San Jose State is headed back to the Hawaii Bowl for a second straight season to face South Florida. HONOLULU — San Jose State is headed back to the Hawaii Bowl for a second straight season to face South Florida. Bowl officials on Tuesday announced the matchup for the game set to be played on Dec. 24 on the campus of the University of Hawaii.

The Bulls will take on San Jose State in the 21st Hawai’i Bowl on Christmas Eve from the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex on the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa campus.

USF’s 6-6 football team, initially expected to remain somewhere in Florida for the postseason, is getting an even balmier bowl destination. The school confirmed Tuesday afternoon that the Bulls will play in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Eve against San Jose State.

San Jose State will face South Florida in the Hawaii Bowl, officials announced Tuesday. The contest will be held Dec. 24 on the Hawaii campus in Honolulu. The Spartans (7-5) of the Mountain West completed the regular season by beating neighbor Stanford 34-31 on Friday.

San Jose State is headed back to the Hawaii Bowl for a second straight season and will face South Florida in the only bowl game played on Christmas Eve.

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San Jose State is returning to the Hawaii Bowl for a second year, but this time they have a new Hawaiian in a prominent position. Coach Ken Niumatalolo, in his first year in charge of the Spartans, will lead SJSU in the Dec.