The 2004 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the

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in the

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. Hawaii finished the 2004 season with an 8–5 record, going 4–4 in

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(WAC) play. The Warriors made their third straight appearance in the

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, facing off against the

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. The Warriors would go on to defeat the Blazers and cap off their third straight winning season, the fifth in six seasons under head coach

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. In his final season, quarterback

Timmy Chang Timothy Kealii'okaaina Awa Chang (born October 9, 1981) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. During his playing career at Hawaii, he set several major college footba ...

set the NCAA Division I-A all-time passing yards record with 17,072, surpassing the old mark held by BYU quarterback

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(15,031). Chang also set records for total offensive yards (17,183), most offensive plays (2,610), and most interceptions (77). Wide receiver

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won the

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for the best special teams player in the country and would earn second team AP All-American honors as an all purpose player.

Schedule

Statistics

* QB

: 358/602 (59.5%) for 4,258 yards with 38 TD vs. 13 INT. 37 carries for 15 yards and 2 TD. * RB Michael Brewster: 113 carries for 722 yards and 6 TD. 34 catches for 273 yards and 1 TD. * RB West Kellikipi: 72 carries for 336 yards and 7 TD. 17 catches for 131 yards and 0 TD. * WR

: 102 catches for 1,290 yards and 17 TD. * WR Jason Rivers: 80 catches for 973 yards and 7 TD. * WR Britton Komine: 53 catches for 788 yards and 4 TD. * WR Gerald Welch: 45 catches for 515 yards and 5 TD. * WR Se'e Poumele: 13 catches for 151 yards and 2 TD. * WR Ross Dickerson: 15 catches for 143 yards and 1 TD. * K Justin Ayat: 11/15 on field goals and 54/58 on extra points.

References

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Hawaii Warriors football The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. It was part of the Western Athletic Conference until July 2012, when the team joined the Mountain West Conference. ...