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  College Football Encyclopedia - Navy Yearly Records
Beat Mississippi 21-0 in Sugar Bowl in 1st postseason appearance in 31 years; Gattuso ran for 111 yds and 2 TDs, and HB Jack Weaver ran for 106 yds and scored on 16-yd pass from Welsh.
Lost to Missouri 21-14 in Orange Bowl; E Greg Mather scored on 94-yd fumble return and Spooner passed for 176 yds and a TD (27 yds to Bellino).
Lost to Ohio St. 31-28 in Liberty Bowl; Pagnanelli passed for 201 yds and 2 TDs, Pappajohn scored 2 TDs and 2-pt conversion on pass rec, MG Ken Olson scored on 10-yd blocked punt return, and Meyers ran for 117 yds.
www.footballencyclopedia.com /indnavyrecords.htm   (5137 words)

  
 SignOn San Diego College Football -- Oahu, Aloha bowls go mainland
HONOLULU – The Oahu and Aloha Bowls are moving to the mainland, unable to draw top college football teams and generate enough money.
Aloha Sports made the announcement after receiving notification from the NCAA that the two games have been recertified.
Aloha Sports chief executive officer Fritz Rohlfing said the NCAA would not have allowed the games to continue under the present format.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/college_football/20010427-1125-fbc-bowlgame.html   (386 words)

  
 University of Hawai'i - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
In 1999, Aloha Stadium was the venue for June Jones as he took over the helm of the Warrior football team and sparked the best turnaround in NCAA football history, which was capped by a victory over Oregon State in the Jeep Oahu Bowl.
In 2003, Aloha Stadium received a face-lift when the aging AstroTurf surface was stripped and replaced with state-of-the-art, NFL-endorsed FieldTurf, which may reduce the number of turf-related injuries.
Aloha Stadium regularly hosts tractor pulls, motocross races, and its biggest money maker--the ever-popular swap meet, which is held in the stadium’s parking lot every Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday.
uhathletics.hawaii.edu /Facil/aloha.html   (795 words)

  
 KUsports.com - : 2003 Bowl Watch
But the thousands of Jayhawk fans who watched the Tangerine Bowl had more than one game on their minds -- they were thinking about what their team's first bowl appearance since 1995 means for the future of KU football.
Five bowl games are scheduled New Year's Day, but not a single one involves a Big 12 team -- a curious development when you consider eight league teams haven't put their uniforms in mothballs yet.
There never was much doubt which football bowl game Kansas would choose if it had a choice between one in Fort Worth, Texas, or one in Orlando, Fla. The Tangerine Bowl locale is regarded as the entertainment capital of the world; if visitors can't find entertainment delight there, they're ready for last rites.
v100.kusports.com /news/2003bowl   (5174 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Sports
Aloha Sports Inc. accuses the body that governs college sports of "producing anticompetitive effects" that led to the demise of the two postseason games that were played at Aloha Stadium until 2000 and later not re-certified by the NCAA (bowl games are re-certified annually).
Aloha Sports tried to bring back one of its games to Hawaii in 2002, but the NCAA approved instead creation of the Hawaii Bowl, a game owned by ESPN Regional.
Aloha Sports had a deal in place to sell the Seattle Bowl for $1 million last year to Pro Sports, but that was nixed by the nonrenewal of certification, Kesselman said.
starbulletin.com /2004/03/31/sports/story2.html   (591 words)

  
 Aloha Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aloha Bowl is a now-defunct National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium.
Played on Christmas Day except for games in 1983 to 1986, the Aloha Bowl was sponsored by Jeep Corporation.
From 1998-2000, the Aloha Classic was part of a double-header followed by the Oahu Bowl.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aloha_Classic   (120 words)

  
 Hawaii Bowl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In its first year, the Hawaii Bowl was sponsored by ConAgra Foods.
The game succeeded the Aloha Bowl (played 1982-2000) and the Oahu Classic (played 1998-2000).
This agreement was retracted after the WAC lost a bowl bid in 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawaii_Bowl   (248 words)

