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The Hawaiʻi Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The team, currently coached by June Jones, is part of the Western Athletic Conference. They will be the third non-BCS team to play in a BCS bowl game when they face Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2008.

2007 season schedule

09/01/20076:05 p.m.Northern Colorado (FCS)*No. 24

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

W 63-6 09/08/20076:05 p.m.at Louisiana TechNo. 20

• Joe Aillet Stadium
• Ruston, LA

W 45-44 09/15/20076:35 p.m.at UNLV*No. 24

• Sam Boyd Stadium
• Las Vegas, NV

W 49-14 09/22/20076:05 p.m.Charleston Southern (FCS)*No. 18

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

W 66-10 09/29/20072:05 p.m.at IdahoNo. 17

• Kibbie Dome
• Moscow, ID

W 48-20 10/06/20076:05 p.m.Utah StateNo. 15

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

W 52-37 10/12/20075:05 p.m.at San José StateNo. 16

• Spartan Stadium
• San José, CA

ESPNW 42-35 10/27/20076:05 p.m.New Mexico StateNo. 14

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

W 50-13 11/10/20076:05 p.m.Fresno StateNo. 16

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

ESPN2W 37-30 11/16/20078:05 p.m.at NevadaNo. 15

• Mackay Stadium
• Reno, NV

ESPN2W 28-26 11/23/20074:05 p.m.No. 19 Boise StateNo. 13

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

ESPN2W 39-27 12/01/20076:30 p.m.Washington*No. 12

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

ESPN2W 35-28 01/01/20083:30 p.m.vs. No. 4 Georgia*No. 10

• Louisiana Superdome
• New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl)

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Current coaching staff

Hawaii football history

Important milestones

• 1909 - The College of Hawaiʻi "Fighting Deans" played and won its first game against McKinley High School by a score of 6-5 in front of 2,500 fans at Punahou School.

• 1920 - The College of Hawaiʻi becomes the University of Hawaiʻi and the football team plays its first intercollegiate game against Nevada, losing 14-0 on Christmas Day.

• 1922 - Hawaiʻi defeats its first collegiate opponent, beating Pomona 25-6 on Christmas Day.

• 1923 - A rainbow appears over Moiliili Field after Hawaiʻi upsets Oregon State, 7-0. Local reporters begin calling UH athletic teams the "Rainbows."

• 1924-25 - The Rainbows, under the guidance of coach Otto Klum, complete back-to-back undefeated seasons. The Rainbows outscore their opponents 606-29 in 18 games. Among the schools defeated during this time are Colorado, Colorado State and Washington State. These two teams become known as the "Wonder Teams" due to their outstanding play.

• 1926 - The Rainbows play their first game at their newly-constructed home field, Honolulu Stadium. The Rainbows fall to the Town Team by a score of 14-7 in front of 12,000 fans on Armistice Day.

• 1935 - Rainbow running back and future coach Thomas Kaulukukui becomes Hawaiʻi's first All-American player. Kaulukukui starred on Hawaiʻi's 1934 undefeated team and set a school record in 1935 with a 103-yard kick return touchdown during a 19-6 loss to UCLA in Los Angeles. Kaulukukui's number 32 is later retired by the University and remains the only number to be retired in Hawaiʻi football history.

• 1942 - Following the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States' entry into World War II, Hawaiʻi cancels the 1942, 1943, 1944 and 1945 football seasons. This marks the second time Hawaiʻi has had to cancel football seasons due to the breakout of war. The 1912-14 seasons were cancelled due to World War I .

• 1946 - Hawaiʻi resumes football play after a four-year hiatus as a member of the NCAA. Hawaiʻi enters as a Division II Independent. The Rainbows continue to play local teams on occasion but the bulk of their schedules are made up of collegiate teams.

• 1955 - A year after suffering a 50-0 blowout loss to Nebraska in Honolulu, the Rainbows go up to Lincoln the following season and upset the Huskers 6-0. The win is considered one of the school's all-time biggest upsets.

• 1961 - The UH Board of Athletic Control votes to abolish the football program due to a lack of finances. The program would return to intercollegiate competition the following year behind the urgings of new athletics director Young Suk Ko.

• 1966 - Hawaii completes its first all-collegiate schedule.

• 1968 - Head coach Dave Holmes begins what would be the most successful coaching tenure at Hawaiʻi. From 1968-1974, UH won 67 percent of its games and never suffered a losing season. Holmes still ranks as the all-time leader at Hawaiʻi in winning percentage (.718)

• 1973 - The Rainbows record what is widely considered to be the biggest upset in school history, defeating Washington 10-7 in front of 52,500 in Seattle. The Huskies were favored to beat Hawaiʻi by as many as 50 points.

