Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

The University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH), in Honolulu, Hawaii. The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level. It comprises seven men's, 12 women's, and two coed athletic teams.

A controversial change in 2000 allowed each team to pick its own team name; the football, men's volleyball, golf, and tennis teams became the Warriors, while the men's basketball and swimming & diving teams remained Rainbow Warriors, and the baseball team became the Rainbows. The women's teams, however, all remained the Rainbow Wāhine. At the same time, the school changed its athletics logo to the current stylized "H," omitting the rainbow of the old logo altogether.

On July 1, 2013, the nicknames of the university's men's sports teams were once again standardized, and all male teams at the university are now referred to as the Rainbow Warriors. More recently, the women's beach volleyball team, while still officially Rainbow Wāhine, generally uses SandBows.

Football

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors college football

First Season
1909
Team History
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (1924-99, 2013-present) Hawaii Warriors (2000-12) Hawaii Deans (1909-23)
Conference
Mountain West Conference (2012-present) Western Athletic Conference (1979-2011) Independent (1909-78)
Venue
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (2021-present) Aloha Stadium (1975-2020) Honolulu Stadium (1926-74) Moiliili Field (1909-25)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1930s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
Hawaii Rainbows
1938
January 2, 1939	vs. UCLA	Honolulu Stadium

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1948
October 2	at Michigan State	Macklin Stadium
1949
January 2, 1950	vs. Stanford	Honolulu Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1951
January 1, 1952	vs. San Diego State	Honolulu Stadium
1952
September 20	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium
1958
September 13	at Kentucky	Fairgrounds Stadium

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
September 17	at Utah	Ute Stadium
September 24	at Fresno State	Ratcliffe Stadium
October 1	at Pacific	Pacific Memorial Stadium

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1972
December 2	vs. Stanford	Honolulu Stadium
1973
December 1	vs. Utah	Honolulu Stadium
1978
December 2	vs. USC	Honolulu Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1986
December 6	vs. Michigan	Aloha Stadium
1988
December 3	vs. Oregon	Aloha Stadium
1989
October 28	vs. BYU	Aloha Stadium
December 25	vs. Michigan State	Aloha Stadium

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1992
December 30	vs. Illinois	Jack Murphy Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
Hawaii Warriors
2003
December 25	vs. Houston	Aloha Stadium
2007
January 1, 2008	vs. Georgia	Louisiana Superdome

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
2018
December 22	vs. Louisiana Tech	Aloha Stadium