The Hawaii Bowl, played annually in Honolulu, Hawaii, is scheduled to begin Tuesday night – Christmas Eve – between the South Florida Bulls and the San Jose State Spartans.

Are you looking forward to watching the competition, the only sporting event of the evening? We’ll provide you with everything you need before kick-off.

The winner of Tuesday night’s game will be named the 21st winner of the Hawaii Bowl. The annual competition began in 2002 and was held at Aloha Stadium in Halawa, Hawaii from 2002 to 2022. He has since been relocated to the Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.

The bowl is usually played on or around Christmas Eve between a team from the Mountain West Conference and a team from the American Athletic Conference or Conference USA. The University of Hawaii will generally represent the Mountain West when bowl eligible and not in the College Football Playoff.

San Jose State finished 7-5 in its first season at the helm of former Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo. He qualified the Spartans for the bowl for the third consecutive year. They finished seventh in the Mountain West Conference.

South Florida is 6-6 for the second straight season under head coach Alex Golesh and finished sixth in the American Athletic Conference.

Both San Jose State and USF have an offensive system in which the Spartans score 27.5 points per game and the Bulls score 31.4.

As far as rivalries between these two programs go, there are none. San Jose State and South Florida have met only once in their history – a 42-22 victory for the Bulls in 2017.

Tuesday night’s game between South Florida and San Jose State will be broadcast live from the Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex at the University of Hawaii. The game will be broadcast on ESPN with Tiffany Green (play-by-play) and Jay Walker (color) on the call.

The game can also be streamed on ESPN+.

South Florida vs. San Jose State is scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. ET with kickoff shortly thereafter. This is how it shifts depending on the time zone: