The Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Aloha Stadium. Certified by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the game featured teams from Division I-A (later known as the Football Bowl Subdivision).

Aloha Bowl (defunct)
StadiumAloha Stadium
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii
Operated1982–2000
Preceded byPineapple Bowl
Succeeded byHawaii Bowl
Sponsors
Former names
Jeep-Eagle Aloha Bowl
Jeep Aloha Bowl

History

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The Aloha Bowl was established in 1982 by Mackay Yanagisawa, a sportsman from Oahu.[1] With the exception of the 1983–1986 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu.[2] For most of its playings, the game was sponsored by Jeep Corporation.[3] The bowl originally applied for certification by the NCAA Division I Championship Committee in 1981, but certification was delayed until 1982. The inaugural game was played in 1982 and the last game was played in 2000, after it lost its sponsorship as a result of a corporate merger between Jeep and DaimlerChrysler. In 1998 and 1999, the Aloha Bowl was part of a doubleheader followed by the Oahu Bowl; the 1998 event was the first televised doubleheader in American college football history.[1]

After Jeep dropped its sponsorship, the bowl committees of the Hawaiian bowl games elected to move the games to the U.S. mainland. The Oahu Bowl moved to Seattle and was played as the Seattle Bowl for two years.[4][5] The Aloha Bowl was to move to San Francisco, but before the move could be completed the game lost its bowl certification. San Francisco later received a bowl game, first played in December 2002 as the San Francisco Bowl, which later operated under several other names. Hawaii did not remain without a bowl for long, however, as a new bowl committee received certification in 2002 for a Christmastime game, the Hawaii Bowl, at Aloha Stadium.

The Aloha Bowl was preceded years earlier by the Poi Bowl (late 1930s) and Pineapple Bowl (1940s and early 1950s).

Game results

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Date Winner Loser Attendance Notes
December 25, 1982 #9 Washington 21 #16 Maryland 20 30,055 notes
December 26, 1983 Penn State 13 Washington 10 37,212 notes
December 29, 1984 #10 SMU 27 #17 Notre Dame 20 41,777 notes
December 28, 1985 #13 Alabama 24 USC 3 35,183 notes
December 27, 1986 #13 Arizona 30 North Carolina 21 26,743 notes
December 25, 1987 #10 UCLA 20 Florida 16 24,839 notes
December 25, 1988 #18 Washington State 24 #14 Houston 22 35,132 notes
December 25, 1989 #22 Michigan State 33 #19 Hawaii 13 50,000 notes
December 25, 1990 Syracuse 28 Arizona 0 14,185 notes
December 25, 1991 Georgia Tech 18 #17 Stanford 17 34,433 notes
December 25, 1992 Kansas 23 #23 BYU 20 42,933 notes
December 25, 1993 #17 Colorado 41 #24 Fresno State 30 44,009 notes
December 25, 1994 #25 Boston College 12 #8 Kansas State 7 44,862 notes
December 25, 1995 #11 Kansas 51 #24 UCLA 30 41,111 notes
December 25, 1996 Navy 42 Cal 38 43,380 notes
December 25, 1997 #21 Washington 51 #25 Michigan State 23 44,598 notes
December 25, 1998 Colorado 51 #21 Oregon 43 46,451 notes
December 25, 1999 Wake Forest 23 Arizona State 3 40,974 notes
December 25, 2000 Boston College 31 Arizona State 17 24,397 notes

Appearances by team

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Rank Team Appearances Wins Losses Win %
1 Washington 3 2 1 .667
T2 Boston College 2 2 0 1.000
T2 Colorado 2 2 0 1.000
T2 Arizona State 2 0 2 .000
T2 Kansas 2 2 0 1.000
T2 Arizona 2 1 1 .500
T2 Michigan State 2 1 1 .500
T2 UCLA 2 1 1 .500
T3 Alabama 1 1 0 1.000
T3 Georgia Tech 1 1 0 1.000
T3 Navy 1 1 0 1.000
T3 Penn State 1 1 0 1.000
T3 SMU 1 1 0 1.000
T3 Syracuse 1 1 0 1.000
T3 Wake Forest 1 1 0 1.000
T3 Washington State 1 1 0 1.000
T3 BYU 1 0 1 .000
T3 Cal 1 0 1 .000
T3 Florida 1 0 1 .000
T3 Fresno State 1 0 1 .000
T3 Hawaii 1 0 1 .000
T3 Houston 1 0 1 .000
T3 Kansas State 1 0 1 .000
T3 Maryland 1 0 1 .000
T3 North Carolina 1 0 1 .000
T3 Notre Dame 1 0 1 .000
T3 Oregon 1 0 1 .000
T3 Stanford 1 0 1 .000
T3 USC 1 0 1 .000

Appearances by conference

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Rank Conference Appearances Record Win % # of Teams Teams
1 Pac-10 14 5–9 .357 9 Washington (2–1)

Arizona (1–1)

UCLA (1–1)

Arizona State (0–2)

Washington State (1–0)

Cal (0–1)

Oregon (0–1)

Stanford (0–1)

USC (0–1)

T2 ACC 4 2–2 .500 4 Georgia Tech (1–0)

Maryland (0–1)

North Carolina (0–1)

Wake Forest (1–0)

T2 Big Eight 4 3–1 .750 3 Kansas (2–0)

Colorado (1–0)

Kansas State (0–1)

T2 Independent 4 3–1 .750 3 Navy (1–0)

Notre Dame (0–1)

Penn State (1–0)

Syracuse (1–0)

5 WAC 3 0–3 .000 3 BYU (0–1)

Fresno State (0–1)

Hawaii (0–1)

T6 Big East 2 2–0 1.000 1 Boston College (2–0)
T6 Big Ten 2 1–1 .500 1 Michigan State (1–1)
T6 SEC 2 1–1 .500 2 Alabama (1–0)

Florida (0–1)

T6 SWC 2 1–1 .500 2 SMU (1–0)

Houston (0–1)

10 Big 12 1 1–0 1.000 1 Colorado (1–0)

*Note: Table based on conference affiliation at the time the game was played and may not represent current conference alignment.

Television

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Most editions of the Aloha Bowl were televised by ABC (1986–2000).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Cisco, Dan (1999). Hawaiʻi Sports: History, Facts, and Statistics. University of Hawaii Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8248-2121-0. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States. Thomson Gale. 1 January 2007. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-4144-1121-7. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ Gietschier, Steve (1 November 1999). Chase's sports calendar of events. Contemporary Books. ISBN 978-0-8092-2600-9. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Aloha Sports suing NCAA". Star Bulletin. 31 March 2004. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
  5. ^ "Bowl bids aloha to Hawaii". Bcheights.com. 1 May 2001. Archived from the original on 2007-12-28. Retrieved 26 August 2008.