1999 Oahu Bowl

The 1999 Jeep Oahu Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the bowl game schedule of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. The second edition of the Oahu Bowl, it was the latter part of a Christmas Day doubleheader at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, preceded by the Aloha Bowl. Televised by ESPN, the game on December 25 matched the Hawaiʻi Warriors, co-champions of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and the favored Oregon State Beavers of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), who were making their first bowl game appearance in 35 years.^[3]

1999 Jeep Oahu Bowl
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Oregon State Beavers (8–4) (7–4) Western Athletic Pacific-10 23 17 Head coach:  June Jones Head coach:  Dennis Erickson
1 2 3 4 Total Hawaii 0 10 10 3 23 Oregon State 7 3 0 7 17
Date	December 25, 1999
Season	1999
Stadium	Aloha Stadium
Location	Honolulu, Hawaii
Favorite	Oregon State by 9 points[1]
Referee	R.G. Detillier (C-USA)
Attendance	40,974
Payout	US$750,000 per team[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Steve Levy, Todd Christensen, and Larry Biel
Oahu Bowl  ← 1998  2000 →

Tied at ten at halftime, Hawaiʻi scored thirteen straight points to win 23–17 and finished the season at 9–4; the Beavers fell to 7–5.^[4][5][6] The victory capped one of the most memorable seasons in school history as Hawaiʻi had seen an improvement of nine wins over the previous winless season in 1998.^[7]

Scoring summary

First quarter

• OSU - Ken Simonton 1-yard run (Ryan Cesca kick) (8:08). 7–0 OSU

Second quarter

• HAW - Eric Hannum 26-yard FG. (12:40). 7–3 OSU
• HAW - Channon Harris 9-yard pass from Dan Robinson (Hannum kick). (6:05). 10–7 HAW
• OSU - Cesca 37-yard FG. (00:00). 10–10 Tie

Third quarter

• HAW - Harris 30-yard pass from Robinson (Hannum kick). (6:30). 17–10 HAW
• HAW - Hannum 22-yard FG. (2:10). 20–10 HAW

Fourth quarter

• HAW - Hannum 35-yard FG. (2:58). 23–10 HAW
• OSU - Simonton 13-yard run (Cesca kick) (1:27). 23–17 HAW

Source:^[4][5]