CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati athletic director Bob Goin doesn't expect to discipline any football players or coaches following the team's fight with Hawaii last weekend.

Players from both teams charged onto the field and had to be separated by police after scuffling for about five minutes following Hawaii's 20-19 come-from-behind victory over the Bearcats on Saturday night.

Hawaii coach June Jones said on Monday his players weren't to blame, adding that the Bearcats lost because they are undisciplined.

"It's unfortunate it happened, but it wasn't our fault,'' Jones said. "Our kids showed great restraint. They were punched twice before they reacted. I'm proud of them. It's unfortunate that it came to that.

"When you're undisciplined, you lose games,'' he said "So they got what they deserved ... a loss.''

Goin said while he is still reviewing details of the fight, he believes that Hawaii officials need to re-examine the school's crowd-control policies.

His primary concern is that Hawaii allows fans to stay along the sidelines, where they could abuse Cincinnati players throughout the game, said Brian McCann, a Cincinnati athletic department spokesman.

"Hawaii wants to get its fans up, get them into the game,'' McCann said. "In this case, it went the other way.''

Jones said he wasn't aware of any ramifications from the game and noted that athletic director Herman Frazier was at the game.

"I think they're referring more to the people sitting behind their bench, which is the home-field advantage,'' he said. "I'm disappointed they (Cincinnati) got things thrown at them, I thought that was inappropriate, so don't get me wrong. But as far as the game time part of it, I mean, that's part of the game.''

Frazier said Monday that he felt the fight was the result of a close, highly emotional football game, adding that sideline traffic will be watched in the future.

"This Saturday we will still continue to monitor the traffic that's around the stadium and around the field,'' Frazier said. "We will continue to do that.''

He said he did not see a problem with the number of people fans that typically are on the field.

"Every institution has his or her own system dependent upon the size of the playing field and some places where you have a track around the field versus some places where you don't,'' Frazier said. "Aloha Stadium simply has a lot more space to accommodate some other things that go on.

"Here, historically, there's been not only some boosters involved but there's also been some marketing people that have been involved on the sidelines as well, but I don't think it's really broken.''

Hawaii plans to address the sideline issue, athletics spokeswoman Lois Manin said.

"Starting this week, we're going to try and keep all of our people off of their sidelines,'' she said.

Goin also is relaying his concerns to Conference USA, in which Cincinnati plays, McCann said.

That's not to say that Cincinnati blames all of the problem on Hawaii, McCann said.

"Obviously, our kids were as involved in it as theirs were,'' he said. Coach Rick Minter noted that the referees were from the Western Athletic Conference, which includes Hawaii. Cincinnati got called for 14 penalties for 117 yards, while Hawaii was flagged just twice for 15 yards.

Minter declined to use that as an excuse for losing.

"We were beaten and that's what we have to accept, by any means,'' Minter said. "There were no calls that kept us from getting that ball into the end zone.''

If Cincinnati wins its final two games and becomes bowl eligible, there is a chance the Bearcats could face the Warriors in the Hawaii Bowl on Christmas Day.