The 2018 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the
University of Hawaii at Manoa in the
2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in 2018.
The regular season began on August 25, 2018, and ended ...
. The Rainbow Warriors played their home games at
Aloha Stadium
Aloha Stadium is a closed multi-purpose stadium located in Halawa, Hawaii, a western suburb of Honolulu (though with a Honolulu address). It is the largest stadium in the state of Hawaii. , the stadium ceased fan-attended operations indefinitely ...
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.
Preseason
Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
Mountain West media days
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.
Media poll
Preseason All-Mountain West Team
The Rainbow Warriors had one player selected to the preseason all-Mountain West team.
Defense
Jahlani Tavai
Jahlani Karl Tavai (born September 28, 1996) is an American football linebacker for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is the younger brother of J. R. Tavai and older brother of Justus Tavai. He played college ...
– LB
Schedule
Staff
Coaching Source
Game summaries
At Colorado State
Navy
Sophomore quarterback Cole McDonald was named Mountain West Offensive player of the week.
He finished 30–41 for 428 yards and six touchdowns.
Rice
At Army
Duquesne
At San Jose State
Wyoming
At BYU
Nevada
At Fresno State
Utah State
UNLV
At San Diego State
Louisiana Tech–Hawaii Bowl
Players drafted into the NFL
References
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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. ...