2018_Hawaii_Rainbow_Warriors_football_team

2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Hawaii Bowl, L 14–31 vs. Louisiana Tech
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	West Division
Record	8–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Nick Rolovich (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Smith (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Run and shoot
Defensive coordinator	Corey Batoon (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium
	Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

American college football season

The 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rainbow Warriors played their home games at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu. They competed in the West Division of the Mountain West Conference and were led by third-year head coach Nick Rolovich. They finished the season 8–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech. The Rainbow Warriors clinched their first winning season since 2010 with a 31-30 overtime win at San Diego State, while also clinching a winning conference record in the process.

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Award	Player	Position	Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award^[1]	John Ursua	WR	JR
Butkus Award^[2]	Jahlani Tavai	LB	SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy^[3]	Jahlani Tavai	LB	SR
Wuerffel Trophy^[4]	Noah Borden	LS	SR

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
West Division
1	Fresno State	126 (16)
2	San Diego State	116 (6)
3	UNLV	78
4	Nevada	72
5	Hawaii	45
6	San Jose State	25

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 25	2:30 p.m.	at Colorado State	Canvas Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 43–34	31,007
September 1	5:00 p.m.	Navy*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 59–41	29,702
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Rice*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	W 43–29	23,112
September 15	6:00 a.m.	at Army*	Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	L 21–28	31,133
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Duquesne*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	W 42–21	26,175
September 29	1:00 p.m.	at San Jose State	CEFCU Stadium San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)	SPEC HI	W 44–41 ^5OT	16,363
October 6	6:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	SPEC HI	W 17–13	23,907
October 13	4:15 p.m.	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN2	L 23–49	52,354
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Nevada	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	L 22–40	24,475
October 27	4:30 p.m.	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 20–50	33,659
November 3	6:00 p.m.	No. 18 Utah State	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	L 17–56	21,476
November 17	6:00 p.m.	UNLV	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	SPEC HI	W 35–28	25,697
November 24	4:30 p.m.	at San Diego State	SDCCU Stadium San Diego, CA	ESPNU	W 31–30 ^OT	28,014
December 22	5:30 p.m.	Louisiana Tech*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (Hawaii Bowl)	ESPN	L 14–31	30,911
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Hawaii time

Name	Position	Alma Mater	Joined Staff
Nick Rolovich^[8]	Head Coach	Hawaii (2004)	2016
Brian Smith^[9]	Associate head coach / offensive coordinator / running backs	Hawaii (2005)	2016
Mark Banker^[10]	Assistant Head Coach / Inside Linebackers	Springfield (MA) (1978)	2018
Corey Batoon^[11]	Defensive coordinator / Safeties	Long Beach State (1991)	2018
Michael Ghobrial	Special Teams Coordinator	UCLA (2011)	2018
Craig Stutzmann	Passing Game Coordinator / quarterbacks	Hawaii (2002)	2016
Mark Weber	Offensive Line	Cal Lutheran (1980)	2018
Andre Allen	Wide Receivers	Ashford (2014)	2018
Ricky Logo	Defensive Line	North Carolina State (1992)	2018
Abe Elimimian^[12]	Cornerbacks	Hawaii (2004)	2015
Jacob Yoro^[13]	Outside Linebackers / Nickelbacks	Hawaii (2008)	2017

	1	2	3	4	Total
Midshipmen	0	14	14	13	41
Rainbow Warriors	14	24	0	21	59

2018_Hawaii_Rainbow_Warriors_football_team

2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Preseason

Award watch lists

Mountain West media days

Media poll

Preseason All-Mountain West Team

Schedule

Staff

Game summaries

At Colorado State

Navy

Rice

At Army

Duquesne

At San Jose State

Wyoming

At BYU

Nevada

At Fresno State

Utah State

UNLV

At San Diego State

Louisiana Tech–Hawaii Bowl

Players drafted into the NFL

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 23 Boise State x	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 22 Utah State	7	–	1	11	–	2
Wyoming	4	–	4	6	–	6
Air Force	3	–	5	5	–	7
Colorado State	2	–	6	3	–	9
New Mexico	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
No. 18 Fresno State x$	7	–	1	12	–	2
Nevada	5	–	3	8	–	5
Hawaii	5	–	3	8	–	6
San Diego State	4	–	4	7	–	6
UNLV	2	–	6	4	–	8
San Jose State	1	–	7	1	–	11
Championship: Fresno State 19, Boise State 16 (OT)
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
2	43	Jahlani Tavai	LB	Detroit Lions
7	236	John Ursua	WR	Seattle Seahawks

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	5OT	Total
Rainbow Warriors	3	7	6	15	7	0	0	3	3	44
Spartans	0	17	7	7	7	0	0	3	0	41