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{{Infobox NCAAcollege football yearly game
| name =
| game_name = Hawaii Bowl▼
| title_sponsoryear_game_played = Sheraton2005
| imagetitle_sponsor = Sheraton
| captiongame_name = BowlHawaii logoBowl
▲| game_namecaption = Hawaii = Bowl logo
| date_game_played = December 24
| year_game_playedfootball_season = 2005
| football_seasonvisitor_name_short = 2005Nevada
| stadium visitor_nickname = [[AlohaWolf Stadium]]Pack
| cityvisitor_school = University = [[Halawa,of Hawaii|Halawa]]Nevada, [[Hawaii]]Reno
| anthem home_name_short = UCF ▼
| visitor_school = University of Nevada, Reno
| home_nickname = Golden Knights
| visitor_name_short = Nevada
| home_school = University of Central Florida
| visitor_nickname = Wolf Pack
| visitor_record = 8–3 <!-- Record prior to game --> = 8–3
| visitor_coachvisitor_conference = [[ChrisWestern Athletic AultConference|WAC]]
| ratingshome_record = 8–4▼
| visitor_conference = [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
| visitor_1qhome_conference = 7[[Conference USA|C-USA]]
| visitor_2qvisitor_coach = 21[[Chris Ault]]
| visitor_3qhome_coach = 0[[George O'Leary]]
| visitor_4qvisitor_1q = 147
| visitor_otvisitor_2q = 721
| home_schoolvisitor_3q = University of Central Florida = 0
| home_name_shortvisitor_4q = UCF14
| home_nicknamevisitor_ot = Golden Knights = 7
| home_recordhome_1q = 8–4 <!-- Record prior to game --> = 17
| home_coachhome_2q = [[George O'Leary]] = 3
| home_3q = 10
| home_conference = [[Conference USA|C-USA]]
| home_1qhome_4q = 1712
| home_2qhome_ot = 36
| home_3qdate_game_played = December = 1024
| home_4qstadium = 12[[Aloha Stadium]]
| home_otcity = 6[[Halawa, Hawaii|Halawa]], [[Hawaii]]
| MVP = WR [[Brandon Marshall]] (UCF)<br />RB B.J. Mitchell (Nevada)
| oddsreferee = [[Scott Novak]] ([[Mountain West Conference|MW]])
| attendance = 26,254 (tickets sold)<br />16,134 (turnstile)<ref name=bowlstats>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/Archive/Stats/2005.html |title = Nevada vs UCF (Dec 24, 2005) |access-date=December 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218180226/http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/Archive/Stats/2005.html |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>▼
▲| anthem =
| payout = 750,000 per team<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/|title=NCAA.com – The Official Website of NCAA Championships &#124; NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com}}</ref>
| referee = [[Scott Novak]] ([[Mountain West Conference|MW]])
| halftimeus_network = [[ESPN College Football|ESPN]]
| us_announcers_link = List of announcers of major college bowl games
▲| attendance = 26,254 (tickets sold)<br />16,134 (turnstile)<ref name=bowlstats>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/Archive/Stats/2005.html |title = Nevada vs UCF (Dec 24, 2005) |access-date=December 29, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218180226/http://www.sheratonhawaiibowl.com/Archive/Stats/2005.html |archive-date=December 18, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| us_announcers = [[Dave Barnett]], [[Craig James (running back)|Craig James]] and [[Suzy Shuster]]▼
| payout = 750,000 per team<ref>http://www.ncaafootball.com/index.php?s=&change_well_id=2&url_article_id=6984 {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref>
| us_network = [[ESPN College Football|ESPN]]
▲| us_announcers = [[Dave Barnett]], [[Craig James (running back)|Craig James]] and [[Suzy Shuster]]
▲| ratings =
| intl_network =
| intl_announcers =
}}
The '''2005 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl''' matched the [[2005 UCF Golden Knights football team|UCF Golden Knights]] against the [[2005 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|Nevada Wolf Pack]]. The fourth edition of the [[Hawaii Bowl]] was held in [[Halawa, Hawaii|Halawa]], [[Hawaii]] and featured [[Western Athletic Conference football|WAC]] champions Nevada versus [[Conference USA]] runner–up UCF. The game was sponsored by [[Sheraton Hotels and Resorts]] and was played on [[Christmas Eve]].
 
