The Pineapple Bowl was a college football bowl game played during the 1940s and early 1950s in Honolulu, Hawaii, at Honolulu Stadium. The game featured the then-Hawaii Rainbows and an invited team from the mainland.[1]
The Pineapple Bowl was a renamed continuation of the Poi Bowl, which had first been played in January 1936. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the bowl game was suspended for five years. The final edition of the game was played in January 1952. It was held on New Year's Day except in 1950, when the holiday fell on a Sunday.
Following the demise of the Pineapple Bowl, the all-star Hula Bowl was first played in January 1960. The University of Hawaii attempted to revive the Pineapple Bowl in 1980, but the NCAA Special Events Committee turned down their request.[2] The Aloha Bowl was later approved and first played in December 1982.
The University of Hawaii went 3–5 in the Pineapple Bowl.[3] The only other team to appear more than once in the bowl was Oregon State, who went 2–0.
| Date | Winner | Loser | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1, 1940 | Oregon State | 39 | 6 | ||
| January 1, 1941 | Fresno State | 3 | 0 | ||
| January 1, 1947 | Hawaii | 19 | 16 | ||
| January 1, 1948 | Hawaii | 33 | 32 | ||
| January 1, 1949 | Oregon State | 47 | 27 | ||
| January 2, 1950 | Stanford | 74 | 20 | ||
| January 1, 1951 | Hawaii | 28 | 27 | ||
| January 1, 1952 | San Diego State | 34 | 13 | ||
The media guide of the now-Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football program does not include any Pineapple Bowl games in their bowl game history.[5] Results do appear in the NCAA's bowl game history, in the "Unsanctioned Or Other Bowls" section.[6]