• 1974 - Hawaiʻi becomes an NCAA Division I member. The team's new nickname becomes the "Rainbow Warriors." They play their final year at Honolulu Stadium.

• 1975 - 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium becomes the new home of Hawaiʻi football. Hawaiʻi loses its first game in the new stadium, falling to Texas A&I by a score of 43-9 in front of a crowd of 32,247.

• 1976 - The NCAA reclassifies its divisions and drops Hawaiʻi to Division I-AA (now FCS). Athletic Director Ray Nagel appeals the decision and the next month the NCAA reinstitutes Hawaiʻi to Division I-A (now FBS) status.

• 1979 - Hawaiʻi becomes a member of the Western Athletic Conference.

• 1986 - Defensive end Al Noga becomes the first Hawaiʻi player to be named a first-team All-American by the Associated Press. He also was tabbed as the school's first Heisman Trophy candidate.

• 1989 - Hawaiʻi plays in the program's first major bowl game — the Jeep Eagle Aloha Bowl. Hawaii falls to Michigan State, 33-13, before a sellout crowd at Aloha Stadium.

• 1990 - The Rainbow Warriors rout BYU, 59-28, on December 1. Earlier that day, BYU quarterback Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy.

• 1992 - Hawaiʻi wins a share of its first-ever WAC championship and posts its first bowl game victory, a 27-17 defeat of Illinois in the Thrifty Car Rental Holiday Bowl. Hawaiʻi would finish the season ranked 20th in the nation and post a team-record 11 victories.

• 1998 - Hawaiʻi suffers through the program's first-ever winless season, going 0-12 under head coach Fred von Appen. Von Appen coached the Rainbow Warriors to a 5-31 record in his three years at Hawaiʻi. He would be fired after the season.

• 1999 - June Jones becomes the new head coach at Hawaiʻi and guides the Rainbow Warriors to the best single-season turnaround in NCAA history, winning nine games and a share of the WAC championship. Hawaii would go on to defeat Oregon State in the Jeep Oʻahu Bowl, 23-17.

• 2001 - Hawaiʻi changes its nickname from "Rainbow Warriors" to simply "Warriors." Wide receiver Ashley Lelie becomes the highest draft pick in program history as the Denver Broncos select him with the 19th pick in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft.

• 2002 - Hawaiʻi is invited to play in the inaugural ConAgra Foods Hawaiʻi Bowl. The Warriors would fall to Tulane, 36-28.

• 2003 - Hawaiʻi returns to the Hawaiʻi Bowl and defeats Houston in a wild 54-48 triple-overtime game.

• 2004 - Hawaiʻi returns for a third-straight season to the Hawaii Bowl and triumphs over UAB, 59-40. Hawaiʻi quarterback Timmy Chang would also become the NCAA's all-time leader in passing yards with 17,072 over the course of his career, eclipsing the old mark (15,031) set by former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer.

• 2005 - Hawaiʻi finishes 5-7 and misses out on playing in a bowl game for the first time since 2001, despite a breakout year for quarterback Colt Brennan.

• 2006 - Quarterback Colt Brennan sets NCAA single-season records for touchdown passes (58) and passer efficiency rating (185.96), on his way to a sixth-place finish in the Heisman Trophy voting. The Warriors return to the Hawaiʻi Bowl and defeat Arizona State, 41-24. Hawaiʻi head coach June Jones passes Dick Tomey to become the winningest head coach in school history.

• 2007 - Brennan adds to his collection of NCAA records, breaking Detmer's career records for TD passes and total TDs responsible for. He and wide receiver Davone Bess have also tied an NCAA record for most career TDs by a quarterback-receiver combination. The Warriors are unbeaten, with a breakthrough win against Boise State, giving the Warriors their first win ever over the Broncos as a WAC member and their first outright WAC title ever. A 35-28 win over Washington in the season finale on December 1 resulted in them finishing #10 in the BCS rankings and earning a berth in the Sugar Bowl. This is the first regular season Hawaiʻi has ever gone undefeated. Hawaii was also the sole undefeated college football team for the season. Hawaiʻi will play Georgia on Jan. 1,2008 in New Orleans.

Rivalries

Hawaiʻi has three teams that can be considered rivals—Brigham Young University, Fresno State and Boise State.

