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2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football

Mountain West Conference
West Division
8–6 (5–3 MW)
Nick Rolovich (3rd season)
Brian Smith (3rd season)
Run and shoot
Corey Batoon (1st season)
4–2–5
Aloha Stadium

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.

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award	John Ursua	WR	JR
Butkus Award	Jahlani Tavai	LB	SR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy	Jahlani Tavai	LB	SR
Wuerffel Trophy	Noah Borden	LS	SR

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.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
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

The Rainbow Warriors had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.

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

Name	Position	Alma mater	Joined Staff
Nick Rolovich	Head Coach	Hawaii (2004)	2016
Brian Smith	Associate head coach / offensive coordinator / running backs	Hawaii (2005)	2016
Mark Banker	Assistant Head Coach / Inside Linebackers	Springfield (MA) (1978)	2018
Corey Batoon	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	Cornerbacks	Hawaii (2004)	2015
Jacob Yoro	Outside Linebackers / Nickelbacks	Hawaii (2008)	2017

Coaching Source

	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	10	13	14	6	43
Rams	7	0	13	14	34

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

Sophomore quarterback Cole McDonald was named Mountain West Offensive player of the week. 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	7	7	0	7	21
Black Knights	7	14	0	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dukes	14	0	0	7	21
Rainbow Warriors	7	14	7	14	42

	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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	3	10	0	7	20
Bulldogs	14	23	10	3	50

	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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Rainbow Warriors	3	21	0	0	7	31
Aztecs	14	0	3	7	6	30

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	3	0	21	7	31
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	0	7	14

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

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