2024 Hula Bowl

2024 Caribe Royale Orlando Hula Bowl
78th Hula Bowl
Team Kai Team Aina
24 17
Head coach: 
Brian Billick		 Head coach: 
Mike Smith
1234 Total
Team Kai 31470 24
Team Aina 03014 17
DateJanuary 13, 2024
Season2023
StadiumFBC Mortgage Stadium
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPOffense: Blake Watson (RB, Memphis)[1]
Defense: Jason Johnson (LB, UCF)[2]
RefereeMichael Vandervelde
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS Sports Network
AnnouncersJamie Seh (play-by-play), Brian Baldinger (color), Emory Hunt (sideline), Smacker Miles (sideline)[3]
Hula Bowl
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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]

Players

FBC Mortgage Stadium in February 2020

Full roster are available online (link)(link); note that a number may be shared by an offensive and defensive player.

Team Aina

Coach: Mike Smith

No. Player Position HT/WT College Notes
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

Coach: Brian Billick

No. Player Position HT/WT College Notes
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

References

  1. ^ @TheJonahDylan (January 13, 2024). "Blake Watson wins Hula Bowl Offensive MVP. Next up: NFL Draft prep" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2024 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @UCF_Football (January 13, 2024). "UCF Football - Hula Bowl" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2024 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ CBS Sports broadcast of the game
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Greenstein, Henry (January 11, 2024). "Bean, Young hoping to impress at Hula Bowl". Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "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.