1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Conference	Western Athletic
Record	9–3 (5–3 WAC)
Head coach	Bob Wagner (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Paul Johnson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium

1988 Western Athletic Conference football standings

	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

The 1988 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii during the 1988 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	No. 9 Iowa*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, 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 Honolulu, 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 Honolulu, 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 Honolulu, HI	L 23–24	50,089
October 29	Long Beach State*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 34–31	37,498
November 5	New Mexico	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 45–3	39,953
November 19	No. 16 Wyoming	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 22–28	43,177
November 26	Air Force	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 19–14	43,942
December 3	Oregon*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 41–19	44,801
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game