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GAME STORYLINES GAME 1 4 Head coach Todd Graham will make his UH coaching debut. He is looking to become the first UH coach since Bob Wagner in 1987 to win in his Rainbow Warrior debut. 4 In four previous head coaching jobs, Graham was 3-1 in his debut. His head coach- VS ing record in season openers is 9-3. HAWAI‘I FRESNO STATE 4 With 95 career victories, Graham is third winningest active coach in the Mountain RAINBOW WARRIORS BULLDOGS West behind Wyoming’s Craig Bohl (140) and Air Force’s Troy Calhoun (99) and tied (0-0,0-0 MW) (0-0, 0-0 MW) for 29th in FBS. When: Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 4 This season marks the fourth time in the last five years that Hawai‘i will open the Time: 4:30 p.m. PT/1:30 p.m HT season away from home. UH won its last two — 2018 at Colorado State and 2017 at Where: Fresno, Calif. UMass. Stadium: Bulldog Stadium 4 UH has a 3-3 all-time record in season-openers versus conference opponents. Television: Spectrum Sports PPV (Spectrum Ch. 255/HD 1255 and 4 Saturday’s match-up is the 53rd meeting between the schools. Fresno State is Hawaiian Telcom Ch. 969). Robert Kekaula (play-by-play) and Rich UH’s longest-standing rival. The teams have met every season since 1992 when both Miano (analyst). were members of the Western Athletic Conference. Radio: ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Bobby Curran (play-by- 4 FS leads the all-time series 29-22-1. The Bulldogs lead the series 14-8-1 in Fresno play) and John Veneri (analyst). KRKH (Maui), KPUA (Hawai‘i Island), and have taken three of the last four meetings at home. and KTOH-HD3 (Kaua‘i). Chris Hart and Gary Dickman hosts the “Countdown To Kickoff” at 11:30 a.m. 4 UH has five wins against the Bulldogs in Fresno, Calif., in nine meetings since 2002 including a 14-13 victory in 2016. Video Streaming: Only available outside the state of Hawai‘i through the Team1Sports app. 4 After UH won 7-of-10 in the series from 2001-10, Fresno State has won eight of the last nine overall and 7-of-8 in Mountain West play. Hawai‘i’s only win during that Audio Streaming: ESPNHonolulu.com/Sideline Hawaii app span was a 14-13 victory in 2016 in Fresno, Calif., in a game in which the winning team of the series failed to reach 20 points for the first time since 1973. Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com 4 UH has won three straight MW games dating back to last season, tied for a school Series Information: 53rd Meeting record. The Warriors have won four of their last five MW games. FS leads, 29-22-1 in Honolulu: FS leads 15-14 4 Hawai‘i plays three of its first four games of the season on the road. UH is 10-22 in Fresno: FS leads 14-8-1 all-time in Mountain West road games, however UH went 3-1 last year and are 6-2 on First Meeting: Nov. 13, 1938 the road against MW competition the last two seasons. Last Meeting: Nov. 2, 2019 Longest UH Win Streak: 3, 4x (last 2006-08) 4 The UH offensive line features nine different players who have started at least one Longest FS Win Streak: 7 (1955-66) game. The 121 combined starts is the third most in the country entering the season. Largest UH Win Margin: 49 (49-0; 1970) 4 Redshirt sophomore Chevan Cordeiro has a 4-0 record as a starter with wins over Smallest UH Win Margin: 1 (14-13; 2016) Wyoming in 2018 and San José State, UNLV, and Army in 2019. Largest FS Win Margin: 56 (70-14, 2004) Smallest FS Win Margin: 1 (28-27, 1966) 4 UH is the defending West Division champions and played in its first-ever Mountain Shutouts: FS 3 (1941, 64, 96); UH 1 (1970) West Championship Game last season. Overtimes: 2 (1999 - UH, 2008- UH) 2020 RAINBOW WARRIOR SCHEDULE Date Opponent (AP/Coaches) Result/Time TV Series Notes Oct. 24 at Fresno State 4:30 pm PT Spectrum FS leads 29-22-1 Bulldogs winners of eight of the last nine in the series. Oct. 30 at Wyoming 7:45 pm MT FS1 WYO leads 14-10 Warriors reclaimed Paniolo Trophy with 17-13 home win in 2018. Nov. 7 NEW MEXICO 6:00 pm Spectrum UH leads 15-10 ’Bows seek first win over Lobos in Honolulu since 1991. Nov. 14 at