  
 Aloha Stadium
Aloha Stadium, home of the University of Hawaii Rainbows and has celebrated over 20 years of service.
Hawaii's year-round sunshine, makes the Aloha State and stadium a favorite destination for the many athletes who compete in the NFL's Pro Bowl, Hula Bowl and Aloha Bowl.
By designing a menu that is very diverse and rich in culture, Aloha Stadium administrators hope to emphasize customer service to all the patrons of the stadium.
users.california.com /~csuppes/NCAA/WAC/Hawaii/index.htm   (516 words)

  
 Saturday Selections - Bowl Season
The Mobile Alabama Bowl, the only new bowl game this year (like we needed another one), is due in large part to ESPN's Mike Gottfried, who has worked with the city over the past few years to make this event a reality.
TCU, on the other hand, is in its second straight bowl, which is the same amount of bowls the team played in the 32 seasons before head coach Dennis Franchione.
The Aggies are just 2-5 in bowls this decade, although one of AandM's wins came against perennial Big 10 giant Michigan in the Alamo Bowl in 1995.
www.armchairqb.com /selections_bowls.html   (2950 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business
Aloha Airlines is leaping into the big leagues with three 30-second TV spots to air in California during the Super Bowl.
Aloha Airlines will become the first Hawaii business to advertise on a mainland broadcast of the Super Bowl, according to local ad executives.
Aloha had gotten late into the Super Bowl commercial game, so many directors were unavailable.
starbulletin.com /2004/01/25/business/story1.html   (1858 words)

  
 Pac   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Five Pac-10 teams are sitting on the fence at 5-5, clamoring for the last spot, the one that belongs to the Aloha Bowl.
The bowl has heard from the Atlantic Coast Conference on behalf of Georgia Tech and Virginia and from the Big 10, which may have one more qualifier than bowl slot.
The Haka Bowl, originally scheduled for Dec. 26 in New Zealand, was scheduled to alternate the third and the fifth pick annually with the Sun.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/112096/pac.htm   (490 words)

  
 Pro Bowl Tickets
Pro Bowl tickets are one of the hardest tickets to obtain and ZSeats can make it happen in any section of Aloha Stadium.
Your Pro Bowl tickets may be ordered online, 24 hours a day at zseats.com or through a ZSeats representative by telephone at 800-756-1591.
All Pro Bowl ticket orders will be delivered via Federal Express to the cardholder billing address, or available for pick up at before the game near Aloha Stadium.
www.zseats.com /nfl-probowl.asp   (133 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser | Sports
The Aloha Bowl has agreements with the Pac-10 and Big East conferences.
The provision also allows Aloha Sports officials to work a switch, substituting a bowl-worthy UH team for the Big East slot in the Aloha Bowl.
The NCAA requires a bowl to guarantee at least 7,500 tickets to each participating team and sell the majority of tickets to the public.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /2001/Feb/25/225sports13.html   (396 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - College Football - Hula Bowl returns to Honolulu
The 2006 Hula Bowl will be played at Aloha Stadium on Jan. 21, Mark Salmans, the game's president and chief operating officer, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.
The Hula Bowl moved to Maui in 1998 because of low attendance in Honolulu, where it was in direct competition with the Aloha Bowl, Oahu Bowl and the NFL's Pro Bowl.
Both the Aloha and Oahu bowls moved to the mainland, but the Hawaii Bowl was added in 2002 after the University of Hawaii complained about not receiving a postseason invitation after compiling a 9-3 season.
www.sportingnews.com /yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=16982   (472 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: football@ugusta: Huskies intercept Spartans for Aloha win 12/25/97
Michigan State's Marc Renaud is tackled on short yardage by Washington 's Sean Ryan during the first quarter of the Aloha Bowl Thursday, Dec. 25, 1997, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.
His 193 yards broke the Aloha Bowl record of 179 by Michigan State's Blake Ezor in 1989.
Michigan State, blanked 38-0 by Stanford in last year's Sun Bowl, got its points on TD passes of 12 and 28 yards from Schultz to Gari Scott, a 43-yard field goal by Paul Edinger and a 21-yard hookup between Bill Burke and Lavelle Richardson with two seconds left in the game.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/122697/aloha.shtml   (467 words)

