1986 Aloha Bowl
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| 1986 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 27, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Aloha Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Halawa, Hawaii | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Chuck Cecil (Arizona) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Doug Toole (WAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 26,743 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Al Michaels and Mike Adamle | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1986 Aloha Bowl was a college football bowl game, played as part of the 1985–86 bowl game schedule of the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the 5th Aloha Bowl. It was played on December 27, 1986, at Aloha Stadium in Halawa, Hawaii. The game matched the Arizona Wildcats of the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) against the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[1][2][3]
Scoring summary
[edit]First quarter
[edit]- No scoring
Second quarter
[edit]- UA – Coston 31-yard FG
- UA – Adams 1-yard run (Coston kick)
- UA – Coston 38-yard FG
Third quarter
[edit]- UA – Valder 52-yard FG
- UA – Horton 13-yard pass from Jenkins (Coston kick)
- UA – Greathouse 5-yard run (Coston kick)
- NC – Dorn 58-yard run (Gliarmis kick)
Fourth quarter
[edit]- NC – Marriott 6-yard pass from Maye (Gliarmis kick)
- NC – Maye 2-yard run (Gliarmis kick)
This was Arizona's first ever bowl win, after four previous losses and one tie in their previous five bowl appearances.
Statistics
[edit]| Statistics | North Carolina | Arizona |
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| First downs | 18 | 15 |
| Rushes–yards | 197 | 137 |
| Passing yards | 178 | 187 |
| Return yards | 6 | 51 |
| Interceptions | 0 | 1 |
| Total offense | 375 | 324 |
| Punts–average | 6–36.5 | 7–31.4 |
| Fumbles–lost | 5–5 | 3–1 |
| Penalties–yards | 3–25 | 6–45 |
| Possession Time | 26:45 | 33:15 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Not much Aloha as Arizona beats North Carolina, 30–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 28, 1986. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Arizona Media Guide 2011, via CollegePressBox.com, December 2011
- ^ North Carolina Media Guide 2011, via CollegePressBox.com, December 2011
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