2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Hawaii Bowl champion
ConferenceMountain West Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record7–7 (4–4 MW)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Smith (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread option
Defensive coordinatorKevin Lempa (4th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumAloha Stadium
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Mountain West Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Mountain Division
Wyoming xy   6 2     8 6  
Boise State x   6 2     10 3  
New Mexico x   6 2     9 4  
Air Force   5 3     10 3  
Colorado State   5 3     7 6  
Utah State   1 7     3 9  
West Division
No. 25 San Diego State xy$   6 2     11 3  
Hawaii   4 4     7 7  
Nevada   3 5     5 7  
San Jose State   3 5     4 8  
UNLV   3 5     4 8  
Fresno State   0 8     1 11  
Championship: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was led by first year head coach Nick Rolovich, who replaced Norm Chow.[1] They played their home games at Aloha Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the West Division.

With their 52–16 loss to Boise State on November 12, the team clinched their sixth straight losing regular season, a new school record. However, with a 14–13 victory over Fresno State the following week, they won their fourth conference game, their most since joining the Mountain West. It also snapped a string of five straight losing conference seasons. In addition, with the win against UMass, Hawaii became bowl eligible for the first time since 2010, because of the lack of eligible teams.

  1. ^ Tsai, Stephen (November 1, 2015). "Chow Let Go by University of Hawaii". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved March 4, 2016.