1986 Aloha Bowl

1986 Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl
Arizona Wildcats North Carolina Tar Heels (8–3) (7–3–1) 30 21 Head coach:  Larry Smith Head coach:  Dick Crum AP Coaches 16 13
1 2 3 4 Total Arizona 0 13 17 0 30 North Carolina 0 0 7 14 21
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

First quarter

• No scoring

Second quarter

• UA – Coston 31-yard FG
• UA – Adams 1-yard run (Coston kick)
• UA – Coston 38-yard FG

Third quarter

• 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

• 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

Statistics	North Carolina	Arizona
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

1. "Not much Aloha as Arizona beats North Carolina, 30–21". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 28, 1986. Retrieved February 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
2. Arizona Media Guide 2011, via CollegePressBox.com, December 2011
3. North Carolina Media Guide 2011, via CollegePressBox.com, December 2011