hawaii bowl hawaii bowl post season american college football bowl game held december stadium honolulu hawaii united_states eleventh edition hawaii bowl began aired espn featured champion final game ncaa division football season teams accepted invitation earning record regular season accepted invitation regular season record pre game buildup focused primarily strong rushing attacks teams overall sound offense analysts predicted victory point spread favored point favorites contrary predictions won game score largely thanks play defensive end forced totaled sacks including safety returned touchdowns consequently hunt totaled yards touchdown named game valuable player mvp teams tie hawaii bowl game establishment started affiliation game hometown moved said conference previously hawaii said tie belonged fact hawaii automatic bid bowl game eligible record bowl eligible leaving spot fifth bowl eligible team hawaii bowl seventh meeting coming second hawaii bowl following game defeated nevada wolf pack score bowl bid playing hawaii bowl program shut years massive ncaa rules violations final game member moved buildup keys game according blogger stop run teams yard line rush defense 24th better analysts predicted emerge victorious going far predict said emerge victorious win field position battle create season champions conference record appearance coming season coach said team challenge mountain west conference title making good promise attempted achieve bowl victory humanitarian bowl victory given win season time quarterback older brother david quarterback offense led quarterback junior finished 14th country quarterback rating 8th passing yards tied 3rd touchdowns named year announced game return play senior season riding game winning streak coming game fewest points scored game streak rushing attack led foot inch pound senior running rushed yards ranked 14th country rushed yards games regular season second leading receiver terms catching ball times yards target passing game freshman broken school records freshman year including seventh freshman school history record yards receiving single game setting single game school record freshman recording oregon total adams amassed catches yards touchdowns led team efforts earned spot fourth team america squad accolades year starter tight end senior totaled yards touchdowns career highs honorable mention conference offensive line anchored junior left tackle achieved team conference honors defense described rounded explosive defense paramount success season defense installed year coach proved effective season finished ncaa came defensive leader player year team american ncaa leader senior safety recorded career high tackles finished second team sacks second defensive country defense successful rushing finished ninth ncaa sacks seven led sophomore achieved team conference accolades recorded tackles loss season leader sacks junior nose tackle achieved led senior brown totaled tackles team conference selection coming season widely expected finish exceeded expectation finishing second usa west earning bid hawaii bowl year season ended foot injury running breakout year expected win year award offense quarterback transfer started struggled totaled completion percentage touchdowns tied ninth ncaa offensive leader time conference usa player conference usa offensive player year running totaled rushing yards touchdowns career coming game line fourth leading receiver terms totaling yards wide receiving corps featured trio senior johnson junior sophomore der thompson johnson players record catch seasons led receiving yards included touchdowns johnson totaled led team yards touchdowns thompson led trio averaging yards reception caught ball times yards touchdowns regular season coach spread offense employ tight end roster offensive line led senior achieved 2nd team conference honors defense defensively anchored senior defensive end achieved sacks route team conference selection prior game significant hype surrounding defensive matchup junior intercepted ball times season achieved second team conference accolades defense conference corps senior totaled tackles season prolific led returned touchdowns tied fourth finished total despite success far mediocre scoring defense allowed points game tied 54th nationally total defense gave yards game 62nd nationally game summary game notes quarter received ball start game marched field play yard drive highlighted yard run quarterback set yard field goal attempt missed subsequent drive lasted series ended punt remainder quarter drives ended total drives went quarter second quarter struck second quarter yard rush gilbert quarterback ensuing drive started ended quarterback sacked defender hunt forced recovered state yard line gained yards drive excellent field position able convert yard field goal making offensive continued drive second sacked loss yards yard line hunt recorded sack resulted safety score rushed yard touchdown cap play yard drive safety score hunt continued fantastic half performance drive forcing running recovered safety kicked yard field goal score finally started solid drive end half including consecutive passes yards yards yards respectively set goal yard line remaining half failed execute ended half scoring final play half pass tight end end zone dropped ball ending scoring threat quarter received ball start game got possession start second half play half yard pass got yard line drive stalled yard loss pass play false start penalty pass completed gain incomplete pass yard punt returned yards set yard line ensuing drive showed promise got bulldog territory interception returned yards ended chance scoring finally points board setting red zone threw yard pass adams making score point ensuing drive ran plays yards drive culminated yard touchdown pass gilbert johnson drive included yard rush yard pass gilbert der thompson score teams exchanged remainder quarter fourth quarter able run play yard drive begin fourth quarter culminated yard field goal making score chance bulldog comeback threw returned touchdowns reed came play final score victorious post game victory considered upset game set single season record returned touchdown surpassing southern miss football team named game valuable player forced sack including safety performance total achieved seven sacks surrendered single game year adams quarter touchdown reception lengthened streak consecutive games touchdown reception tying record set scoring summary statistics team statistics individual statistics passing rushing receiving source
2012 Hawaii Bowl