BYU had been regarded by many Hawaiʻi residents to be the Warriors' biggest rival and most high-profile game. One of the reasons for the interest in games against BYU comes from the large Mormon population in Hawaiʻi, especially on the island of Oʻahu, and BYU's success in recruiting players from Hawaiʻi (in addition, BYU has a campus in Hawaii). The rivalry with BYU has been largely one-sided, with the Cougars holding a 19-8-0 all-time advantage in the series and going 18-5 since 1972 when Lavell Edwards became BYU’s head coach. BYU won 10 straight contests against the Warriors from 1978 through 1988 and 6 straight from 1993 through 1998. Hawaiʻi has never won in Provo, Utah, losing all 8 contests by an average score of 34 to 18. The series has decreased in notability and importance due to BYU's defection to the Mountain West Conference in 1999. In 2001, Hawaiʻi ruined the then 8th-ranked Cougars' perfect 12-0 season and ended any chance of BYU earning a BCS bowl bid with a 72-45 victory at Aloha Stadium. The last meeting between the two teams was a 35-32 BYU victory at Provo in 2002. The rivalry has also been considered by some people to be one-sided on the terms of emotion. Though Hawaiʻi had considered BYU its main rival for quite some time, BYU usually did not return the favor, considering Utah to be their main rival.

The rivalry with Fresno State has increased greatly in recent years, with both teams contending regularly for the conference championship. The Bulldogs hold a slight edge in the series with a record of 20-18-1 against the Warriors. Coaches from both schools have accused each side of various episodes of poor sportsmanship over the years, and both schools have some of the nation's rowdiest fans. The rivalry has featured some lopsided results, including a 70-14 Fresno victory in 2004 and a 68-37 Warriors victory in 2006.

Boise State and Hawaiʻi have begun to develop a rivalry since the Broncos joined the WAC in 2001. Until Hawaiʻi defeated Boise State 39-27 on November 23, 2007 to clinch that year's WAC championship outright, the Broncos had won the all of the contests between the two schools since Boise State became a conference member. Many of them have been very closely contested. As these two teams are usually two of the better teams in the WAC, the rivalry can only be expected to grow in the coming years.

Records and statistics

Team records

• Consecutive victories: 13, 2006 - 2007
• Consecutive home victories: 11, 1988-1989
• Consecutive winning seasons: 9, 1967-1975
• Largest NCAA Division I margin of victory: 59 vs. UTEP, Oct. 13, 2001
• Most points in a season: 554, 2007
• Victories in a season: 12, 2007

Career records

• Career passing yards: 17,072 (NCAA record), Timmy Chang, 2000-2004
• Career passing touchdowns: 131 (NCAA record), Colt Brennan, 2005-2007
• Career rushing yards: 3,451, Gary Allen, 1978-1981
• Career rushing touchdowns: 39, Michael Carter, 1990-1993
• Career touchdowns responsible for: 146 (NCAA record), Colt Brennan, 2005-2007
• Career touchdowns, quarterback-receiver combination: 39 (ties NCAA record), Colt Brennan to Davone Bess, 2005-2007
• Career receptions: 286, Davone Bess, 2005-2007
• Career receiving yards: 3,814, Jason Rivers, 2003-2007
• Career receiving touchdowns: 41, Davone Bess, 2005-2007
• Career all-purpose yards: 5,461, Chad Owens, 2001-2004
• Career points leader: 395, Jason Elam, 1988-1992
• Career tackles leader: 366, Levi Stanley, 1969-1972
• Career sacks leader: 36, Mark Odom, 1987-1990
• Career interceptions leader: 13 (Tie), Keone Jardine, 1977-1979 & Kevin Millhouse Jr., 2001-2003

Single-game records

• Most passing yards in a single game: 559, Colt Brennan vs. Arizona State, 2006
• Most passing touchdowns in a single game: 8, Nick Rolovich vs. BYU, 2001
• Most rushing yards in a single game: 270, Pete Wilson vs. BYU, 1950
• Most rushing touchdowns in a single game: 5, Heikoti Fakava vs. Yale, 1987
• Most receiving yards in a single game: 308, Jason Rivers vs. Arizona State, 2006
• Most receiving touchdowns in a single game: 4, Jason Rivers vs. Idaho, 2004, vs. Washington, 2007 and Ryan Grice-Mullen vs. New Mexico State, 2005
• Most receptions in a single game: 14, Chad Owens vs. Army, 2003, Davone Bess vs. Fresno State, 2005, Jason Rivers vs. Arizona State, 2006, and Ryan Grice-Mullen vs. San Jose State, 2007
• Most total kick return yards in a single game: 342 (NCAA record), Chad Owens vs. BYU, 2001
• Longest field goal made: 56 yards, Jason Elam vs. BYU, 1992
• Most points scored in a single game: 72, vs. BYU, 2001

