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
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
1950
October 21	at Utah	Ute Stadium
November 4	at Idaho	Neale Stadium
1951
September 15	at Florida	Gator Bowl
1952
September 27	vs. Montana	Memorial Stadium
December 6	at Houston	Rice Stadium
1957
September 21	vs. Kansas State	Memorial Stadium
1958
October 25	vs. New Mexico	Memorial Stadium
1959
October 24	at Utah	Ute Stadium

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 29	vs. Utah	Memorial Stadium
1962
September 22	vs. New Mexico	Memorial Stadium
1965
November 27	at USC	Ute Stadium
1966
December 24	vs. Florida State	Sun Bowl
1967
January 1, 1968	vs. LSU	Tulane Stadium
1968
September 28	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium
1969
November 22	at Houston	Astrodome

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
October 3	vs. Arizona State	Memorial Stadium
October 17	vs. Utah	Memorial Stadium
1974
September 21	at Texas	Memorial Stadium
October 19	vs. New Mexico	Memorial Stadium
1975
September 20	at Colorado	Folsom Field
October 11	at Utah	Rice Stadium
1976
December 25	vs. Oklahoma	Sun Devil Stadium
1977
September 17	vs. UTEP	Memorial Stadium
September 24	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 29	vs. Colorado State	Memorial Stadium
1978
September 23	at Texas	Memorial Stadium
1979
September 15	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
October 20	vs. BYU	Memorial Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1982
September 4	vs. New Mexico	Memorial Stadium
1987
December 30	vs. Iowa	Jack Murphy Stadium
1988
December 30	vs. Oklahoma State	Jack Murphy Stadium

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990
December 31	vs. California	Arizona Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2005
September 3	at Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2016
December 21	vs. BYU	Qualcomm Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1960s	1968
1970s	1974
1980s	1982
2010s	2017 • 2019
2020s	2021