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GAME STORYLINES GAME 1 4 This year marks the third straight season UH will play in “Week 0” after taking on Cal in Sydney, Australia to open 2016 and UMass in Amherst to start the 2017 season. 4 This will be just the fifth time in the last 25 years that UH will open the season on VS the U.S. Mainland. The Warriors will open the year away from home for a program- HAWAI‘I COLORADO STATE record third straight year. RAINBOW WARRIORS RAMS 4 This year marks the third time in program history that UH will open the season with (0-0, 0-0 MW) (0-0, 0-0 MW) a conference road game and just the sixth time it opens the season with a conference game. UH’s last season opener against a conference opponent was in 1994 vs. BYU When: Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018 (L, 13-12). Time: 5:30 p.m. MT (1:30 p.m. HT) Where: Fort Collins, Colo. 4 Former Western Athletic Conference rivals have played four times as Mountain West opponents with CSU winning each contest. UH has lost six straight games in Fort Stadium: Canvas Stadium (41,000) Collins, with its last win, 31-23, Sept. 10, 1988. Television: CBS Sports Network (Spectrum Ch. 2475/HD 1247 and Hawaiian Telcom Ch. 83/HD 1083) with Carter Blackburn (play-by- 4 UH defensive line coach Ricky Logo spent the past three seasons at Colorado State play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), John Schriffen (sidelines). coaching the defensive line and helping the Rams to three bowl appearances. National Radio: Westwood One Sports. Ryan Radtke (play-by-play), 4 Under head coach Nick Rolovich, UH is 4-8 in road games, which includes a cur- Max Starks (analyst). rent five-game slide after opening the 2017 season with a win at UMass. The Warriors Local Radio: ESPN 1420 AM. Bobby Curran (play-by-play) and went 0-4 in MW road games last season after winning three of four in Rolovich’s John Veneri (analyst). Chris Hart and Gary Dickman will host the inaugural season. “Countdown To Kickoff” at 11:30 a.m. HT. Neighbor islands can lis- ten live on KNUI on Maui, KPUA on the Big Island, KTOH on Kaua‘i, UH-CSU SERIES HISTORY and KNWJ in Pago Pago, American Samoa. Video Streaming: cbssports.com Series Information: 25th Meeting Last 10 Results Audio Streaming: ESPN1420am.com/Sideline Hawaii app Overall Series Record: CSU leads 15-9 Date Result Site Live Stats: CSURams.com in Honolulu: UH leads 7-6 09/30/17 L, 21-51 Honolulu in Ft. Collins: CSU leads 9-2 11/08/14 L, 22-49 Ft. Collins Series Information: CSU leads 15-9 First Meeting: Dec. 12, 1925 10/26/13 L, 28-35 Honolulu Last Meeting: Sept. 30, 2017 THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Longest UH Win Streak: 4 (1979-83) 10/27/12 L, 27-42 Ft. Collins Longest CSU Win Streak: 7 (1995-present) 10/04/97 L, 0-63 Ft. Collins MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Largest UH Win Margin: 53 (59-6; 1981) 10/05/96 L, 16-28 Honolulu PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE CLOSED CLOSED GAME VS. Largest CSU Win Margin: 63 (63-0; 1997) 11/11/95 L, 0-22 Ft. Collins 7:30-9:30 am 7:30-9:30 am 7:30-9:30 am PRACTICE WALK- COLORADO Smallest UH Win Margin: 1 (39-38; 1987) 11/07/92 W, 24-13 Honolulu Players/ Players/ Players/ THROUGH STATE Smallest CSU Win Margin: 3 (30-27; 1990) coaches coaches coaches No media 1:30 pm HT 09/28/91 L, 16-28 Ft. Collins Shutouts: UH 2 (1925, 1983); CSU 2 (95, 97) available available available availability No media 11/24/90 L, 27-30 Honolulu after after after availability Overtimes: 1 practice practice practice 2018 RAINBOW WARRIOR SCHEDULE Date Opponent (AP/Coaches) Result/Time TV Series Notes Aug. 25 at Colorado State* 5:30 p.m. MT CBSSN CSU leads 15-9 First time opening season vs. conference foe since 1994 (BYU) Sept. 1 NAVY 5:00 p.m. CBSSN UH leads 2-1 Match-up against former UH quarterbacks (Nuimatalolo-Navy, Rolovich-UH) Sept. 8 RICE 6:00 p.m. Spectrum RU leads 5-2 Teams played 6 times as WAC members from 1999-2004 Sept. 15 at Army 12:00 p.m. ET CBSSN UH leads 3-0 UH has won all 3 meetings including 31-28 win in 2010 in West Point Sept. 22 DUQUESNE (Homecoming) 6:00 p.m. Spectrum First Meeting Earliest Homecoming Game in school history Sept. 29 at San