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1987 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

The 1987 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1987 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Bob Wagner, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 5–7 record.[1][2]

1987 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–7 (3–5 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorPaul Johnson (1st season)
Home stadiumAloha Stadium
Seasons
← 1986
1988 →
1987 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 8 – 0 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
BYU 7 – 1 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
Air Force 6 – 2 – 0 9 – 4 – 0
UTEP 5 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
San Diego State 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Hawaii 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Utah 2 – 6 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Colorado State 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 11 – 0
New Mexico 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 11 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5Cal State Fullerton*
W 44–045,408[3][4]
September 12at Wisconsin*
L 7–2853,509
September 26at UTEP
L 13–3746,921
October 3Yale*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 62–1041,447–43,238[5]
October 10at New Mexico
W 41–3115,565
October 17Utah
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 25–1441,133
October 24BYU
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
L 14–1650,000
October 31San Diego State 
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
L 21–2941,437
November 7Colorado State
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 39–3838,578
November 21Air Force
L 31–3443,340
November 28Wyoming
L 20–2439,690
December 5Arkansas*
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
L 20–3842,712
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming

Personnel edit

1987 Hawaii Warriors football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL Al Noga Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  •   Injured
  •   Redshirt

References edit

  1. ^ "1987 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Hawaii. 2020. p. 175. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  3. ^ Robyn Norwood (September 7, 1987). "Rainbows Leave Titans Looking for Ray of Sunlight". The Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). Los Angeles, California. p. III-14. Retrieved February 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  4. ^ "Hawaii 44, CS Fullerton 0". The Los Angeles Times (Orange County ed.). Los Angeles, California. September 7, 1987. p. III-15. Retrieved February 12, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  5. ^ Lewis, Ferd (October 4, 1987). "'Bows Flex Muscle to Rout Yale, 62-10". Sunday Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. Honolulu, Hawaii. p. D-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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