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HAWAI‘I FOOTBALL THROUGH THE YEARS 1909 1920 1923 1946 The College of Hawai‘i “Fighting The College of Hawai‘i A rainbow appears over After taking a four-year hiatus Deans” played and won its first becomes the University of the football field after due to World War II, UH game against McKinley High Hawai‘i and the football UH upset Oregon State, returns to the gridiron as a School. team plays its first inter- 7-0, at Mō‘ili‘ili Field. member institution of the collegiate game against Reporters begin calling NCAA. Nevada. UH teams the “Rainbows.”

Head Coaches 1909 - 1915 - Head Coaches Head Coaches 1920 1940 1900 1916 - William Britton 1920 - 1940 - Eugene “Luke” Gill 1917 - Dave Crawford 1921 - Otto “Proc” Klum 1946 -

An entire ocean away from its nearest NCAA a collegiate opponent in 1922, a of Colorado on New Year’s Day. The following opponent, the University of Hawai‘i football pro- Day triumph over Pomona College, 25-6, at season, only Washington State, of the Pacific gram has a unique and storied history. This year Punahou’s Alexander Field. He also took the Coast Conference, scored more than six points marks the program’s 97th season of competition. team to its first road game in 1923 via ocean- against the “Wonder Teams” and was only one liner against that same Pomona team at the of five teams to score at all. UH defeated the THE BEGINNING Pasadena Rose Bowl. The trip took five days. As Cougars, 20-11, on New Year’s Day to close out The College of Hawai‘i was founded in 1907. a result of the prolonged hours of travel, later the 1925 season. Two years later, in 1909, the university fielded teams only traveled to the U.S. mainland every Among the many stars on those teams were its first football team. The “Fighting Deans,” as other year. the famed “Four Horsemen of Manoa” - Bill Hawai‘i athletic During Klum’s “Doggie” Wise, Johnny Morse, Eddie Fernandez teams were known ROARING ’20s reign, another and Theodore “Pump” Searle -- named after the then, defeated During the “Golden Age” of UH football, the teams pro- UH tradition gallant Notre Dame backfield. McKinley High duced a record of 53-21-5 in the 1920s, including consecutive emerged. In the School, 6-5, undefeated seasons in 1924 (8-0) and 1925 (10-0). final game of the A NEW HOME under head coach 1923 season, a In 1926, the Rainbows made the newly built Austin Jones in its rainbow appeared Stadium, a 24,000-seat facility in inaugural game. over the gridiron Mō‘ili‘ili, their homefield. UH played its first The historic game late during the game at the stadium on Nov. 11 against the was played before team’s contest Town Team. Hawai‘i lost that game, 14-7, 2,500 fans at against Oregon before 12,000 Armistice Day fans. O‘ahu College, State. The Deans That same season, the Rainbows blanked now known as scored shortly the 8th Field Artillery and Healani by identi- Punahou School. thereafter and cal 101-0 scores. Against Healani, halfback Because of held on to win, Fernandez had one of the best single-game per- limited travel opportunities, Hawai‘i only played 7-0. Reporters started calling UH teams the formances in UH history, scoring six times on local high schools, military and club teams for “Rainbows,” and the tradition began that when- runs, punts and an . its first eight seasons. In 1920, the College of ever a rainbow appeared from the “Manoa Mist” Four years later, UH played its first night Hawai‘i became the University of Hawai‘i and over the UH campus, Hawai‘i could not lose. game at the stadium. The Rainbows defeated the Raymond Elliot coached the first intercollegiate game against the University of Nevada (Reno). THE WONDER YEARS TERMITE PALACE Nevada outscored Hawai‘i, 14-0, at Mō‘ili‘ili Under Klum’s guidance, Hawai‘i pro- Nicknamed for its deteriorating facade, Field on Christmas Day. duced the “Wonder Teams” of 1924-25, was home to Hawai‘i football from 1926-74. which went undefeated both seasons. The A POT OF GOLD “Wonder Teams” outscored their oppo- The 1921 season marked the arrival of Otto nents, 606-29, in 18 games. Among the “Proc” Klum, who ushered in the “Golden Age fallen were Colorado, Colorado State and of UH Football.” Known as the “The Manoa Washington State. Fox,” Klum served as head coach and athlet- During the 1924 season, the ics director until 1939, compiling an 84-51-7 Rainbows finished 8-0 and allowed only record. 12 points all season. The team con- Klum coached UH to its first victory over cluded the season with a 13-0 shutout

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HAWAI‘I FOOTBALL THROUGH THE YEARS 1955 1966 1973 1974 The Rainbows upset Nebraska, UH completes its first all-col- The Rainbows record the UH becomes an NCAA 6-0, in Lincoln in what is con- legiate schedule. The Rainbows biggest upset in school Division I member. In June sidered one of the school’s all- are ranked as high as No. 5 in history by defeating 1976, the NCAA reclassifies time biggest upsets, four years weekly Division II poll. Washington, 10-7, in and drops UH to Division before the Territory of Hawai‘i Seattle. UW was favored I-A (now I-AA). Athletics becomes the 50th state of the by as many as 50 points. Director appeals Union. the decision and the next Head Coaches month the NCAA reinstates 1962 - Jim Asato UH to Division I status. 1965 - Head Coaches 1966 - Head Coaches

