The has accepted an invitation to play in the 2025 Sheraton Â鶹´«Ã½ Bowl, Christmas Eve, at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex. The Rainbow Warriors (8-4) will make their 11th all-time appearance in the bowl game and will face California of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
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Kick-off is 3 p.m., and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN. This is the nation¡¯s only bowl game on December 24. Tickets are currently on sale both and at the UH Mānoa Ticket Office.
Representing the Mountain West, UH Mānoa received a bowl bid for the first time since the 2021 Â鶹´«Ã½ Bowl, a game that was later cancelled due to the pandemic. This year marks UH Mānoa¡¯s 16th all-time bowl bid and first under head coach Timmy Chang, who as a Rainbow Warrior quarterback, competed in the Â鶹´«Ã½ Bowl twice and was the game¡¯s Most Outstanding Player both times (2003 and 2004).
“There¡¯s nothing more fitting than Â鶹´«Ã½ in the Sheraton Â鶹´«Ã½ Bowl,” Chang said. “I¡¯ve been fortunate to play in the game during my playing career, and it truly is one of the best bowl games in the country. It¡¯s the only game on Christmas Eve, and everyone is watching, which will showcase not only our program but our university and the state of Â鶹´«Ã½. I can¡¯t wait for our players to experience the game and the bowl week activities, and what better opponent than the Cal Bears.”
The Golden Bears (7-5) won two of their final three games to become bowl eligible and finish in a tie for seventh place in the ACC. Former UH Mānoa head coach and Rainbow Warrior quarterback Nick Rolovich is Cal¡¯s interim head coach who led the Bears to a 38-35 victory over No. 21 SMU to close out the regular season.
Chang and Rolovich were teammates during the 2000 and 2001 seasons.
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