Fresno State and Houston will meet in the Hawaii Bowl at Aloha Stadium on Sunday December 24 2017 fine time TV channel and how to watch the game online below Fresno State enters play with an overall record of 9 to 4 7 to 1 in conference and have the third best overall record in the Mountain West Conference the Bulldogs are coming off 17 to 14 loss to Boise State in the Mountain West Conference championship game on the other side Houston finished its regular season with an overall record of 7 - 4 5 - 3 in conference Fresno State and Houston will play at 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday December point 2 4 in the Hawaii Bowl time 8:30 p.m. ET date Sunday December 24 location Aloha Stadium in Halawa Hawaii odds Houston - 1.5 according to odds shark / / under 49 according to odds shark Fresno State and Houston will play on ESPN Houston vs. Fresno State can be watched on watch ESPN the 2017 Hawaii world bowl can be listened to on ESPN Radio the Hawaii Bowl or simply the Hawaii Bowl has been played annually since 2002 at Aloha Stadium in Halawa Hawaii the Hawaii Bowl is not the first bowl game to be played in Hawaii though the Hawaii Bowl succeeds the POI Bowl 1936 239 the pineapple Bowl 1942 41 1947 - 50 - Aloha Bowl 1982 to 2000 and the Oahu Bowl 1998 to 2000 but is not as associated with these polls the game commonly features a matchup between a team from the Conference USA and a team from the MWC however teams from other conferences such as the pac-12 and the American are also considered if they are eligible in addition if Hawaii football is eligible for the bowl game they get an automatic bid to play in the game this year's game features the American and the MWC as Houston and Fresno State will play each other for the first time ever Fresno State will be playing in the Hawaii Bowl for the third time where it has gone 0 to 2 while Houston will be playing in the game for the second time where it has gone 0 to 1 in last year's Hawaii Bowl Hawaii defeated Middle Tennessee 52 to 35 on Christmas Eve Hawaii quarterback Drew Brown and Middle Tennessee wide receiver Richie James took home the MVP awards for the game Fresno State will be playing in its first bowl game since 2014 where they lost to Rice 30 to 6 in the Hawaii Bowl Houston played in a bowl game last season but lost to San Diego State 34 to 10 in the Las Vegas Bowl Houston's offense will have a tough test when they faced off against Fresno State's toute defense Houston's offense relies heavily on the quarterback D Eric King who poses a threat with both his arms and his legs through the air this season King threw for 991 yards with six touchdowns and only one interception while completing 69.8% of his passes on the ground King ran for 341 yards and eight touchdowns on 63 carries Fresno State will look to its quarterback to have a big game as well Marcus McMurray in completed 61.1% of his passes the season for 2000 384 yards and 14 touchdowns against four interceptions in addition the Cougars will rely on their running game as they had three running backs to rush for over 450 yards on the season Jordan Mims 609 Josh Hockett 519 and Ronnie rivers 473