2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team


The 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first year head coach Nick Rolovich, who replaced Norm Chow. They played their home games at Aloha Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.
With their 52–16 loss to Boise State on November 12, the team clinched their sixth straight losing regular season, a new school record. However, with a 14–13 victory over Fresno State the following week, they won their fourth conference game, their most since joining the Mountain West. It also snapped a string of five straight losing conference seasons. In addition, with the win against UMass, Hawaii became bowl eligible for the first time since 2010, because of the lack of eligible teams.

Schedule

All attendances at Aloha Stadium are in tickets sold.
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Game summaries

vs California

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–21994HAW, 21–7

Calling the game for ESPN: Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti and Fox Sports Australia's NRL host Warren Smith. It was produced by Foxtel.

at #7 Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–21998MICH, 48–17

Calling the game for ESPN: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, and Dr. Jerry Punch. The 110,222 in attendance is the largest crowd to ever attend a University of Hawaii football game. The previous record for attendance was 107,145 during a game against Ohio State at the Ohio Stadium on September 12, 2015.

Tennessee–Martin

at Arizona

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–41998ZONA, 27–6

Nevada

Overall recordLast meetingResult
8–122015NEV, 30–20

at San Jose State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
18–19–12015SJSU, 42–23

UNLV

Overall recordLast meetingResult
15–102015UNLV, 41–21

at Air Force

Overall recordLast meetingResult
6–13–12015AF, 58–7

New Mexico

Overall recordLast meetingResult
14–92015UNM, 28–27

at San Diego State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–19–22015SDSU, 28–14

On the call for CBS Sports Network: Rich Waltz, Eric Davis, and Cassie McKinney.

#24 Boise State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–112015BSU, 55–0

On the call for CBS Sports Network: Rich Waltz, Adam Archuleta, and Cassie McKinney.

at Fresno State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
21–26–12015FRES, 42–14

Massachusetts

Middle Tennessee–Hawaii Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–01993HAW, 35–14

Calling the game for ESPN: Chris Cotter, Mark May, and Maria Taylor.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster