The
Aloha Bowl was a
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Football Bowl Subdivision (then known as Division I-A)
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played in
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at
Aloha StadiumAloha Stadium is a stadium located in the Halawa CDP, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Currently Aloha Stadium is home to the University of Hawaii Warriors football team...
. With the exception of the 1983-86 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu. For most of its playings, the game was sponsored by
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Corporation. 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
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. In 1998 and 1999, the Aloha Bowl was part of a doubleheader followed by the
Oahu BowlThe Oahu Bowl is a now defunct National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. Played on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the Oahu Bowl was sponsored by Jeep motor company...
.
Since 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 BowlThe Seattle Bowl was a college football bowl game played in 2001 and 2002 between teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Pacific-10 Conference in Seattle, Washington. This bowl game was a continuation of the Oahu Bowl which had moved to Seattle. The 2001 game was played at Safeco Field...
for two years. The Aloha Bowl was to move to San Francisco, but before the move could be completed the game lost its bowl certification. San Francisco received a bowl game for the 2001 season anyway, which is now known as the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl.
The Aloha Bowl was preceded years earlier by the
Pineapple BowlThe Pineapple Bowl is a now-defunct college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Honolulu Stadium. Played on New Year's Day except in 1950, the Pineapple Bowl succeeded the Poi Bowl. The inaugural game was played in 1940 and the last game was played in 1952. After the bombing of...
and
Poi BowlThe Poi Bowl is a now-defunct college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Honolulu Stadium. Played in early January from 1936 to 1939, the Poi Bowl was renamed the Pineapple Bowl in 1940.-Game results:...
.
Game results
| Date | Winner | Score | Loser | Score | Attendance | Notes |
| December 25, 1982 |
Washington |
21 |
Maryland |
20 |
30,055 |
notes |
| December 26, 1983 |
Penn State |
13 |
Washington |
10 |
37,212 |
notes |
| December 29, 1984 |
|
27 |
Notre Dame |
20 |
41,777 |
notes |
| December 28, 1985 |
Alabama |
24 |
USC |
3 |
35,183 |
notes The 1985 Aloha Bowl, part of the 1985 bowl game season, took place on December 28, 1985, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The competing teams were the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference , and the USC Trojans of the Pacific-10 Conference . Alabama was victorious in...
|
| December 27, 1986 |
|
30 |
|
21 |
26,743 |
notes |
| December 25, 1987 |
UCLA |
20 |
Florida |
16 |
24,839 |
notes |
| December 25, 1988 |
|
24 |
|
22 |
35,132 |
notes The 1988 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1988-89 bowl game schedule of the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 7th Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 25, 1988, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii...
|
| December 25, 1989 |
Michigan State The 1989 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1989-1990 college football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan and were coached by George Perles. The team finished the season 8–4 overall and 6–2 in...
|
33 |
|
13 |
50,000 |
notes The 1989 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1989-90 bowl game schedule of the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 8th Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 25, 1989, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. The game matched the Hawaii Rainbows...
|
| December 25, 1990 |
SyracuseThe 1990 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1991 Division I-A college football season.This season marked the end of two eras for Syracuse football. First, it was Dick MacPherson’s final year as head coach. He would leave to coach the 1991 New England Patriots....
|
28 |
|
0 |
14,185 |
notes |
| December 25, 1991 |
|
18 |
Stanford The 1991 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. It would be Dennis Green's final season as the head coach.-Regular season:...
|
17 |
34,433 |
notes |
| December 25, 1992 |
|
23 |
BYU The 1992 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University for the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season.-Schedule:...
|
20 |
42,933 |
notes The 1992 Aloha Bowl was played on December 25, 1992 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. earned its first bowl win in 31 years over an 8-4 BYU team led by reserve quarterback Tom Young, the younger brother of NFL hall-of-famer Steve Young...
|
| December 25, 1993 |
|
41 |
|
30 |
44,009 |
notes |
| December 25, 1994 |
|
12 |
Kansas State The 1994 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the college football season of 1994. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1994 saw the wildcats finish with a record of 9-3, and a 5-2 record in Big...
|
7 |
44,862 |
notes The 1994 Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 25, 1995 in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was part of the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season...
|
| December 25, 1995 |
|
51 |
|
30 |
41,111 |
notes |
| December 25, 1996 |
|
42 |
|
38 |
43,380 |
notes The 1996 Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 25, 1996 in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was part of the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the , and the ....
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| December 25, 1997 |
Washington |
51 |
Michigan State The 1997 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Nick Saban was in his third season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in...
|
23 |
44,598 |
notes The 1997 Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 25, 1997 in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was part of the 1997 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Washington Huskies of the Pac-10 and the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten...
|
| December 25, 1998 |
|
51 |
|
43 |
46,451 |
notes |
| December 25, 1999 |
Wake Forest |
23 |
|
3 |
40,974 |
notes The 1999 Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game played December 25, 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was part of the 1999 NCAA Division I-A football season. It featured the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the ACC, and the of the Pac 10 conference....
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| December 25, 2000 |
|
31 |
|
17 |
24,397 |
notes |
In popular culture
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exclaims "Tomorrow, ChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
service falls right between the Aloha Bowl and the Oahu BowlThe Oahu Bowl is a now defunct National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. Played on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the Oahu Bowl was sponsored by Jeep motor company...
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See also
- Poi Bowl
The Poi Bowl is a now-defunct college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Honolulu Stadium. Played in early January from 1936 to 1939, the Poi Bowl was renamed the Pineapple Bowl in 1940.-Game results:...
(1936–1939)
- Pineapple Bowl
The Pineapple Bowl is a now-defunct college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Honolulu Stadium. Played on New Year's Day except in 1950, the Pineapple Bowl succeeded the Poi Bowl. The inaugural game was played in 1940 and the last game was played in 1952. After the bombing of...
(1940–1952)
- Oahu Bowl
The Oahu Bowl is a now defunct National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. Played on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the Oahu Bowl was sponsored by Jeep motor company...
(1998–2000)
- Hawaii Bowl
The Hawaii Bowl is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision college football bowl game that has been played annually at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii since 2002. Typically played on either Christmas Day or Christmas Eve, the game matches teams from either...
(since 2002)
- Hula Bowl
The Hula Bowl was an independently administered post-season invitational college football game held each year in Hawaii from 1947 to 2008. The game was last played at Aloha Stadium in the Hālawa district of Honolulu, Hawaii. At one point the longest-running sporting event in Hawaii, it had been...
(1947-2008)
- List of college bowl games