Cal’s roller-coaster season will end in Honolulu on Christmas Eve.

The Golden Bears will face Hawaii in the Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24, the Atlantic Coast Conference and ESPN Events announced Thursday. The game will kick off at 5 p.m. on ESPN.

This is the third straight bowl game for the Bears (7-5), although it has been a wild ride and more major changes are on the way.

In the wake of a 31-10 loss to arch-rival Stanford in the penultimate game of the regular season, coach Justin Wilcox was fired after nine seasons. General manager Ron Rivera promoted Nick Rolovich as interim head coach, and the Bears upset No. 25-ranked SMU 38-35 to conclude the program’s winningest regular season since 2019. Those Bears also won seven regular-season games, but finished 8-5 after winning the Redbox Bowl.

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