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25-579: The Aloha Bowl was established in 1982 by Mackay Yanagisawa , a sportsman from Oahu . With the exception of the 1983–1986 playings, the Aloha Bowl was traditionally played on Christmas morning in Honolulu. For most of its playings, the game was sponsored by Jeep Corporation. The bowl originally applied for certification by the NCAA Division I Championship Committee in 1981, but certification

50-821: 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). 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) Maryland (0–1) North Carolina (0–1) Wake Forest (1–0) Colorado (1–0) Kansas State (0–1) Notre Dame (0–1) Penn State (1–0) Syracuse (1–0) Fresno State (0–1) Hawaii (0–1) Florida (0–1) Houston (0–1) *Note: Table based on conference affiliation at

75-569: A college football All-Star game in Hawaii titled "the Hula Bowl ". The Bowl was sponsored by charities with the understanding that all financial gain went back to them. However, due to poor weather causing a lack of attendance, Yanagisawa was forced to re-mortgage his house three times to keep the event running. Eventually, television revenue from the Bowl allowed him to gain financial stability without

100-629: A crowd of 41,777 for a game between SMU and Notre Dame . A few years later, Yanagisawa was inducted into the University of Hawaii 's Hall of Fame. In 1995, Yanagisawa was the recipient of the University of Hawaii's Regents' Medals of Distinction. Yanagisawa died shortly thereafter at the age of 87. Hula Bowl The Hula Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game held annually, usually in January. From inception through

125-782: A mortgage. During this time, he was inducted into the Hawaii Sports Hall of Fame . As a result of the Hula Bowl, Yanagisawa became known as the "Shogun of Sports." In 1948, Yanagisawa arranged a United States tour with a Hawaiian baseball team and the Harlem Globetrotters . He owned the Asahi Baseball Team which played in the Hawaii Baseball League until 1955 when he sold it to Angel Shiro Maehara. Yanagisawa would later sell

150-546: A national "Hula Bowl Player of the Week" to college players during the regular season; the winning players would have been invited to play in the Hula Bowl and been able to direct a $ 1,000 donation to a charity in their state. After the January 2008 playing, the bowl remained dormant. Organizers searched "for opportunities to reintroduce and reimagine the historic bowl game", and in November 2016, announced their intent to restart

175-573: A salesman at a sporting goods company. He was of Japanese descent. In 1962, Yanagisawa became part-owner of the Hawaii Islanders baseball team while managing Hawai‘i’s Honolulu Stadium . After witnessing the Rose Bowl Game , University of California, Los Angeles ' Paul Stupin messaged Yanagisawa asking him if he would be interested in sponsoring a college football All-Star game. By 1946, Yanagisawa and Paul Stupin co-organized

200-423: A willingness to coach a potential Hawaiian Islands team, which would have a mix of Hawaiian and Polynesian players and, bowl organizers hoped, would draw more fans to the game. The Hula Bowl had also discussed the idea of allowing junior status players to participate in the game and bringing over college football players from Japan, something the game had done in the recent past. Game officials also discussed awarding

225-646: The 2021 edition , played on January 31, 2021, held without spectators after the facility was "deemed unsafe to hold crowds" in December 2020. In August 2021, with Aloha Stadium closed for repairs and upgrades, the University of Central Florida (UCF) agreed to host the 2022 playing—scheduled for January 15—at their home stadium, FBC Mortgage Stadium , in Orlando, Florida . The Hula Bowl has used four different pairs of team designations. Before 2000, teams were rostered as either North vs. South or East vs. West, with

250-494: The College Football Hall of Fame have coached in the Hula Bowl, including: Bobby Bowden , Terry Donahue , Johnny Majors , Ara Parseghian , Bo Schembechler , and Barry Switzer . Larry Price coached in eight Hula Bowls (1969–1976) while Dick Tomey coached in seven Hula Bowls (1978–1979, 1981, 1983, 1985–1986, 1991); both while they were coaching with Hawaii . For coaches from the mainland, Lou Holtz has

275-643: The 2021 playing, it was held in Hawaii ; since the 2022 edition, it has been played in Orlando, Florida . The game was first staged in 1947, between mainland collegiate players and local Hawaiian players; it has been played exclusively with collegiate players since 1960. The bowl was paused following its 2008 edition, then was revived in January 2020. The game was originally held at Honolulu Stadium in Honolulu , then moved to Aloha Stadium in Halawa starting with

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300-540: The Hula Bowl in 1974 to Gannett Corp and founded the Aloha Bowl . It was originally named the Pineapple Bowl but was renamed after a drop in sponsors. In 1981, Aloha Airlines signed on as a sponsor, spurring the name change to the Aloha Bowl. However, this bowl too struggled financially and as executive director, Yanagisawa gave an estimated $ 200,000 to keep the Bowl stable. By 1984 , the Aloha Bowl drew

