The O'ahu Bowl (often written as Oahu Bowl) was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision (then known as Division I-A) bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. Played on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the O'ahu Bowl was sponsored by the Jeep Division of Chrysler Corporation. The inaugural game was played in 1998 and the last game was played in 2000, after it lost its sponsorship as a result of a corporate merger between Jeep parent Chrysler Corporation and Daimler Benz. The O'ahu Bowl was part of a double-header played after the Aloha Bowl on Christmas its first two years; the 2000 game was played on Christmas Eve.

O'ahu Bowl (defunct)
Jeep O'ahu Bowl
StadiumAloha Stadium
LocationHonolulu, Hawaii
Operated1998–2000
Sponsors

In 2001, the O'ahu Bowl became the Seattle Bowl and played two games before losing NCAA certification. The Aloha Bowl, scheduled to move to San Francisco at the same time, lost certification before it could play a game.[1][2]

Game results

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Rankings are based on the AP Poll prior to the game being played.

Date played Winning team Losing team Attendance[3] Notes Reference
December 25, 1998 #16 Air Force 45 Washington 25 46,451 notes [4]
December 25, 1999 Hawaii 23 Oregon State 17 40,974 notes [5]
December 24, 2000 #24 Georgia 37 Virginia 14 24,187 notes [6]

Appearances by team

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Rank Team Appearances Record Win %
T1 Air Force 1 1–0 1.000
T1 Georgia 1 1–0 1.000
T1 Hawaii 1 1–0 1.000
T1 Oregon State 1 0–1 .000
T1 Virginia 1 0–1 .000
T1 Washington 1 0–1 .000

Appearances by conference

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Rank Conference Appearances Record Win % # of Teams Teams
T1 WAC 2 2–0 1.000 2 Air Force (1–0)

Hawaii (1–0)

T1 Pac-10 2 0–2 .000 2 Oregon State (0–1)

Washington (0–1)

T3 SEC 1 1–0 1.000 1 Georgia (1–0)
T3 ACC 1 0–1 .000 1 Virginia (0–1)
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Reardon, Dave (2004-03-31). "Aloha Sports suing NCAA". Starbulletin.com. Retrieved 2013-09-08.
  2. ^ "Bowl Bids Aloha to Hawaii - Sports". Archived from the original on December 28, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
  3. ^ "Bowl/All Star Game Records" (PDF). fs.ncaa.org. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  4. ^ "Air raid, Air Force trounces UW in Oahu Bowl". The Bellingham Herald. December 26, 1998. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Oahu win is out of reach". Statesman Journal. December 26, 1999. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Welsh loses his UVa finale". The News and Observer. December 25, 2000. Retrieved December 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.