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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]].
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