Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl ·
Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl
Records are after this game.
Hawai'i trailed California by 21 points in the 2nd quarter and won 35-31, the Sheraton Hawaiʻi Bowl, December 24, 2025.
How the game turned
Q4 0:10 Hawai'i 35, California 31
Hawai'i 91% to win
Weaver 22-yd TD pass to Cenacle, Hawai'i goes ahead 35-31
Big moments
- 1Q1 7:01 · Hawai'i 0, California 7Hawai'i's win chance fell from 52% to 42%.Sagapolutele 41-yd TD pass to De Jesus, California goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q4 13:50 · Hawai'i 21, California 21Hawai'i's win chance rose from 30% to 52%.Alejado 3-yd TD pass to Ashlock, ties it 21-21
- 3Q4 8:56 · Hawai'i 21, California 24Meyer 22-yd field goal, California goes ahead 24-21
- 4Q4 7:19 · Hawai'i 28, California 24Hawai'i's win chance rose from 51% to 74%.Alejado 17-yd TD pass to White, Hawai'i goes ahead 28-24
- 5Q4 1:57 · Hawai'i 28, California 31Hawai'i's win chance fell from 61% to 42%.Sagapolutele 1-yd TD run, California goes ahead 31-28
- 6Q4 0:10 · Hawai'i 35, California 31Hawai'i's win chance rose from 35% to 91%.Weaver 22-yd TD pass to Cenacle, Hawai'i goes ahead 35-31
Hawai'i's lowest chance to win was 10 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 0:10 left in the 4th quarter, Hawai'i's chance to win went from 35 percent to 91 percent when Hawai'i scored a touchdown.
The score went from Hawai'i 28, California 31 to Hawai'i 35, California 31.
The play: Weaver 22-yd TD pass to Cenacle, Hawai'i goes ahead 35-31.
What happened next
Hawai'i finished the 2025 season 9-4.
California finished the 2025 season 7-6.
Hawai'i's first game of the 2026 season: L 27-37 at Stanford, Aug 29, 2026
about 8 months laterCalifornia's first game of the 2026 season: L 24-45 vs UCLA, Sep 5, 2026
about 8 months later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.