1992 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

American college football season

1992 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football

WAC co-champion
Holiday Bowl champion

Holiday Bowl, W 27–17 vs. Illinois

Conference| Western Athletic Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 20
AP| No. 20
Record| 11–2 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach|

* Bob Wagner (6th season)

Offensive coordinator| Paul Johnson (6th season)
Home stadium| Aloha Stadium

Seasons

<- 1991

1993 ->

1992 Western Athletic Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 20 Hawaii \+  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 11  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 24 Fresno State \+  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 4  | - | 0
BYU \+  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 5  | - | 0
San Diego State | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 1
Air Force | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 5  | - | 0
Utah | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 6  | - | 0
Colorado State | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 7  | - | 0
Wyoming | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 7  | - | 0
New Mexico | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 8  | - | 0
UTEP | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 10  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Bob Wagner, the Rainbow Warriors compiled a 11–2 record.[1][2]

## Schedule

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Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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September 5| 10:00 am| at Oregon*| |

* Autzen Stadium
* Eugene, OR

| | W 24–21| 32,560
September 12| 8:00 am| at Air Force| |

* Falcon Stadium
* Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)

| | W 6–3| 39,269
September 26| 7:00 pm| BYU| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI

| | W 36–32| 50,000
October 10| 8:00 am| at Utah| |

* Robert Rice Stadium
* Salt Lake City, UT

| | L 17–38| 30,506
October 17| 7:00 pm| Fresno State| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI (rivalry)

| | W 47–45| 44,175
October 24| 7:00 pm| UNLV*| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI

| | W 55–25| 43,665
October 31| 3:00 pm| at UTEP| |

* Sun Bowl Stadium
* El Paso, TX

| | W 41–21| 20,734
November 7| 7:00 pm| Colorado State| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI

| | W 24–13| 43,458
November 14| 4:00 pm| at San Diego State| No. 24|

* Jack Murphy Stadium
* San Diego, CA

| | L 28–52| 50,151
November 21| 7:00 pm| Wyoming| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI (rivalry)

| | W 42–18| 43,151
November 28| 7:00 pm| Tulsa*| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI

| | W 38–9| 40,292
December 5| 6:00 pm| Pittsburgh*| |

* Aloha Stadium
* Halawa, HI

| | W 36–23| 46,281
December 30| 3:00 pm| vs. Illinois*| |

* Jack Murphy Stadium
* San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)

| ESPN| W 27–17| 44,457

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Hawaii–Aleutian time

## 1992 team members in the NFL

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Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club

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Jason Elam | Kicker | 3 | 70 | Denver Broncos
Maa Tanuvasa | Defensive tackle | 8 | 209 | Los Angeles Rams
Darrick Branch | Wide receiver | 8 | 220 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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## References

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1. ^ "1992 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. 176. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
3. ^ "1993 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on December 5, 2008.

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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football

Venues|

* Moiliili Field (1911–1926)
* Honolulu Stadium (1926–1974)
* Aloha Stadium (1975–2020)
* Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex (2021–present)

Bowls & rivalries|

* Bowl games
* Air Force
* Fresno State
* San Jose State: Dick Tomey Legacy Game
* Wyoming

Culture & lore|

* Vili The Warrior
* Marching band

People|

* Head coaches
* NFL draftees
* Statistical leaders

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Western Athletic Conference football champions

I-A/FBS|

* New Mexico (1962)
* Arizona State (1963)
* Arizona, New Mexico & Utah (1964)
* BYU (1965)
* Wyoming (1966)
* Wyoming (1967)
* Wyoming (1968)
* Arizona State (1969)
* Arizona State (1970)
* Arizona State (1971)
* Arizona State (1972)
* Arizona & Arizona State (1973)
* BYU (1974)
* Arizona State (1975)
* BYU & Wyoming (1976)
* Arizona State & BYU (1977)
* BYU (1978)
* BYU (1979)
* BYU (1980)
* BYU (1981)
* BYU (1982)
* BYU (1983)
* BYU (1984)
* Air Force & BYU (1985)
* San Diego State (1986)
* Wyoming (1987)
* Wyoming (1988)
* BYU (1989)
* BYU (1990)
* BYU (1991)
* BYU, Fresno State & Hawaii (1992)
* BYU, Fresno State & Wyoming (1993)
* Colorado State (1994)
* Air Force, BYU, Colorado State & Utah (1995)
* BYU (1996)
* Colorado State (1997)
* Air Force (1998)
* Fresno State, Hawaii & TCU (1999)
* TCU & UTEP (2000)
* Louisiana Tech (2001)
* Boise State (2002)
* Boise State (2003)
* Boise State (2004)
* Boise State & Nevada (2005)
* Boise State (2006)
* Hawaii (2007)
* Boise State (2008)
* Boise State (2009)
* Boise State, Hawaii & Nevada (2010)
* Louisiana Tech (2011)
* Utah State (2012)

I-AA/FCS|

* Sam Houston (2021)
* Abilene Christian & Stephen F. Austin (2022)

National championships in bold
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