Aloha Bowl
Template:Short description Template:Distinguish Template:Collegebowl 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).
History
The Aloha Bowl was established in 1982 by Mackay Yanagisawa, a sportsman from Oahu.<ref name="Cisco1999">Template:Cite book</ref> With the exception of the 1983–1986 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu.<ref name="Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States">Template:Cite book</ref> For most of its playings, the game was sponsored by Jeep Corporation.<ref name="Gietschier1999">Template:Cite book</ref> 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.<ref name="Cisco1999"/>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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
| 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
| Rank | Team | Appearances | Wins | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Washington Huskies football|Template:Color | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Boston College Eagles football|Template:Color | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Template:Color | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Template:Color | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Kansas Jayhawks football|Template:Color | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Arizona Wildcats football|Template:Color | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Michigan State Spartans football|Template:Color | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[UCLA Bruins football|Template:Color | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Navy Midshipmen football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[SMU Mustangs football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Syracuse Orange football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Washington State Cougars football|Template:Color | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[BYU Cougars football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[California Golden Bears football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Florida Gators football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Houston Cougars football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Kansas State Wildcats football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Mayland Terrapins football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Oregon Ducks football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Stanford Cardinal football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[USC Trojans football|Template:Color | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Appearances by conference
| 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
Template:Main Most editions of the Aloha Bowl were televised by ABC (1986–2000).