325-404: The Hula Bowl returned to Oahu for its 2006 game and stayed at Aloha Stadium through the 2008 playing. The game has predominantly been played in January as one of the final games of the college football postseason, allowing players who competed in bowl games with their collegiate teams to participate. The game has been held in early February twice, in 2002 and 2003. For many years, the Hula Bowl

350-425: The January 1976 edition. The game remained at Aloha Stadium through the 2021 edition, except for eight editions played at War Memorial Stadium on the island of Maui . The University of Central Florida (UCF) agreed to host the January 2022 playing of the game, due to Aloha Stadium being closed for repairs and upgrades. In late 1946, the first Hula Bowl was organized by Paul Stupin and Mackay Yanagisawa . When

375-666: 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. 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

400-580: The exception of the 1994 game, which was College Stars vs. Hawaii Ponoʻi ("Hawaii's own"). Since 2000, the matchup has been Aina vs. Kai, except for 2005 and 2006, which reverted to East vs. West. Past NCAA records have substituted North or West in place of Kai ("ocean"), and South or East in place of Aina ("land"). Coaches for the first Hula Bowl played exclusively with college players, in January 1960, were Bud Wilkinson of Oklahoma and Paul Dietzel of LSU . Dietzel's East squad defeated Wilkinson's West team, 34–8. Multiple inductees of

425-649: The game in North Carolina in January 2018. However, in March 2017, additional news reports indicated that a revival of the game was unlikely, as a key supporter of the proposal, North Carolina governor Pat McCrory , left office at the start of that year. On October 29, 2019, it was announced that the Hula Bowl would be revived; the 2020 edition was played at Aloha Stadium on January 26, 2020. It featured "NCAA college football players from all divisions, along with international players". Aloha Stadium also hosted

450-463: The inaugural game was played on January 5, 1947, the teams were composed of mainland college players (the "Southern California Rose Bowl Stars", led by UCLA quarterback Ernie Case ) pitted against a local team of graduates of Leilehua (the "Lei alums "), a local high school in Wahiawa, Hawaii —the mainland team won, 34–7. The teams played a two-game series every January until 1951, when the format

475-461: The most appearances, with five (1979, 1989–1990, 1993, 1997). These totals include both head coach and assistant coaching appearances. In 2019, the Hula Bowl announced the creation of a hall of fame. The hall's inductees are: Head coach appearances in the Hula Bowl are listed in parentheses in the College column. In 1997, a storyline in the comic strip Funky Winkerbean had Harry Dinkle and

500-516: The time the game was played and may not represent current conference alignment. Most editions of the Aloha Bowl were televised by ABC (1986–2000). Mackay Yanagisawa Mackay Yanagisawa (1918–2000) was an American sports promoter. Known as the " Shogun of Sports ," he created the Hula Bowl and was a co-organizer of the Aloha Bowl , two collegiate-level football games in Hawaii, United States. Yanagisawa attended McKinley High School where he played football. After graduating, he became

525-581: Was changed to allow National Football League (NFL) players to join the Hawaiian all-stars, in an effort to create a more competitive environment. From 1960 onward, the game featured only collegiate players, and game results are listed in NCAA records. Players were historically rostered by college location; North vs. South or East vs. West. Since 2000, team names of Aina and Kai , the Hawaiian words for land and ocean, have been used multiple times. The game

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550-652: Was considered a premier venue to launch professional careers in the NFL. On July 1, 2006, it was announced that the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) would end its ten-year relationship with the Hula Bowl due to "philosophical differences" over the future plans for the game, including proposed changes for the 2007 game — such as reintroducing the "Hawaiian Islands versus Mainland" matchup used from 1947 to 1959. University of Hawaii and former NFL head coach June Jones expressed

575-531: 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,

600-549: Was distinguished from a similar event, the Senior Bowl , by playing by collegiate rules rather than professional rules, and by remaining amateur (the Senior Bowl paid players through its 1988 edition). This was very important for those wishing to remain eligible to compete in other collegiate sports (such as college baseball ) or otherwise retain amateur status. At one point the longest-running sporting event in Hawaii, it

625-514: Was originally played in Honolulu Stadium in Honolulu through the January 1975 playing, then moved to Aloha Stadium in neighboring Halawa . In 1997, the then-mayor of Maui County , Linda Lingle , obtained authorization to spend $ 1.2 million to improve War Memorial Stadium in the town of Kahului on the island of Maui , which then hosted the game for the 1998 through 2005 playings. However, due to poor attendance and reduced revenue,

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