:Aloha Bowl
{{Short description|College football bowl game in Honolulu}}
{{Distinguish|Hawaii Bowl|Hula Bowl}}
{{Collegebowl
| name = Aloha Bowl
| full_name =
| nickname = 175px
| defunct = yes
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| stadium = Aloha Stadium
| previous_stadiums =
| location = Honolulu, Hawaii
| previous_locations =
| years = 1982–2000
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| payout =
| sponsors = Jeep Corporation
| former_names = Jeep-Eagle Aloha Bowl
Jeep Aloha Bowl
| preceded_by = Pineapple Bowl
| succeeded_by = Hawaii Bowl
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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.{{cite book|last=Cisco|first=Dan|title=Hawaiʻi Sports: History, Facts, and Statistics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4QWvle-CR8C&pg=PA152|access-date=29 April 2012|year=1999|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2121-0|page=152}} With the exception of the 1983–1986 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu.{{cite book|title=Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UkgsAQAAMAAJ|access-date=29 April 2012|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Thomson Gale|isbn=978-1-4144-1121-7|page=221}} For most of its playings, the game was sponsored by Jeep Corporation.{{cite book|last=Gietschier|first=Steve|title=Chase's sports calendar of events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtsIZ66FgWQC|access-date=29 April 2012|date=1 November 1999|publisher=Contemporary Books|isbn=978-0-8092-2600-9}} 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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://starbulletin.com/2004/03/31/sports/story2.html|title=Aloha Sports suing NCAA|date=31 March 2004|publisher=Star Bulletin|access-date=26 August 2008|archive-date=9 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509150000/http://starbulletin.com/2004/03/31/sports/story2.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web| url=http://media.www.bcheights.com/media/storage/paper144/news/2001/05/01/Sports/Bowl-Bids.Aloha.To.Hawaii-74236.shtml| title=Bowl bids aloha to Hawaii| publisher=Bcheights.com| date=1 May 2001| access-date=26 August 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228103415/http://media.www.bcheights.com/media/storage/paper144/news/2001/05/01/Sports/Bowl-Bids.Aloha.To.Hawaii-74236.shtml| archive-date=2007-12-28| url-status=dead}} 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
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! colspan="2" | Winner ! colspan="2" | Loser ! Attendance ! Notes | |
| December 25, 1982
| #9 Washington | 21 | #16 Maryland | 20 | 30,055
| notes |
| December 26, 1983
| 13 | 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 | 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
| 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
| 23 | 3 | 40,974 | notes | |
| December 25, 2000
| 31 | 17 | 24,397 | notes |
Appearances by team
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
!Team !Appearances !Wins !Losses !Win % |
|---|
| 1
| style={{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}|Washington Huskies football}} |3 |2 |1 |.667 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|Boston College Eagles}}|Boston College Eagles football}} |2 |2 |0 |1.000 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|Colorado Buffaloes}}|Colorado Buffaloes football}} |2 |2 |0 |1.000 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona State Sun Devils}}|Arizona State Sun Devils football}} |2 |0 |2 |.000 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|Kansas Jayhawks}}|Kansas Jayhawks football}} |2 |2 |0 |1.000 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|Arizona Wildcats}}|Arizona Wildcats football}} |2 |1 |1 |.500 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|Michigan State Spartans}}|Michigan State Spartans football}} |2 |1 |1 |.500 |
| T2
| style={{NCAA color cell|UCLA Bruins}}|UCLA Bruins football}} |2 |1 |1 |.500 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Alabama Crimson Tide}}|Alabama Crimson Tide football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets}}|Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Navy Midshipmen}}|Navy Midshipmen football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Penn State Nittany Lions}}|Penn State Nittany Lions football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|SMU Mustangs}}|SMU Mustangs football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Syracuse Orange}}|Syracuse Orange football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Wake Forest Demon Deacons}}|Wake Forest Demon Deacons football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Washington State Cougars}}|Washington State Cougars football}} |1 |1 |0 |1.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|BYU Cougars}}|BYU Cougars football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|California Golden Bears}}|California Golden Bears football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Florida Gators}}|Florida Gators football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Fresno State Bulldogs}}|Fresno State Bulldogs football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors}}|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Houston Cougars}}|Houston Cougars football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Kansas State Wildcats}}|Kansas State Wildcats football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Maryland Terrapins}}|Mayland Terrapins football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|North Carolina Tar Heels}}|North Carolina Tar Heels football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Notre Dame Fighting Irish}}|Notre Dame Fighting Irish football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Oregon Ducks}}|Oregon Ducks football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|Stanford Cardinal}}|Stanford Cardinal football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
| T3
| style={{NCAA color cell|USC Trojans}}|USC Trojans football}} |1 |0 |1 |.000 |
Appearances by conference
| class="wikitable" |
| Rank
!Conference !Appearances !Record !Win % !# of Teams !Teams |
|---|
| 1
|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
|4 |3–1 |.750 |3 |Kansas (2–0) Colorado (1–0) Kansas State (0–1) |
| T2
|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
|2 |2–0 |1.000 |1 |Boston College (2–0) |
| T6
|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
|1 |1–0 |1.000 |1 |Colorado (1–0) |
Television
{{main|List of Aloha Bowl broadcasters}}
Most editions of the Aloha Bowl were televised by ABC (1986–2000).