1979 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

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1979 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
1979 record6–5 (3–3 WAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAloha Stadium
(Capacity: 50,000)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Western Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 BYU $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Utah 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
San Diego State 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Hawaii 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
New Mexico 3 – 4 – 0 6 – 6 – 0
Colorado State 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 1
Wyoming 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 8 – 0
UTEP 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Hawaii finished the 1979 season with a 6–5 record and a 3–3 in their first season of Western Athletic Conference (WAC) play. The warriors were led by 3rd year head coach Dick Tomey.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 8Utah
L 23–2741,511
September 22New Mexico
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
W 20–340,079
September 29UNLV*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
L 31–4844,143
October 5at No. 20 BYU
L 15–3834,741
October 13Santa Clara*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
W 52–335,455
October 20Prairie View A&M*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
W 65–028,839
October 27at UTEP
W 27–1226,003
November 3Temple*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
L 31–343,372
November 17Wyoming
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI (Shrine Game)
L 13–2136,743
November 24Colorado State
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
W 24–1031,812
December 1Arizona State*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Honolulu, HI
W 29–1742,040
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ Hawaii Rainbow Warrior Football 2016 Media Guide. University of Hawaii Athletics. p. 128.
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