HONOLULU – The 22^nd annual SHERATON HAWAI‘I BOWL will be played on Christmas Eve, Wednesday, Dec. 24 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex on the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus. The annual holiday bowl game will feature teams from the Mountain West and American Athletic Conference and will kick off at either 8:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. ET (3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. HT) on ESPN. The game has been played on Christmas Eve 16 times in its history. “We are excited to showcase Hawai‘i on Christmas Eve, embracing the holiday spirit and looking forward to creating memorable experiences for our teams and fans,” said executive director Daryl Garvin. The Ching Athletics Complex will play host to the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl for the fourth consecutive year while the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District is being completed. Aloha Stadium, the former home of the bowl game, hosted the bowl game annually from 2002 to 2019. A Mountain West team has played in the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl every year since 2012 while AAC will send a representative for the fourth time overall and second straight year. MW teams have won four times while AAC teams won once. Sheraton returned as title sponsor of the bowl game this year. Previously, the bowl was known as the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl from 2003-13. The Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl is known for high scoring, thrilling offensive performances and close games with three overtime contests and nine games decided by one touchdown or less. Last year’s game set a then-FBS record for most overtime periods (5) as the AAC’s South Florida Bulls pulled out a thrilling 41-39 victory over San Jose State of the Mountain West. In addition to promoting the island way of life by sponsoring events intrinsic to Hawai‘i, the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl supports many non-profit organizations through the Hawai‘i Bowl Foundation. Since its inception, the Hawai‘i Bowl Foundation has awarded over $1.9 million to local charities and $380,000 through the Extra Yard for Teachers program to support teachers, schools, and students. The bowl game was created in 2002 after the hometown University of Hawai‘i Rainbow Warriors finished the 2001 season with a 9-3 record and were not invited to a bowl game. UH has participated in the bowl a record nine times. Tickets are expected to go on sale later this summer.   About ESPN Events ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, owns and operates a portfolio of collegiate sporting events nationwide. In the 2025-26 academic year, the 35-event schedule includes three early-season college football kickoff games, 17 college bowl games, 10 college basketball events, two college volleyball events, the premiere regular season college softball and gymnastics events, as well as the Band of the Year National Championship. 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