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.

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