1975 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

1975 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–5
Head coach
Home stadiumAloha Stadium
1975 NCAA Division I independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rutgers     9 2 0
No. 10 Penn State     9 3 0
No. 20 West Virginia     9 3 0
Notre Dame     8 3 0
Virginia Tech     8 3 0
No. 15 Pittsburgh     8 4 0
Boston College     7 4 0
Georgia Tech     7 4 0
Memphis State     7 4 0
Navy     7 4 0
North Texas State     7 4 0
Southern Miss     7 4 0
South Carolina     7 5 0
Colgate     6 4 0
Cincinnati     6 5 0
Hawaii     6 5 0
Syracuse     6 5 0
Temple     6 5 0
Utah State     6 5 0
Dayton     5 6 0
Northeast Louisiana     4 6 1
Tulane     4 7 0
Villanova     4 7 0
Florida State     3 8 0
Air Force     2 8 1
Houston     2 8 0
Miami (FL)     2 8 0
Army     2 9 0
Marshall     2 9 0
Southern Illinois     1 9 1
Holy Cross     1 10 0
Louisville     1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Larry Price, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 6–5 record.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13Texas A&IL 9–4332,247[3]
September 20Grambling State
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
L 6–2029,422[4]
October 4at RutgersL 3–717,000[5]
October 18Portland State
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 24–720,157[6]
October 25Santa Clara
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 48–4021,133[7]
November 1Cal State Fullerton
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 16–719,178[8]
November 8at Long Beach StateL 0–1013,210[9]
November 15UTEP
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 21–918,664[10]
November 22Pacific (CA)
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
W 17–1021,208[11]
November 29No. 20 San Jose State
W 30–2021,697[12]
December 4Tennessee
  • Aloha Stadium
  • Halawa, HI
L 6–2840,585[13]

References

  1. ^ "1975 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Hawaii. 2020. p. 174. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "Record Hawaii crowd sees Franklin, A&I roll". The Houston Chronicle. September 15, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Rainbows improve but lose". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. September 21, 1975. pp. D1, D6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ O'Brien, Ken (October 5, 1975). "Rutgers Defeats Hawaii". The Home News Sunday. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Hawaii rolls past PSU". The Oregonian. October 20, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Bows win and scorebeard gets no rest". Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. October 26, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Birdsong Leads Hawaii to Win Over Fullerton". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 3, 1975. p. III-7. Retrieved February 7, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Bows lose at Long Beach". Honolulu Star-Bulletin & Advertiser. November 9, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bows struggle past UTEP". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. November 16, 1975. Retrieved October 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Hawaii defeats Pacific – And then the fight began". The Sacramento Bee. November 24, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Hawaii upsets San Jose State". The Sacramento Union. December 1, 1975. Retrieved September 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "UH victim of big plays". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. December 8, 1975. Retrieved May 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.