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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.
Previous season
The Rainbow Warriors finished the 2017 season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
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]
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
The Rainbow Warriors had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.[ 6]
Defense
Jahlani Tavai – LB
Schedule
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 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
Schedule Source: [ 7]
Staff
Coaching Source
Game summaries
at Colorado State
1
2
3
4
Total
Rainbow Warriors
10
13
14
6
43
Rams
7
0
13
14
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–15
2017
CSU, 51–21
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
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
0
14
14
13
41
Rainbow Warriors
14
24
0
21
59
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
2013
NAVY, 42–28
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
Zach Abey 75-yard touchdown run, Malcolm Perry 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.
Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
7
3
3
16
29
Rainbow Warriors
14
7
7
15
43
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–5
2014
RICE, 28–14
at Army
1
2
3
4
Total
Rainbow Warriors
7
7
0
7
21
Black Knights
7
14
0
7
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–0
2013
HAW, 49–42
Duquesne
1
2
3
4
Total
Dukes
14
0
0
7
21
Rainbow Warriors
7
14
7
14
42
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at San Jose State
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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
20–19–1
2017
HAW, 37–26
Wyoming
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
3
0
7
3
13
Rainbow Warriors
0
3
7
7
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–14
2017
WYO, 28–21
at BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Rainbow Warriors
0
3
14
6
23
Cougars
14
14
7
14
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
8–22
2017
BYU, 30–20
Nevada
1
2
3
4
Total
Wolf Pack
10
10
6
14
40
Rainbow Warriors
14
0
0
8
22
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–13
2017
NEV, 35–20
at Fresno State
1
2
3
4
Total
Rainbow Warriors
3
10
0
7
20
Bulldogs
14
23
10
3
50
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
22–27–1
2017
FRES, 31–21
Utah State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Aggies
28
0
28
0
56
Rainbow Warriors
3
0
14
0
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
6–9
2017
USU, 38–0
UNLV
1
2
3
4
Total
Rebels
7
14
0
7
28
Rainbow Warriors
3
3
7
22
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
14–12
2017
UNLV, 31–23
at San Diego State
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Rainbow Warriors
3
21
0
0 7
31
Aztecs
14
0
3
7 6
30
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–21–2
2017
SDSU, 28–7
Louisiana Tech–Hawaii Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
0
21
7
31
Rainbow Warriors
0
7
0
7
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
8–2
2011
HAW, 44–26
Players drafted into the NFL
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