The 2024 Hula Bowl was a postseason college football all-star game played on January 13, 2024, with kickoff at 12:00 noon EST, at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida. It was the first all-star contest of the 2023–24 bowl games and, while not restricted to FBS players, one of the final games of the 2023 FBS football season. Television coverage was provided by CBS Sports Network. [4] This was the third playing of the Hula Bowl outside of Hawaii, due to Aloha Stadium near Honolulu being closed for renovations.[5] The game rostered players into Aina and Kai teams, the words for land and sea in the Hawaiian language.[6] Through sponsorship from the Caribe Royale Orlando, the game was officially named the 2024 Caribe Royale Orlando Hula Bowl.[7]
| 2024 Caribe Royale Orlando Hula Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 78th Hula Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 13, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | FBC Mortgage Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Offense: Blake Watson (RB, Memphis)[1] Defense: Jason Johnson (LB, UCF)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Michael Vandervelde | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBS Sports Network | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jamie Seh (play-by-play), Brian Baldinger (color), Emory Hunt (sideline), Smacker Miles (sideline)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
Players
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Full roster are available online (link)(link); note that a number may be shared by an offensive and defensive player.
Team Aina
editCoach: Mike Smith
| No. | Player | Position | HT/WT | College | Notes |
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| 10 | John Rhys Plumlee | QB | 6'0/199 | UCF | |
| 6 | Ben Bryant | QB | 6'3/213 | Northwestern | |
| 4 | Spencer Sanders | QB | 6'0/211 | Ole Miss | |
| 5 | Jason Bean | QB | 6'1/180 | Kansas | |
| 1 | Emani Bailey | RB | 5'7/202 | TCU | |
| 24 | George Holani | RB | 5'10/203 | Boise State | |
| 21 | Blake Watson | RB | 5'9/187 | Memphis | |
| 7 | Jabari Small | RB | 5'9/205 | Tennessee |
Team Kai
editCoach: Brian Billick
| No. | Player | Position | HT/WT | College | Notes |
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| 2 | Carter Bradley | QB | 6'2/221 | South Alabama | |
| 11 | Davius Richard | QB | 6'2/221 | NC Central (FCS) | |
| 13 | Jack Plummer | QB | 6'4/220 | Louisville | |
| 23 | Deshaun Fenwick | RB | 6'1/218 | Oregon State | |
| 1 | Austin Jones | RB | 5'9/211 | USC | |
| 3 | Tyrone Tracy | RB | 5'11/208 | Purdue | |
| 5 | Michael Wiley | RB | 5'10/209 | Arizona |
See also
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edit- ^ @TheJonahDylan (January 13, 2024). "Blake Watson wins Hula Bowl Offensive MVP. Next up: NFL Draft prep" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ @UCF_Football (January 13, 2024). "UCF Football - Hula Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ CBS Sports broadcast of the game
- ^ Backus, Will (January 12, 2024). "2024 Hula Bowl live stream online, TV channel, rosters, kickoff time, how to watch on CBS Sports Network". Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ Backus, Will (January 12, 2024). "2024 Hula Bowl live stream online, TV channel, rosters, kickoff time, how to watch on CBS Sports Network". CBS Sports. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ Greenstein, Henry (January 11, 2024). "Bean, Young hoping to impress at Hula Bowl". Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ "Caribe Royale Orlando Resort to Serve as Title Sponsor of the 2024 Hula Bowl". fox21news.com (Press release). September 20, 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024.