The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors college football team competes as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Mountain West Conference (MW). Since the establishment of the team in 1909, Hawaii has appeared in 15 bowl games. Hawaii also has an appearance in a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) game as a "BCS Buster" for the 2008 Sugar Bowl against Georgia. The latest bowl occurred on December 24, 2025, when Hawai'i beat California 35–31 in the 2025 Hawaii Bowl. The win brought the Rainbow Warriors' overall bowl record to nine wins and six losses (9–6).Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 19
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Bowl games + List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach#BowlScoreDateSeasonOpponentStadiumLocationAttendanceBowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38Head coach1Aloha Bowl1989Michigan StateAloha StadiumHonolulu2Holiday Bowl1992IllinoisJack Murphy StadiumSan Diego3Oahu Bowl1999Oregon StateAloha StadiumHonolulu4Hawaii Bowl2002TulaneAloha StadiumHonolulu5Hawaii Bowl2003HoustonAloha StadiumHonolulu6Hawaii Bowl2004UABAloha StadiumHonolulu7Hawaii Bowl2006Arizona StateAloha StadiumHonolulu8Sugar Bowl2007GeorgiaLouisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans9Hawaii Bowl2008Notre DameAloha StadiumHonolulu10Hawaii Bowl2010TulsaAloha StadiumHonolulu11Hawaii Bowl2016Middle TennesseeAloha StadiumHonolulu12Hawaii Bowl2018Louisiana TechAloha StadiumHonolulu13 Hawaii Bowl2019BYUAloha StadiumHonolulu14 New Mexico Bowl2020HoustonToyota StadiumFrisco, Texas_ Hawaii BowlCanceled2021MemphisClarence T.C. Ching Athletics ComplexHonolulu N/A15 Hawaii Bowl2025CaliforniaClarence T.C. Ching Athletics ComplexHonolulu15,194
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