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]
Key
General
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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
23,175
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
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