Single-season records

• Most passing yards in a season: 5,549, Colt Brennan, 2006
• Most passing touchdowns in a season: 58 (NCAA Record), Colt Brennan, 2006
• Most passing touchdowns in two seasons: 94, Colt Brennan, 2006
• Most consecutive pass attempts without an interception: 182, Colt Brennan, 2006
• Best efficiency rating in a season (min. 100 att.): 185.96, Colt Brennan, 2006
• Most rushing yards in a season: 1,498, Travis Sims, 1992
• Most rushing touchdowns in a season: 18, Jamal Farmer, 1989
• Most receiving yards in a season: 1,713, Ashley Lelie, 2001
• Most receiving touchdowns in a season: 19, Ashley Lelie, 2001
• Most receptions in a season: 102, Chad Owens, 2004
• Most total tackles in a season: 169, Jeff Ulbrich, 1999
• Most sacks in a season: 17, Al Noga, 1986
• Most interceptions in a season: 9, Walter Briggs, 1989

Statistics compiled from the University of Hawaii football Media Guide and NCAA.org.

Bowl game appearances and results

Uniforms

They have a black home jersey with green numbers, white away jersey with black numbers, and one with silver numbers. They also have a green jersey with black numbers. They have two sets of pants, silver and black, which feature a polynesian tatoo design on one leg.They also have a green helmet worn at home and away and they have a white helmets worn home and away. There uniforms are made by Nike and there uniforms were this way since 2005. Before that they had a green jersey with white numbers.a white jersey with green numbers and a black jersey with green numbers. They had one helmet that was green. They had three sets of pants silver black and green. They had these uniforms until starting in 2000. Those uniforms were produced by reebok. Further data is unkonwn.

Conference championships

College Football Hall of Famers

Players

Coaches

• Clark Shaughnessy

Individual awards

AP All-Americans

• Colt Brennan, 2006 3rd team QB
• Chad Owens, 2004 2nd team KR (AP)
• Jason Elam, 1991 3rd team K
• Larry Khan-Smith, 1988 2nd team RS
• Al Noga, 1986 1st team DL
• Walter Murray, 1985 3rd team WR

AP Little All-Americans

• Levi Stanley, 1973 2nd team DT
• Jim Stone, 1971 3rd team DE
• Tim Buchanan, 1968 1st team LB
• Nolle Smith, 1941 1st team HB

Scripps/FWAA Freshman All-Americans

• Davone Bess, 2005 WR
• Samson Satele, 2003 OL
• Chad Owens, 2001 KR

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans

• Chris Shinnick, 1997

Mosi Tatupu Award

• Chad Owens, 2004

Sammy Baugh Trophy

• Colt Brennan, 2006

Players of note

Current NFL players

• Jason Elam - K, Denver Broncos
• Jeff Ulbrich - LB, San Francisco 49ers
• Kynan Forney - OG, Atlanta Falcons
• Ashley Lelie - WR, San Francisco 49ers
• Vince Manuwai - OG, Jacksonville Jaguars
• Pisa Tinoisamoa - LB, St. Louis Rams
• Isaac Sopoaga - DT, San Francisco 49ers
• Travis LaBoy - DE, Tennessee Titans
• Ikaika Alama-Francis - DE, Detroit Lions
• Leonard Peters - SS, Chicago Bears practice squad
• Melila Purcell - DE, Cleveland Browns
• Dane Uperesa - OL, Cincinnati Bengals practice squad
• Samson Satele - OL, Miami Dolphins
• Reagan Mauia - FB, Miami Dolphins
• Tala Esera - OL, Miami Dolphins practice squad
• Mat McBriar - P, Dallas Cowboys

Other Current Professional Players

• Timmy Chang - QB, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, CFL
• Chad Mock - WR, British Columbia Lions, CFL

Other Famous Coaches and Players

• Jerry Burns
• Dom Capers
• Keith Gilbertson
• Paul Johnson
• Ken Niumatalolo
• Al Noga
• Larry Price
• Jesse Sapolu
• Roy Shivers
• Maa Tanuvasa
• Mark Tuinei
• Dick Tomey
• Bob Wagner

For a full list of Hawaii players drafted into the NFL, visit NFL.com

Previous team helmets

External links

• University of Hawaiʻi - Office of Intercollegiate Athletics
• Warrior Sports Network - University of Hawaiʻi Sports Forum
• Sports Hawaii Forums - University of Hawaiʻi Football
• The Warrior Beat - by Stephen Tsai
• Colt Brennan for Heisman 2007
• NCAA.org - Football records
• The Helmet Project
• Fan Page (live-blogging of Warriors' games and news)

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