José State* 4:00 p.m. PT Spectrum UH leads 20-19-1 UH has won 7 of last 8 games played in San José since 1999 Oct. 6 WYOMING* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum WYO leads 14-9 Pokes re-claimed Paniolo Trophy w/28-21 OT win in Laramie last season Oct. 13 at BYU TBA ESPN Networks BYU leads 22-8 UH 0-9 all-time in Provo; BYU has won 10 of last 11 overall in series Oct. 20 NEVADA* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum NEV leads 13-9 UH’s 2016 victory in HNL snapped Pack’s 5-game series win streak Oct. 27 at Fresno State* TBA ESPN Networks FS leads 27-22-1 UH has 5 wins in Fresno since 2002 including 14-13 victory in 2016 Nov. 3 UTAH STATE* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum USU leads 9-6 USU has won 4 straight in series after UH won 5 of 6 from 2005-10 Nov. 17 UNLV* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum UH leads 15-12 UNLV claimed inaugural Island Showdown Trophy last season in LV Nov. 24 at San Diego State* TBA ESPN Networks SDSU leads 21-9-2 UH finishes season on road for just 2nd time all-time (’14 at FRES) BOLD CAPS = Home games played at Hawaiian Tel FCU Field at Aloha Stadium All times local to site * = Mountain West game 2018 Hawai‘i Football Weekly Release 1 HawaiiRainbowWarriorsFootball @HawaiiFootball RainbowWarriorsFootball GENERAL NOTES HAWAI‘I VS. COLORADO STATE (AUG. 25) OPPONENT COMPARISON 2017 SEASON IN REVIEW 4 UH posted a non-winning season for the seventh consecutive year HAWAI’I OPPONENT CATEGORY CSU OPPONENT and ninth time in the last 10 years. 238 274 First Downs 331 277 4 Running back Diocemy Saint Juste broke the school’s single-season 101 124 1st By Rushing 134 118 rushing record previously held by Travis Sims (1,498 yards in 1992). 120 129 1st By Passing 174 135 Saint Juste rushed for 1,510 yards and also broke Sims’ single-season 17 21 1st By Penalty 23 24 yards-per-game mark, with a 125.8 average. 93-826 68-619 Penalties-Yards 81-741 73-633 16-6 18-6 Fumbles-Lost 11-6 14-6 4 Saint Juste finished 10th nationally in total rushing yards and No. 8 420 480 Rushing Attempts 518 474 in yards per game. 2018 2522 Rushing Yards 2788 2710 4 4.8 5.3 Yards Per Rush 5.0 5.1 Saint Juste ended his career No. 2 on a the school’s all-time rush- 168.2 210.2 Rushing Yards Per Game 200.2 187.1 ing list (3,102) and No. 7 in all-purpose yardage (3,781). He also had 15 23 Rushing TDs 26 22 the second-most career 100-yard games (13) in school history. 260-423-8 213-334-9 Pass Att.-Comp.-Int 459-284-10 418-237-12 4 Saint Juste also became the first UH player to eclipse 1,000 yards 2814 2983 Passing Yards 3799 3179 in consecutive seasons. He and Gary Allen (1979 and ’81) are the only 234.4 248.6 Passing Yards Per Game 292.23 244.54 players with multiple 1,000-yard seasons in their careers. In addition, 19 29 Passing TDs 29 21 2017 marked the third consecutive year UH featured a 1,000-yard 843 814 Total Offensive Plays 977 892 rusher (Paul Harris, 2015), a first in program history. 4832 5505 Total Offense 6402 5611 4 402.7 458.8 Total Offense Per Game 492.5 431.6 Behind the rushing of Saint Juste, UH’s average of 168.2 yards per 273 407 Total Points 434 361 game was the highest by a Hawai‘i team since 1995 (224.0 ypg). 4 Three Warriors were selected to all-star games — Saint Juste (NFLPA TOP RETURNING PLAYERS Bowl), safety Trayvon Henderson (Senior Bowl), and offensive line- HAWAI’I CSU man Dejon Allen (East-West Shrine Game) — the most for a Hawai‘i Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD team since the 2011 season. In addition, defensive lineman Meffy Cole McDonald 16 138 8.6 1 Izzy Matthew 132 613 4.6 8 Koloamatangi was invited to the College Gridiron Showcase, an event for NFL Draft-eligible players. Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD 4 UH tied a pair of NCAA records in its win over Western Carolina — Cole McDonald 5 9 22 1 None most field goals blocked in a game (3) and most field goals blocked in a quarter (2). Hawai‘i tied for No. 6 nationally with five blocked kicks during Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD the season with Meffy Koloamatangi and Viane Moala, each with two. John Ursua 47 667 14.2 5 Olabisi Johnson 41 595 14.51 2 M.