The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the establishment of the team in 1909, Hawaii has appeared in 14 bowl games. Hawaii also has an appearance in a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game as a "BCS Buster" for the 2008 Sugar Bowl against Georgia.[1] The latest bowl occurred on December 24, 2020, when Hawai'i beat Houston 28-14 in the 2020 New Mexico Bowl. The win brought the Rainbow Warriors' overall bowl record to eight wins and six losses (8–6).[2]
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General † | Bowl game record attendance | ‡ | Former bowl game record attendance | | | |
Bowl games
List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1] # | Bowl | Score[A 2] | Date | Season[A 3] | Opponent[A 4] | Stadium | Location | Attendance[3] | Head coach |
1 | Aloha Bowl | L 13–33 | December 25, 1989 | 1989 | Michigan State | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 50,000† | Bob Wagner |
2 | Holiday Bowl | W 27–17 | December 30, 1992 | 1992 | Illinois | Jack Murphy Stadium[A 5] | San Diego | 44,457 | Bob Wagner |
3 | Oahu Bowl | W 23–17 | December 25, 1999 | 1999 | Oregon State | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 46,451† | June Jones |
4 | Hawaii Bowl | L 28–36 | December 25, 2002 | 2002 | Tulane | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 31,535‡ | June Jones |
5 | Hawaii Bowl | W 54–48 | December 25, 2003 | 2003 | Houston | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 29,005 | June Jones |
6 | Hawaii Bowl | W 59–40 | December 24, 2004 | 2004 | UAB | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 39,662‡ | June Jones |
7 | Hawaii Bowl | W 41–24 | December 24, 2006 | 2006 | Arizona State | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 43,435‡ | June Jones |
8 | Sugar Bowl | L 10–41 | January 1, 2008 | 2007 | Georgia | Louisiana Superdome[A 6] | New Orleans | 74,383 | June Jones |
9 | Hawaii Bowl | L 21–49 | December 24, 2008 | 2008 | Notre Dame | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 45,718† | Greg McMackin |
10 | Hawaii Bowl | L 35–62 | December 24, 2010 | 2010 | Tulsa | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 43,673 | Greg McMackin |
11 | Hawaii Bowl | W 52–35 | December 24, 2016 | 2016 | Middle Tennessee | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 20,327 | Nick Rolovich |
12 | Hawaii Bowl | L 14–31 | December 22, 2018 | 2018 | Louisiana Tech | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 30,911 | Nick Rolovich |
13 | Hawaii Bowl | W 38–34 | December 24, 2019 | 2019 | BYU | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu | 21,582 | Nick Rolovich |
14 | New Mexico Bowl | W 28–14 | December 24, 2020 | 2020 | Houston | Toyota Stadium | Frisco, Texas | 2,060 | Todd Graham |
15 | Hawaii Bowl | Canceled | December 24, 2021 | 2021 | Memphis | Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex | Honolulu | N/A | Todd Graham |
Notes
- ^ Statistics correct as of 2012–13 NCAA football bowl games.
- ^ Results are sortable first by whether the result was a Hawaii win, loss or tie and then second by the margin of victory.
- ^ Links to the season article for the Hawaii team that competed in the bowl for that year.
- ^ Links to the season article for the opponent that Hawaii competed against in the bowl for that year when available or to their general page when unavailable.
- ^ Now known as SDCCU Stadium.
- ^ Now known as Caesars Superdome.
References
- General
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). "Bowl/All-Star Game Records" (PDF). 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- Specific
- ^ "BCS buster Hawaii earns date with Georgia in Sugar Bowl". ESPN.com. Associated Press. December 3, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 19
- ^ Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38
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