2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football

Conference	Mountain West Conference West Division
2015 record	3–10 (0–8 MWC)
Head coach	Norm Chow (through week 10) Chris Naeole (interim) (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Don Bailey (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Tom Mason through game 12, Abraham Elimimian (game 13) (1st year)
Base defense	3–4 hybrid
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium (Capacity: 50,000)

2015 Mountain West Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
Air Force x		6	–	2		8	–	6
New Mexico		5	–	3		7	–	6
Utah State		5	–	3		6	–	7
Boise State		5	–	3		9	–	4
Colorado State		5	–	3		7	–	6
Wyoming		2	–	6		2	–	10
West Division
San Diego State x$		8	–	0		11	–	3
Nevada		4	–	4		7	–	6
San Jose State		4	–	4		6	–	7
Fresno State		2	–	6		3	–	9
UNLV		2	–	6		3	–	9
Hawaii		0	–	8		3	–	10
Championship: San Diego State 27, Air Force 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions As of 04:57, 26 December 2015 (UTC); Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by head coach Norm Chow, who was fired after week 10 and replaced by Chris Naeole on an interim basis.^[1] They played their home games at Aloha Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division. They finished the season 3–10, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the West Division.

On November 27, 2015, Nick Rolovich was hired as the new head football coach at the University of Hawaii replacing Norm Chow.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	Colorado*	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 28–20	24,255
September 12	9:30 AM	at #1 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	BTN	L 0–38	107,145
September 19	6:00 PM	UC Davis*	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV	W 47–27	25,714
September 26	2:00 PM	at #24 Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI	BTN	L 0–28	80,829
October 3	4:15 PM	at Boise State	Albertsons Stadium • Boise, ID	ESPN2	L 0–55	35,907
October 10	6:00 PM	San Diego State	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV	L 14–28	28,543
October 17	1:00 PM	at New Mexico	University Stadium • Albuquerque, NM	Oceanic PPV/RTRM	L 27–28	20,541
October 24	10:00 AM	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	Oceanic PPV	L 20–30	19,992
October 31	4:30 PM	Air Force	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Kuter Trophy)	CBSSN	L 7–58	22,430
November 7	12:00 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	Oceanic PPV	L 21–41	20,006
November 14	6:00 PM	Fresno State	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Rivalry)	Oceanic PPV	L 14–42	21,485
November 21	6:00 PM	San Jose State	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV	L 23–42	20,320
November 28	6:00 PM	Louisiana–Monroe*	Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/Campus Insiders	W 28–26	21,284
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Hawaii Time.

Schedule Source:^[5]

Game notes

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	14	3	3	20
Rainbow Warriors	8	10	7	3	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2014	COLO, 21–12

at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
#1 Buckeyes	7	7	3	21	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	3	7	0	17	27
Rainbow Warriors	3	10	13	21	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2011	HAW, 56–14

at Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
#24 Badgers	7	7	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2009	WIS, 51–10

at Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
Broncos	14	35	3	3	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–10	2012	BSU, 49–14

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	14	7	0	7	28
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–18–2	2014	SDSU, 20–10

at New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	10	14	0	3	27
Lobos	7	7	7	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–8	2012	UNM, 35–23

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	3	14	3	0	20
Wolf Pack	0	10	3	17	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–11	2012	NEV, 26–18

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	14	20	3	21	58
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–12	2012	AF, 21–7

at UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	7	7	21
Rebels	7	7	10	17	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–9	2014	HAW, 37–35

Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	21	7	7	42
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	7	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–25–1	2014	FRES, 31–21

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	21	14	7	0	42
Rainbow Warriors	0	0	14	9	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–18–1	2014	HAW, 13–0

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	3	7	10	6	26
Rainbow Warriors	7	14	7	0	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1997	ULM, 23–20

Depth Chart

Defense

FS
Marrell Jackson
Dejaun Butler

OLB	ILB	ILB	OLB
Lance Williams	Jerrol Garcia-Williams	Julian Gener	Makani Kema-Kaleiwahea
Jeremy Castro	Simon Poti	Benetton Fonua	Jahani Tavai

SS
Travon Henderson
Daniel Lewis Jr.

CB
Ne’Quan Phillips
Jalen Rogers

DE	NT	DE
Luke Shawley	Penitito Faalologo	Kennedy Tulimasealii
Meffy Koloamatangi	Kory Rasmussen	Ka’aumoana Gifford

CB
Nick Nelson
Jamal Mayo

Offense

WR
Marcus Kemp
Ammon Barker

WR
Dylan Collie
Isaiah Bernard

LT	LG	C	RG	RT
Ben Clarke	Elijah Tupai	Asotui Eli	Dejon Allen	R.J. Hollis
Leo Koloamatangi	John Wa’a	Brenden Urban	Eperone Moananu	Leo Koloamatangi

TE
Metuisela Unga
Harold Moleni

WR
Quinton Pedroza
Vasquez Haynes

QB
Max Wittek
Ikaika Woolsey

Key Reserves
Keelan Ewaliko – WR
Justin Vele – FB/TE
Steven Lakalaka – RB
Diocemy Saint Juste – RB
Davasyia Hagger – TE
Dakota Torres – TE
Russell Williams Jr. – LB
Beau Riley – QB

RB
Paul Harris
Melvin Davis

Special Teams
PK Rigoberto Sanchez
PK Mauro Bondi
P Rigoberto Sanchez
P Alex Trifonovich
KR Paul Harris
PR Quinton Pedroza
LS Brian Hitner
H Ikaika Woolsey

References

↑ Tsai, Stephen (November 1, 2015). "Chow Let Go by University of Hawaii". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
↑ Lewis, Ferd; Tsai, Stephan; Reardon, Dan (November 27, 2015). "Hawaii hires Rolovich as head football coach". StarAdvertiser (Honolulu). Retrieved November 27, 2015.
↑ Evans, Thayer (November 27, 2015). "Nevada Offensive Coordinator Nick Rolovich hired as Hawaii head coach". Sports Illustrated (SI). Retrieved November 27, 2015.
↑ "Nevada offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich named Hawaii head coach". AP. November 27, 2015. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
↑ "2015 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football

Venues	Moiliili Field (1909–1925) Honolulu Stadium (1926–1974) Aloha Stadium (1975–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Kuter Trophy) Wyoming (Paniolo Trophy)

Culture & lore	Vili The Warrior University of Hawaii Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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