  
 Pacific Bell Park gets bowl game
It is really the Aloha Bowl, which has existed since 1982, with a change of venue.
Terry Daw and Fritz Rohlfing, the co- owners of Aloha Sports Inc., were given approval by the NCAA yesterday to move both of their Christmas Day bowls -- the Aloha Bowl and the Oahu Bowl -- to the mainland.
Fans of participating Aloha and Oahu Bowl teams did not know their teams were involved until just a few weeks before the game, at which time it was difficult to book flights or hotel rooms during that busy tourism season in Hawaii.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/28/SP145184.DTL   (631 words)

  
 The Honolulu Advertiser - Breaking News / PM Updates
Hawai'i lost both its holiday college football bowl games today when the NCAA Football Certification Subcommittee approved the transfer of what had been the Jeep O'ahu and Aloha Bowl to the Mainland.
The departure of the bowls deals a heavy blow to the post-season hopes of the University of Hawai'i, which had a handshake agreement with the operators of the games to invite the Warriors if they won seven games or more.
Jim Donovan, UH associate athletic director, said the relocation of the bowls "is an obvious disappointment having in the past had the opportunity to play our way into a local bowl game on national TV on Christmas.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2001/Apr/27/br/br02p.html   (434 words)

  
 Aloha Stadium Seating Chart - Football Tickets
The rule of thumb when choosing seats to a football event implies that lower level 50 yard line seats are going to be the best seats in the house.
Aloha Stadium, home of the University of Hawaii Rainbows, the Hawaii Bowl and the NFL Pro Bowl, opened in 1975.
Be sure to bring sun block even if it's cloudy out, you can still get burnt and I learned this lesson the hard way during the Aloha Bowl many years ago.
www.tickco.com /choose_seats/football/aloha_stadium.htm   (806 words)

  
 Insight.com Bowl notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Must be something about Colorado and bowl games that keeps the scoreboard operators on their feet.
They scored 41 in the 1993 Aloha, 41 in the '94 season Fiesta, 38 in the '95 season Cotton, 33 in the '96 Holiday, 51 in the '98 Aloha and 62 vs. Boston College.
CU's 62 points Friday topped last year's Aloha as the school record and is is the third-most points in bowl history.
www.thedailycamera.com /buffzone/bowls/01notes.shtml   (930 words)

  
 Aloha Vacations Hawaii
2007 will be the 20th consecutive year Aloha Vacations will be offering complete travel packages and game day packages for the 2007 Pro Bowl.
Aloha Vacations is your local connection for the Pro Bowl, we know the Pro Bowl, we know Hawaii, we live here.
Aloha Vacations local staff in Honolulu to assist you with anything you need.
www.alohavacationshawaii.com /special-2006ProBowl.cfm   (145 words)

  
 News from Waikiki
In 1947, Aloha Week was created as a public festival to honor the cosmopolitan heritage of Hawai‘i through music, dance and history.
The first Aloha Week was held during the fall as a modern-day makahiki, the ancient Hawaiian festival of music, dance, games and feasting.
In 1991, it was renamed Aloha Festivals to reflect the festival’s expansion.
www.waikikinews.com   (3910 words)

  
 SportsLine USA - Bowl Matchups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Because the WAC was stuck with only two bowl contracts this year, this was a very competitive spot.
The skinny: East Carolina has clinched its second consecutive trip to the Liberty Bowl, and quarterback Marcus Crandell and the Pirates (who deserve to be ranked but aren't even close in the voting) hope to improve on their 30-0 loss to Illinois of last season.
The skinny: This bowl is the casualty of Miami's impending probation.
ww1.sportsline.com /b/page/pressbox/bowlcht113095.htm   (2032 words)

