 in Honolulu: UH leads 1-0 09/04/93 35-14 Honolulu John Ursua 47 532 11.3 3 I’Tavius Mathers 62 589 9.3 3 in Murfreesboro: None First Meeting: Sept. 4, 1993 Punt Returns Att. Yds Avg LG Punt Returns Att. Yds Avg LG Last Meeting: Sept.