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The Upset Report
2016 · Bowl season · Saturday, December 24, 2016 · Neutral site

Hawai'i upsets Middle Tennessee, 52–35

Hawai'i closed as a 4.5-point underdog and won outright.

Final52–35
Upset size4.5
Rank in 2016147th of 198
4.5-point underdog

It was the 9th-biggest of 15 upsets in 2016 Bowl season, and the 147th-biggest of the 2016 season. Hawai'i pulled off 3 other upsets in 2016.

Other upsets in 2016 Bowl season

  1. 12.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 23Recap
    Upset size14
  2. 61, 50
    13-point underdogRecap
    Upset size13
  3. 10-point underdogRecap
    Upset size10
  4. 6.5-point underdogNo. 10 beat No. 6Recap
    Upset size8.5
  5. 6-point underdogNo. 3 beat No. 1Recap
    Upset size7

Hawai'i’s other 2016 upsets

  1. Week 817.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size17.5
  2. Week 63.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3.5
  3. Week 53.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size3.5

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