San Diego State 1:00 pm PT Spectrum SDS leads 21-11-2 UH has won last two, including 2019 win to earn spot in MW title game. Nov. 21 BOISE STATE 6:00 pm CBSSN BSU leads 14-3 Broncos have won last eight meetings, including 2019 MW title game. Nov. 28 NEVADA 6:00 pm Spectrum UN leads 14-10 UH enjoyed most lopsided MW win ever, 54-3, in Reno last season. Dec. 5 at San José State 1:00 pm PT Spectrum UH leads 22-19-1 ’Bows with four straight Ws in series; last two by a combined five points. Dec. 12 UNLV 6:00 pm Spectrum UH leads 17-12 UH holds Island Showdown Trophy with wins in each of last two seasons MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIP Dec. 19 TBD TBD TBD UH 0-1 in MWC Pits top two teams in overall standings: UH has made 1 MW title game BOLD CAPS = Home games played at Aloha Stadium All times local to site 2020 Hawai‘i Football Weekly Release 1 HawaiiRainbowWarriorsFootball @HawaiiFootball RainbowWarriorsFootball DEPTH CHART & PRONUNCIATION CHART HAWAI‘I VS. FRESNO STATE (OCT. 24) OFFENSE PRONUNCIATION CHART LT 75 Ilm Manning 6-4 280 Jr Glendale, Ariz. (Alphabetical order) 89 Caden Hilborn 6-5 280 Fr Salt Lake City, Utah LG 72 Kohl Levao 6-6 350 Sr Aberdeen, Wash. Name Pronunciation 76 Michael Eletise 6-4 350 Sr Honolulu, O‘ahu Kamali‘i Akina ka-ma-LEE-E • ah-KEY-na C 63 Taaga Tuulima 6-2 310 Sr ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu Ramsey Aviu ah-VEE-you 61 Eliki Tanuvasa 6-2 320 So Honolulu, O‘ahu Payton Awaya ah-why-ah RG 52 Solo Vaipulu 6-2 300 Jr Riverside, Calif. Stephan Bernal-Wendt ste-FAWN Kamuela Borden ka-moo-eh-la 67 Bubba Wa‘a 6-2 310 Fr Hau‘ula, O‘ahu Zion Bowens Zi-IN • BOH-ens RT 74 Gene Pryor 6-3 310 Sr Visalia, Calif. Rico Bussey BUS-see 71 Micah Vanterpool 6-6 300 Jr Phoenix, Ariz. Mekel Ealy meh-kel WR 8 Rico Bussey 6-2 190 Sr Lawton, Okla. Armani Edden ed-en 14 James Phillips 5-9 155 So Menifee, Calif. Michael Eletise eh-lay-TEE-say WR 85 Lincoln Victor 5-10 165 Fr West Camas, Wash. Ezra Evaimalo eh-vie-mah-low 3 Melquise Stovall 5-9 190 Sr Lancaster, Calif. Steven Fiso fee-so WR 6 Zion Bowens 6-1 200 Jr Long Beach, Calif. Akil Francisco ah-keel 84 Nick Mardner 6-6 190 So Mississauga, Ontario Stan Gaudion gaw-dee-an WR 23 Jared Smart 6-0 190 Sr Dublin, Calif. Kilohana Haasenritter key-low-HA-na 87 Dior Scott 5-9 175 Jr Antioch, Calif. HOSS-en-ritter Tauivi Ho Ching taw-ee-vee RB 4 MIles Reed 5-8 190 Jr Corona, Calif. Kahale Huddleston kah-HA-lay 7 Calvin Turner 6-1 195 Sr Savannah, Ga. Grey Ihu E-hoo QB 12 Chevan Cordeiro 6-1 190 So Honolulu, O‘ahu Gabriel Iniquez ih-NEE-gwez 18 Boone Abbott 6-2 190 Fr Highland, Utah Jonah Kahahawai-Welch ka-ha-ha-why Kalani Kamakawiwo‘ole ka-LAH-nee ka-ma-ka-VEE-vo-oh-lay DEFENSE Kila Kamakawiwo‘ole KEY-lah DE 1 Penei Pavihi 6-3 245 Jr Pago Pago, American Samoa Noa Kamana no-ah • kah-MAH-nah 50 Justus Tavai 6-3 295 Jr Inglewood, Calif. Kai Kaneshiro kah-nay-SHE-row NT 55 Blessman Ta‘ala 6-1 300 Jr Aua, American Samoa Alema Kapoi uh-leh-ma • kuh-POY 90 John Tuitupou 6-4 300 Sr Vaitogi, American Samoa Hekili Keliiliki hey-KEY-lee DT 99 Jonah Laulu 6-6 280 So Las Vegas, Nev. kay-LEE-E-lee-key 92 DJuan Matthews 5-11 275 Sr Houston, Texas Kalamaku Kuewa kah-la-ma-koo• koo-eh-va DE 53 Darius Muasau 6-1 230 So ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu Jonah La‘ulu la-OO-loo 15 Paul Scott 6-1 215 Jr Oakland, Calif. Kohl Levao le-vow LB 2 Jeremiah Pritchard 6-0 230 Jr Leone, American Samoa Ilm Manning elm Makai Manuwai mah-kye • mah-new-why 17 Isaiah Tufaga 6-1 225 So La‘ie, O‘ahu Kaleb Maresh MARE-esh LB 5 Khoury Bethley 5-10 200 Jr Chino, Calif. Mason Mata‘afa mah-TAH-ah-fa 16 Logan Taylor 6-1 200 Jr Harbor City, Calif. Tamatoa ta-mah-TOE-ah 39 Kalamaku Kuewa 6-0 200 So Kailua, O‘ahu Mokiao-Atimalala mo-kee-OW • LB 19 Quentin Frazier 6-1 195 Sr San Diego, Calif. ah-tee-mah-lala 47 Noa Kamana 6-0 190 Jr Honolulu, O‘ahu Arasi Mose ah-rah-see • moh-say CB 18 Cortez Davis 5-11 180 Sr Decatur, Ga. Darius Muasau moo-uh-sow (like cow) 22 Akil Francisco 6-1 170 Jr Alameda, Calif. Sergio Muasau moo-uh-sow (like cow) S 8 Eugene Ford 6-2 210 Sr Venice, Calif.