Bowl History: The Hawaii Bowl

Photo by Darryl Oumi/Getty Images With Part 3 of the Mountain West Bowl History series, I’m going to take a look at the various incarnations of the Hawaii Bowl. Yes, I know some of these didn’t feature the Mountain West, but I figured I better cover all of the different versions of the game. Let’s get going, all the way back in the olden days of college football.

The Poi Bowl (1936-1939):

This is an odd one, but it was the first attempt at the Hawaii Warriors to entice teams from the mainland to come out to the islands for a post-season game. This one pitted the University of Hawaii against a team from the PCC (now PAC-12), except for a weird game in 1937 where they played the Honolulu…