2021 Hula Bowl

2021 Hula Bowl
75th Hula Bowl
Team Aina Team Kai
13 15
Head coach: 
Mike Singletary		 Head coach: 
Rex Ryan
1234 Total
Team Aina 7006 13
Team Kai 0690 15
DateJanuary 31, 2021
Season2020
StadiumAloha Stadium
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii
MVPSee #Awards
National anthemSabrina McKenna[1]
RefereeSteve Strimling (Pac-12)[2]
Halftime showHalau Manaola[3]
Attendance0
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBS Sports Network
AnnouncersKanoa Leahy (play-by-play), Brian Baldinger (color), Ian Scheuring & Kainoa Carlson (sidelines)[4]
Hula Bowl
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The 2021 Hula Bowl was a post-season college football all-star game played on January 31, 2021, with kickoff at 4:30 p.m. HST (9:30 p.m. EST), at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii.[5] The game was the last of the 2020–21 bowl games and, while not restricted to FBS players, the final game of the 2020 FBS football season. Television coverage was provided by CBS Sports Network.[6] The game was played without fans in attendance, as Aloha Stadium was "deemed unsafe to hold crowds" in December 2020.[7]

On January 22, organizers announced that Rex Ryan would coach the Kai team,[8] and Mike Singletary would coach the Aina team;[9] both have served as head coaches in the National Football League (NFL). They named as their offensive coordinators former NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez for Kai and former NFL quarterback and head coach Jim Zorn for Aina.[10][11] For team KAI Ronnie Jones was selected to be the Defensive Coordinator Coach and for team AINA former NFL player Abe Elimimian was selected to be the Defensive Back Coach.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference live was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Filipe, Cameron (January 29, 2021). "Officiating crews for the Senior Bowl and Hula Bowl". footballzebras.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ^ "Fashion designer and Hula Halau Manaola perform in Hula Bowl Game Halftime Show". KHON-TV. January 31, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "NFL broadcaster Brian Baldinger to call 2021 Hula Bowl". hinowdaily.com. January 2021. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Hula Bowl". Twitter. Retrieved January 31, 2021. Official Twitter Account of the Hula Bowl College Football Game - Game Day Kickoff: January 31st 2021 - 4:30 PM HST - Honolulu, HI - Aloha Stadium - CBS Sports
  6. ^ "Game Day 2021". hulabowl.com. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  7. ^ Shimabuku, Christian (December 17, 2020). "Aloha Stadium to shut down operations indefinitely". KHON-TV. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  8. ^ @Hula_Bowl (January 22, 2021). "Rex Ryan has been selected to be the head coach of the KAI team for the 2021 Hula Bowl!!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @Hula_Bowl (January 22, 2021). "Mike Singletary has been selected as the head coach for the AINA team for the 2021 Hula Bowl!!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Tsai, Stephen (January 31, 2021). "Hula Bowl could be 'aloha' for stadium". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  11. ^ They named as their Defensive Back Coach former NFL player Abe Eleminian for the Aina team.