The fourteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Cincinnati Bearcats of the American Athletic Conference against the San Diego State Aztecs from the Mountain West Conference.
It was one of the 2015–16 bowl games that concluded the 2015 FBS football season.
They then defeated Air Force, 27-24 in the title game for the school's 20th football conference championship.
Head coach Rocky Long is among 13 active coaches to have guided his current team to a bowl game during his first five seasons as the head man.
Source: [3] † denotes College Football Playoff semifinal game