who does fresno state play in the bowl game
Houston Cougars
title: Fresno State Bulldogs football text: in the 2017 Hawaii Bowl, to face the University of Houston Cougars. The Bulldogs would win their bowl game with a score of 33–27, ending a six year bowl drought. Fresno State would the end the season at 10–4, making it one of the best turnarounds in college football. In 2018, Fresno State made back-to-back conference championship appearances, facing Boise State in a rematch of the previous matchup; this time defeating Boise State 19-16 in overtime. They faced the Arizona State Sun Devils in the 2018 Las Vegas Bowl, winning 20-31. Their victory over Arizona State gave them their 12th title: 2017 Hawaii Bowl text: 2017 Hawaii Bowl The 2017 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2017, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The sixteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Houston Cougars from the American Athletic Conference against the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Mountain West Conference. The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Fresno State defeated Houston, 33–27. Houston entered the game with an overall record of 7–4 (5–3 in conference), while Fresno State entered the game with a 9–4 overall record (7–2 in conference). This title: 2017 Hawaii Bowl text: was the first meeting between the schools. 2017 Hawaii Bowl The 2017 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2017, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The sixteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Houston Cougars from the American Athletic Conference against the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Mountain West Conference. The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Fresno State defeated Houston, 33–27. Houston entered the game with an overall record of 7–4 (5–3 in conference), while Fresno State entered the game with a title: 2018 Fresno State Bulldogs football team text: the Las Vegas Bowl where they defeated Arizona State. Their 12 wins are the most wins in a single season in school history. The Bulldogs finished the 2017 season 10–4, 7–1 in Mountain West play to win the West Division. They lost to Mountain Division champion Boise State in the Mountain West Championship Game. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they defeated Houston. They became only the second team in college football history to win ten games the year after they lost ten or more games (1–11 in 2016). The Bulldogs signed a total of 17 recruits. During title: 2018 Las Vegas Bowl text: Bowl; their most recent appearances being Fresno State in 2013 and Arizona State in 2011. Arizona State received and accepted a bid to the Las Vegas Bowl on December 2. The Sun Devils entered the bowl with a 7–5 record (5–4 in conference). Fresno State defeated Boise State on December 1 in the 2018 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. As the Mountain West champion, they received and accepted a bid to the Las Vegas Bowl on December 2. The Bulldogs entered the bowl with a 11–2 record (7–1 in conference). This was the fourth all-time meeting against the Sun