1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

1988 Western Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Conference	Western Athletic Conference
1988 record	9–3 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Bob Wagner (2nd season);
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Bob Wagner, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 9–3 record.^[1]^[2]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	No. 9 Iowa*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 27–24	46,721
September 10	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	W 31–23	21,741
September 17	San Jose State*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 36–27	45,683
September 24	at Utah	Rice Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	W 48–20	32,892
October 8	UTEP	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 25–42	50,000
October 15	at San Diego State	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	W 32–30	27,142
October 22	BYU	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 23–24	50,089
October 29	Long Beach State*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 34–31	37,498
November 5	New Mexico	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 45–3	39,953
November 19	No. 16 Wyoming	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	L 22–28	43,177
November 26	Air Force	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 19–14	43,942
December 3	Oregon*	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	W 41–19	44,801
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
^ "2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Hawaii. 2020. p. 175. Retrieved December 21, 2020.

v t Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Venues	Moiliili Field (1909–1925) Honolulu Stadium (1926–1974) Aloha Stadium (1975–2020) Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex (2021–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force Fresno State Wyoming
Culture & lore	Vili The Warrior Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
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1988 Western Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Wyoming $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
UTEP	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	3	–	0
Hawaii	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
BYU	5	–	3	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Utah	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Air Force	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
San Diego State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
New Mexico	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	10	–	0
Colorado State	1	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion