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.
Preseason [ edit ] Award watch lists [ edit ] Listed in the order that they were released
Mountain West media days [ edit ] During the Mountain West media days held July 24–25 at the Cosmopolitan on the Las Vegas Strip , the Rainbow Warriors were predicted to finish in fifth place in the West Division.[5]
Media poll [ edit ] West Division Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 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
Preseason All-Mountain West Team [ edit ] The Rainbow Warriors had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[6]
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 25 2:30 p.m. at Colorado State CBSSN W 43–3431,007 September 1 5:00 p.m. Navy * CBSSN W 59–4129,702 September 8 6:00 p.m. Rice * Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI SPEC HI W 43–2923,112 September 15 6:00 a.m. at Army * CBSSN L 21–2831,133 September 22 6:00 p.m. Duquesne * Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI SPEC HI W 42–2126,175 September 29 1:00 p.m. at San Jose State SPEC HI W 44–41 5OT 16,363 October 6 6:00 p.m. Wyoming Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI (rivalry ) SPEC HI W 17–1323,907 October 13 4:15 p.m. at BYU * ESPN2 L 23–4952,354 October 20 6:00 p.m. Nevada Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI SPEC HI L 22–4024,475 October 27 4:30 p.m. at Fresno State ESPN2 L 20–5033,659 November 3 6:00 p.m. No. 18 Utah State Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI SPEC HI L 17–5621,476 November 17 6:00 p.m. UNLV Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI SPEC HI W 35–2825,697 November 24 4:30 p.m. at San Diego State ESPNU W 31–30 OT 28,014 December 22 5:30 p.m. Louisiana Tech * ESPN L 14–3130,911 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Hawaii time
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Colorado State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 10 13 14 6 43 Rams 7 0 13 14 34
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP HAW CSU 1 10:02 10 75 4:58 HAW John Ursua 4-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald , Ryan Meskell kick good 7 0 1 5:26 14 85 4:26 CSU Bisi Johnson 10-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Carta-Samuels , Wyatt Bryan kick good 7 7 1 1:18 9 72 4:08 HAW 21-yard field goal by Ryan Meskell 10 7 2 11:32 9 67 3:53 HAW Cole McDonald 12-yard touchdown run, 2-point pass failed 16 7 2 0:28 6 46 1:43 HAW Cole McDonald 6-yard touchdown run, Ryan Meskell kick good 23 7 3 8:48 7 75 3:34 HAW John Ursua 19-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 30 7 3 3:35 3 70 1:24 HAW Cedric Byrd 55-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 37 7 3 2:20 3 75 1:15 CSU Preston Williams 7-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Carta-Samuels, Wyatt Bryan kick good 37 14 3 0:08 2 72 0:24 CSU Bisi Johnson 58-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Carta-Samuels, 2-point pass failed 37 20 4 8:15 4 99 1:06 CSU Preston Williams 26-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Carta-Samuels, Wyatt Bryan kick good 37 27 4 6:42 5 63 1:33 HAW 30-yard field goal by Ryan Meskell 40 27 4 4:42 8 75 2:00 CSU Izzy Matthews 9-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Carta-Samuels, Wyatt Bryan kick good 40 34 4 0:44 9 58 3:58 HAW 35-yard field goal by Ryan Meskell 43 34 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 43 34
1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 0 14 14 13 41 Rainbow Warriors 14 24 0 21 59
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP NAVY HAW 1 9:12 12 75 5:48 HAW Cedric Byrd 7-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 0 7 1 3:13 10 71 4:00 HAW Fred Holly III 1-yard touchdown run, Ryan Meskell kick good 0 14 2 13:18 4 40 1:37 HAW JoJo Ward 34-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 0 21 2 11:08 HAW Maxwell Hendrie blocked punt returned 19-yard touchdown, Ryan Meskell kick good 0 28 2 6:52 8 75 4:16 NAVY Zach Abey 3-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 7 28 2 4:17 6 75 2:35 HAW John Ursua 50-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 7 35 2 4:02 1 75 0:15 NAVY Malcolm Perry 75-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 14 35 2 0:00 12 71 4:02 HAW 23-yard field goal by Ryan Meskell 14 38 3 8:08 12 75 6:52 NAVY Zach Abey 1-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 21 38 3 6:35 3 9 0:58 NAVY Zach Abey 7-yard touchdown run, Bennett Moehring kick good 28 38 4 14:07 7 71 2:11 HAW Cedric Byrd 31-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 28 45 4 12:06 6 75 2:01 NAVY Tre Walker 19-yard touchdown reception from Malcolm Perry, Bennett Moehring kick good 35 45 4 14:07 2 78 0:54 HAW JoJo Ward 75-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, Ryan Meskell kick good 35 52 4 4:45 9 60 4:26 HAW JoJo Ward 9-yard touchdown reception from Cole McDonald, John Ursua kick good 35 59 4 2:46 11 75 2:46 NAVY Zach Abey 2-yard touchdown run, 2-point run failed 41 59 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 41 59
Sophomore quarterback Cole McDonald was named Mountain West Offensive player of the week.[14] He finished 30–41 for 428 yards and six touchdowns.
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 3 3 16 29 Rainbow Warriors 14 7 7 15 43
At Army [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 7 7 0 7 21 Black Knights 7 14 0 7 28
Duquesne [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Dukes 14 0 0 7 21 Rainbow Warriors 7 14 7 14 42
At San Jose State [ edit ] 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
Wyoming [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 3 0 7 3 13 Rainbow Warriors 0 3 7 7 17
1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 0 3 14 6 23 Cougars 14 14 7 14 49
1 2 3 4 Total Wolf Pack 10 10 6 14 40 Rainbow Warriors 14 0 0 8 22
At Fresno State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 3 10 0 7 20 Bulldogs 14 23 10 3 50
Utah State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 18 Aggies 28 0 28 0 56 Rainbow Warriors 3 0 14 0 17
1 2 3 4 Total Rebels 7 14 0 7 28 Rainbow Warriors 3 3 7 22 35
At San Diego State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Rainbow Warriors 3 21 0 0 7 31 Aztecs 14 0 3 7 6 30
Louisiana Tech–Hawaii Bowl [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 0 21 7 31 Rainbow Warriors 0 7 0 7 14
Players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List" . July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018 . ^ "Butkus Award - 2018 Collegiate Watchlist" . The Butkus Award. July 23, 2018. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2018 . ^ "2018 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Preseason Watch List" . July 24, 2018. Retrieved July 24, 2018 . ^ "Wuerffel Trophy Unveils 2018 Watch List" . July 26, 2018. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved July 26, 2018 . ^ "Boise State, Fresno State Picked to Win 2018 Mountain West Football Divisional Titles" . ^ "2018 Mountain West Football Preseason All-Conference Team" . ^ "2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved April 2, 2018 . ^ "Nick Rolovich - Football coach" . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . Retrieved December 11, 2018 . ^ "Brian Smith - Football coach" . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . Retrieved December 11, 2018 . ^ "Mark Banker - Football coach" . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . Retrieved December 11, 2018 . ^ "Corey Batoon - Football coach" . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . Retrieved December 11, 2018 . ^ "Abe Elimimian - Football coach" . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . Retrieved December 11, 2018 . ^ "Jacob Yoro - Football coach" . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . Retrieved December 11, 2018 . ^ "2018 Mountain West Football Players of the Week - Sept. 3" .
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