UCF was one of the nation's best stories of the season. They had gone 0–11 the [[2004 UCF Golden Knights football team|previous season]] and after starting the 2005 season 0–2, were riding a 17–game losing streak. They then accomplished one of the biggest turnarounds in [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|NCAA Division I-A]] history, as they won eight of their next nine games to make to reach the [[2005 Conference USA Football Championship Game|C-USA championship game]]. With a 7–1 conference record (8–3 overall), UCF lost to [[2005 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team|Tulsa]] to fall to 8–4. They were invited to the [[Hawaii Bowl]], the program's first ever bowl appearance. It would be UCF's second visit to Hawaii. The Knights had faced the [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Rainbow Warriors]] back in [[1995 UCF Golden Knights football team|1995]] as a [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|Division I-AA]] team.
 
[[2005 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|Nevada]] finished as Co-WAC Champions, winning seven out of their last eight games. Their only loss during that stretch was to [[2005 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]. This was the Wolf Pack's first bowl appearance since the [[1996 Las Vegas Bowl]].
 
The game turned into a high–scoring shootout with Nevada alone racking up 623 yards of offense. UCF running back [[Kevin Smith (running back)|Kevin Smith]] rushed for 202 yards and three touchdowns, while wide receiver [[Brandon Marshall]] caught 11 passes for 212 yards and three touchdowns. Trailing late in the game by ten points, UCF rallied to tie the score 42–42 and force overtime. Nevada scored a touchdown and extra point on their first overtime possession to take a 7–point lead. UCF scored a touchdown, but kicker [[Matt Prater]], who would go on to kick an NFL-record 64-yard field goal on December 8, 2013, as a member of the [[2013 Denver Broncos season|Denver Broncos]], missed the 60-foot extra point, sealing the victory for Nevada.
 
==Game summary==
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In part due to UCF miscues, Nevada took control of the game during the second quarter. Running back B.J. Mitchell scored twice on two 1–yard touchdown runs for Nevada to take the lead 21–17. The first score came after UCF kicker [[Matt Prater]] missed a 40–yard field goal attempt (off a wobbly snap). Robert Hubbard then blasted for a 49–yard run to the UCF 1 yard line, setting up Mitchell's first touchdown. The next Nevada score came after UCF punter Aaron Horne shanked a punt deep in their own territory. The punt went only 14 yards, setting Nevada up at the UCF 35 yard line. Nevada went the 35 yards in five plays, with Hubbard second touchdown run.<ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD1"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8side"/>
 
Late in the second quarter, Nevada extended their lead, going 78 yards in only three plays and just over one minute. [[Jeff Rowe (American football)|Jeff Rowe]] threw a 54–yard pass to [[Nichiren Flowers]], then Hubbard broke away for another long run, this time a 24–yard touchdown rush to make the score 28–17. UCF drove to the Nevada 16 yard line in the final minute and [[Matt Prater]] kicked a 38–yard field goal. Nevada led 28–20 at halftime.<ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD1"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8side"/>
 
===Third quarter===
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===Fourth quarter===
In the fourth quarter, Robert Hubbard scored a 5–yard touchdown run, after a lengthy clock–burning drive to give Nevada a 35–32 lead. With 3:18 to go in the game, quarterback [[Jeff Rowe (American football)|Jeff Rowe]] threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Travis Branzell to extend the Nevada lead to 42–32.<ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD1"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8side"/>
 
On UCF's next possession, they failed to reach the endzone and settled a long field goal attempt. [[Matt Prater]] nailed a 46–yard field goal to cut the lead to 42–35 with just 1:35 left in regulation. The ensuing [[onside kick]] was recovered by UCF at the 48 yard line and they took advantage of it. Steven Moffett connected with [[Brandon Marshall]] for a 27–yard gain all the way to the Nevada 21 yard line. Three plays later with 55&nbsp;seconds left, Moffett found Marshall open on a slant inside the 5 yard line and Marshall leaped to the endzone for a 16–yard touchdown pass. Prater's extra point tied the game 42–42 and sent the game to overtime.<ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD1"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8"/><ref name="Sent12-25-2005pgD8side"/>
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
==External links==
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