2017 Hawaii Bowl
The 2017 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2017, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The sixteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Houston Cougars from the American Athletic Conference against the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Mountain West Conference. The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Fresno State defeated Houston, 33–27.
Teams
Houston entered the game with an overall record of 7–4, while Fresno State entered the game with a 9–4 overall record. This was the first meeting between the schools.Houston Cougars
Fresno State Bulldogs
Game summary
Scoring summary
Statistics
| Statistics | FRE | HOU |
| First Downs | 26 | 17 |
| Third down efficiency | 7–19 | 9–19 |
| Rushes-yards | 131 | 72 |
| Passing yards | 342 | 269 |
| Passing, Comp-Att-Int | 33–49–1 | 23–43–1 |
| Time of Possession | 33:18 | 26:42 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Fresno State | Passing | Marcus McMaryion | 33/48, 342 yds, 1 INT |
| Fresno State | Rushing | Josh Hokit | 11 car, 64 yds |
| Fresno State | Receiving | KeeSean Johnson | 8 rec, 95 yds |
| Houston | Passing | D'Eriq King | 23/43, 269 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Houston | Rushing | D'Eriq King | 9 car, 38 yds |
| Houston | Receiving | Steven Dunbar | 10 rec, 197 yds |