The 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the

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in the

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. The team was led by first year head coach Nick Rolovich, who replaced Norm Chow. They played their home games at Aloha Stadium. They were members of the

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in the West Division. With their 52–16 loss to Boise State on November 12, the team clinched their sixth straight losing regular season, a new school record. However, with a 14–13 victory over

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the following week, they won their fourth conference game, their most since joining the Mountain West. It also snapped a string of five straight losing conference seasons. In addition, with the win against UMass, Hawaii became bowl eligible for the first time since 2010, because of the lack of eligible teams.

Schedule

All attendances at Aloha Stadium are in tickets sold. ;Notes

Game summaries

vs California

Calling the game for ESPN: Allen Bestwick, Mike Bellotti (from Bristol) and

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's NRL host Warren Smith (live on-site). It was produced by Foxtel.

at #7 Michigan

Calling the game for ESPN: Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, and Dr. Jerry Punch. The 110,222 in attendance is the largest crowd to ever attend a University of Hawaii football game. The previous record for attendance was 107,145 during a game against

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at the Ohio Stadium on September 12, 2015.

Tennessee–Martin

at Arizona

Nevada

at San Jose State

UNLV

at Air Force

New Mexico

at San Diego State

On the call for CBS Sports Network:

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, Eric Davis, and Cassie McKinney.

#24 Boise State

On the call for CBS Sports Network: Rich Waltz, Adam Archuleta, and Cassie McKinney.

at Fresno State

Massachusetts

Middle Tennessee–Hawaii Bowl

Calling the game for ESPN: Chris Cotter,

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, and Maria Taylor.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Roster

References

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