The 1986 Aloha Bowl was a college football

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, 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 The Aloha Bowl was a National Collegiate Athletic Association Football Bowl Subdivision (then known as Division I-A) college football bowl game played in Honolulu, Hawaii at Aloha Stadium. History The Aloha Bowl was established in 1982 by Mack ...

. It was played on December 27, 1986, at Aloha Stadium in

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. The game matched the Arizona Wildcats of the

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against the North Carolina Tar Heels of the

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.North Carolina Media Guide 2011
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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

References

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