List of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors bowl games explained

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 14 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.^[1] The latest bowl occurred on December 24, 2020, when Hawai'i beat Houston 28-14 in the 2020 New Mexico Bowl. The win brought the Rainbow Warriors' overall bowl record to eight wins and six losses (8–6).^[2]

Key

General
	Bowl game record attendance
	Former bowl game record attendance

Results
W	Win
L	Loss

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Bowl	Score	Date	Season	Opponent	Stadium	Location	Attendance^[3]	Head coach
1	Aloha Bowl			1989	Michigan State	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
2	Holiday Bowl			1992	Illinois	Jack Murphy Stadium	San Diego
3	Oahu Bowl			1999	Oregon State	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
4	Hawaii Bowl			2002	Tulane	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
5	Hawaii Bowl			2003	Houston	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
6	Hawaii Bowl			2004	UAB	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
7	Hawaii Bowl			2006	Arizona State	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
8	Sugar Bowl			2007	Georgia	Louisiana Superdome	New Orleans
9	Hawaii Bowl			2008	Notre Dame	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
10	Hawaii Bowl			2010	Tulsa	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
11	Hawaii Bowl			2016	Middle Tennessee	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
12	Hawaii Bowl			2018	Louisiana Tech	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
13	Hawaii Bowl			2019	BYU	Aloha Stadium	Honolulu
14	New Mexico Bowl			2020	Houston	Toyota Stadium	Frisco, Texas
15	Hawaii Bowl	Canceled		2021	Memphis	Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex	Honolulu	N/A

News: BCS buster Hawaii earns date with Georgia in Sugar Bowl . Associated Press . ESPN.com . December 3, 2007 . February 10, 2013.
Bowl/All-Star Game Records, p. 19
Bowl/All-Star Game Records, pp. 32–38

Web site: Bowl/All-Star Game Records . National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . 2012 NCAA Division I Football Records . NCAA.org . February 10, 2013 . PDF.