The 1948 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the

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as an independent during the

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. In their fourth season under head coach

Tom Kaulukukui Thomas Kaauwai Kaulukukui (January 22, 1913 – March 9, 2007) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Hawaii in 1941, as co-head coach with Eugene Gill, and from 1946 to 1950. From 1956–1959 ...

, the Rainbows compiled a 7–4–1 record. Hawaii was ranked at No. 162 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

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