  
 Aloha Flea Market Honolulu, Hawaii For Visitors :: Hawaii Royalelephant
The Aloha Flea Market at Aloha Stadium is the biggest swap meet, garage sale, flea market, and crafts fair in Hawaii.
Aloha Stadium is right next to Pearl Harbor, but most visitors to Honolulu know Aloha Stadium as the site of the NFL's annual Pro Bowl.
Aloha Stadium is the home field of the University of Hawaii's football team, the Warriors.
www.royalelephant.com /oahu/tours/alohafleamarket.htm   (503 words)

  
 Bowl seeks $3 million from state - Pacific Business News (Honolulu):   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The man who moved the Aloha and Oahu college football bowl games out of Hawaii last year wants to bring the Aloha Bowl back -- if the state ponies up $3 million.
A bill before lawmakers asks for $3 million for Aloha Sports Inc. to bring back the Aloha Bowl, which wasn't played last season after a deal to move the game to San Francisco fell through.
The $3 million would allow the Aloha Bowl to pay participating teams more than $1 million each, better than the $750,000 each team received for the game when it was played in Hawaii, Rohlfing said.
www.bizjournals.com /pacific/stories/2002/01/21/daily59.html   (645 words)

  
 Scout.com: Aloha To The Palmetto Bowl
Besides, when Clemson goes to a bowl game, much of the preparation leading up to the game is done in the city where the Tigers are bowling.
If a bowl is stupid enough to want to come to South Carolina, even on Christmas Day, we should be bending over backwards to accommodate them.
Come on Bobby Robinson, save the Aloha bowl by hosting it in our fine state in the greatest town for college football that I know of.
clemson.scout.com /2/13229.html   (944 words)

  
 Raiders to face Cal in Aloha Bowl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Aloha Bowl is prepared to extend an invitation to Texas Tech, its executive director said Friday, but must wait through the weekend to learn how soon the Big 12 Conference will make the Red Raiders available.
The Aloha craves a matchup involving Barnes, who threw for 3,499 yards and 31 touchdowns, and Tech I-back Byron Hanspard, who rushed for 2,084 yards.
Southern Methodist in 1984 and Houston in 1988 are the only Texas teams that have played in the Aloha Bowl.
www.lubbockonline.com /news/113096/raiders.htm   (556 words)

  
 ASU Bowl Games - Tempe, Arizona
The Arizona State Bulldogs played in their first bowl game in 1940, when they went to the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, to face the Catholic University Cardinals.
Later the Sun Devils made their bowl game debut in the Valley's own Salad Bowl, which was played at Phoenix Union High School's Montgomery Stadium for a few years.
However, the invitation to play in the 1970 Peach Bowl led to the first of many ASU appearances in prominent national bowl games, including playing in the first three Fiesta Bowls.
www.tempe.gov /museum/FOOTBALL/fbbowls.htm   (367 words)

  
 Football :: The Arizona State University Sun Devils - Official Athletic Site
In 1981, the Aloha Bowl received sanctioning from the NCAA for a post-season bowl game to be played on Christmas Day.
The next year, 1982, the Aloha Bowl Christmas Classic became a reality when Washington defeated Maryland 21-20 in a last-minute thriller.
On December 25, 1998 football history was made.On Christmas Day in Hawai'i, the seventeenth annual Jeep Aloha Bowl was joined by the inaugural Jeep O'ahu Bowl while the rest of America and the nation witnessed the very first football doubleheader.
thesundevils.cstv.com /sports/m-footbl/alohabowl.html   (188 words)

  
 KUsports.com - : Bowl History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
If it's possible to overshadow a bowl victory such as the 51-30 pounding KU gave the UCLA Bruins in the 1995 Aloha bowl on Christmas day in Honolulu, Hawaii, then head coach Glen Mason surely did it.
It took KU 11 seasons to make it back to another bowl game when they met Brigham Young in the 1992 Aloha Bowl on Christmas day in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kansas University's first bowl appearance against Georgia Tech in the January 1, 1948 Orange Bowl was a heartbreaker.
www.kusports.com /news/bowl   (513 words)

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