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).
HistoryEdit
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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=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 resultsEdit
| 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 teamEdit
| Rank | Team | Appearances | Wins | Losses | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Washington Huskies football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Washington]] | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Boston College Eagles football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Boston College]] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Colorado Buffaloes football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Colorado]] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Arizona State Sun Devils football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Arizona State]] | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Kansas Jayhawks football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Kansas]] | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Arizona Wildcats football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Arizona]] | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Michigan State Spartans football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Michigan State]] | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| T2 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[UCLA Bruins football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">UCLA]] | 2 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Alabama]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Georgia Tech]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Navy Midshipmen football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Navy]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Penn State]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[SMU Mustangs football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">SMU]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Syracuse Orange football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Syracuse]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Wake Forest Demon Deacons football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Wake Forest]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Washington State Cougars football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Washington State]] | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[BYU Cougars football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">BYU]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[California Golden Bears football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Cal]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Florida Gators football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Florida]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Fresno State Bulldogs football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Fresno State]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Hawaii]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Houston Cougars football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Houston]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Kansas State Wildcats football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Kansas State]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Mayland Terrapins football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Maryland]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[North Carolina Tar Heels football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">North Carolina]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Notre Dame]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Oregon Ducks football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Oregon]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[Stanford Cardinal football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">Stanford]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| T3 | style=Template:NCAA color cell|[[USC Trojans football|Template:Ifsubst style="color:#FFFFFF">USC]] | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Appearances by conferenceEdit
| 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.
TelevisionEdit
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Most editions of the Aloha Bowl were televised by ABC (1986–2000).