Pineapple Bowl

The game featured the then-Hawaii Rainbows and an invited team from the mainland.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the bowl game was suspended for five years.

It was held on New Year's Day except in 1950, when the holiday fell on a Sunday.

The University of Hawaii attempted to revive the Pineapple Bowl in 1980, but the NCAA Special Events Committee turned down their request.

While NCAA records indicate the first playing of the Pineapple Bowl was in January 1940,[4] contemporary newspaper reports indicate the January 1939 edition (which the NCAA lists as a Poi Bowl) was also played using that name.