1955 Hawaii Rainbows football team

The 1955 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1955 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Hank Vasconcellos, the Rainbows compiled a 7–4 record.

1955 Hawaii Rainbows football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Hank Vasconcellos (4th season)
Home stadium	Honolulu Stadium

1955 Western college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Long Beach State			–					5	–	2	–	0
Hawaii			–					7	–	4	–	0
San Jose State			–					5	–	3	–	1
Cal Poly San Dimas			–					4	–	3	–	0
La Verne			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					5	–	4	–	0
Air Force			–					4	–	4	–	0
Pepperdine			–					5	–	5	–	0
UC Riverside			–					1	–	3	–	1

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	Prep All-Stars	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 33–7	18,000
September 17	at Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	W 6–0	23,000
September 23	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (Dick Tomey Legacy Game)	L 0–34	16,000
October 7	Naval Station Pearl Harbor	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 19–12	6,000
October 28	Hawaii Marines	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 20–19	9,000
November 5	Naval Station Pearl Harbor	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 25–0	7,000
November 16	Hawaii Rams	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 26–12	5,000
November 21	Hawaii Marines	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 0–2 (forfeit)
November 26	Fresno State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii (rivalry)	L 18–20	9,000
December 2	Arizona State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 6–39	13,000
December 11	Hawaii Rams	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 34–21	1,000
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