Poi Bowl

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years = 1936-1939
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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.

Results

The University of Hawaii at Manoa invited teams from the Pacific Coast Conference to participate in the Poi Bowl every year except for 1937, when they had to play the Honolulu All-Stars. [cite web| url=http://cfreference.net/cfr/show_bowl/108 |title=College Football Reference - Poi Bowl |accessdate=2007-12-03] The University of Hawaii website does not list their only victory as an official bowl game, but the College Football Data Warehouse website does. [cite web| url=http://www.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/stories/120306aeu.html |title= University of Hawaii Bowl Record |accessdate=2007-12-03] [cite web| url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/wac/hawaii/bowl_history.php |title=College Football Data Warehouse - University of Hawaii Bowl Record| accessdate=2007-12-03] The Poi Bowl name was resurrected for one game on January 8, 1945 between a Navy team and an Army Air Force team. By that time, the Poi Bowl of the 1930's had already become the Pineapple Bowl. The Navy team won the game 14-0. [cite web| url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/bowls/bowl_results.php?bowlid=238 |title=College Football Data Warehouse - Poi Bowl |accessdate=2007-12-03]

ee also

* Pineapple Bowl (1940—1952)
* Aloha Bowl (1982—2000)
* Oahu Bowl (1998—2000)
* Hawaii Bowl (since 2002)
* Hula Bowl (since 1960)
* List of college bowl games

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