1951 - Archie Kodros 1960 1967 - 1974 - Larry Price 1970 195 0 1952 - 1968 - Dave Holmes 1977 -

Honolulu Athletic Club, 28-0, Oct. 8, 1930, In 1941, the Rainbows just completed a as a player and coach, he was chosen as a charter before 9,500 fans. 20-6 Shrine Game victory over Willamette, in member of the National Football Hall of Fame For 48 years, the affectionately nicknamed front of a sold-out Honolulu Stadium crowd Association. “Termite Palace” housed the Rainbows and their of 24,000. The next morning, Japan invaded fans until the construction of in Pearl Harbor, resulting in the cancellation of the HAMMERIN’ HANK 1975. team’s upcoming game against San Jose State The 1950s marked the arrival of the Hank and the 1942-45 seasons. Lost in the news of Vasconcellos era as head coach and athletics THE GRASS SHACK the attack was the naming of halfback Nolle director. Vasconcellos, a Maui native, coached One of the earliest stars in UH history was Smith as a first-team Associated Press Little All- the Rainbows for nine seasons during the pro- Thomas Kaulukukui, a 5-foot-5, 140-pound American. gram’s highest and lowest moments. back from Hilo. As UH returned The 1954 season ended with a humbling a member of UH’s NO. 32 to the gridiron 50-0 loss to Orange Bowl-bound Nebraska in undefeated 1934 The only number retired in 1946 after the front of a crowd of 20,000 fans at Honolulu team, Kaulukukui in Hawai‘i football history conclusion of the Stadium. helped lead the was worn by UH’s first war. That same In the rematch between the schools the All-American, Thomas Rainbows to a Kaulukukui. He still holds year also marked next season, the Rainbows pulled off one of the 14-0 shutout of the school record for lon- the program’s biggest wins in the program’s history before in the gest kickoff return (103) entrance into the a crowd of 23,000 at Nebraska Stadium. As New Year’s Day against UCLA in 1935 at NCAA under head 40-point underdogs, the 27-member team won Classic (later re- the Los Angeles Coliseum coach Kaulukukui. in Lincoln’s 95-degree heat and 26 mile-per- named the Poi and also went on to Hawai‘i finished hour winds. Of the 11 starters, seven played the Bowl). That team become one of UH’s most the season with entire 60 minutes, including star back Skippy finished 6-0 and fea- successful coaches. an 8-2 record, Dyer, who broke up a Cornhusker pass on UH’s tured stars Maynard culminating with a 10-yard line with less than two minutes to play. “Buster” Piltz and Anthony Morse. 19-16 victory over Utah in the Despite a 34-0 shutout loss to San Jose The next year, Kaulukukui gained national (formerly ). State the next week, the Rainbows went on to fame and earned his nickname, the “Grass In the late 1940s, the team began to travel finish with a 7-4 record and followed that season Shack,” by legendary sportswriter Grantland by air, making the journey to the West Coast with a respectable 7-3 mark in 1956. Rice. During a 19-6 loss to UCLA at the Los in an unheard-of nine hours. To cut down on But only six years after that infamous vic- Angeles Coliseum, Kaulukukui scored the team’s costs, the teams stayed on the U.S. main- lone , an electrifying 103-yard kickoff land for at least two weeks at a time. 6-0! return, a record which still stands today. Following the 1949 season, Harry A year after suffering Following that season, Kaulukukui became “Clown” Kahuanui became the first UH a 50-0 blowout loss to UH’s first All-American when he was selected player to be invited to the East-West Nebraska in Honolulu, by the All-America Board of Football, which Shrine Game and was named an honorable the “Roaring Rainbows” upset the Cornhuskers, included legendary Glenn “Pop” Warner. mention All-American by United Press 6-0, in Lincoln, Sept. International. 17, 1955. Hartwell WAR TIME ERA Kaulukukui coached until 1951 and Freitas (with ball) The 1940 season marked the end of Klum’s accumulated a record of 34-18-3, becom- scored the game’s only 19-year tenure as football coach. The decade was ing one of the school’s winningest coaches touchdown in the also marred by World War II. at the time. As a result of his achievements fourth quarter.

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HAWAI‘I FOOTBALL THROUGH THE YEARS 1986 1989 1992 1999 Defensive end Al Noga UH plays in the program’s first UH shares the WAC title for takes over program and becomes the school’s first major – the Jeep the first time ever and wins the guides it to the best turnaround in Associated Press All-American Eagle . Hawai‘i Thrifty Car Rental Holiday NCAA history, winning nine games and was tabbed as UH’s first falls to Michigan State of the Bowl, defeating Illinois, 27-17. and finishing season as WAC co- candidate. Big 10, 33-13, before a sellout Team posts school-record 11 champions. UH defeats Oregon crowd at Aloha Stadium. victories. State, 23-17, in Jeep O‘ahu Bowl.

Head Coaches Head Coaches 1980 1990 1996 - Fred vonAppen 1987 - 1999 - June Jones tory over Nebraska and three consecutive losing who were favored by as many as 50 points. Rainbow Warriors nearly pulled off the upset seasons, the UH Board of Athletic Control, Harold Stringert intercepted three passes and against John Robinson’s Trojans before falling made up of faculty, students and alumni mem- lineman Levi Stanley had 11 tackles in the vic- 21-5. bers, voted to abolish the football program in tory. The Rainbows won its first eight games During the third week of the 1984 season, 1961 due to lack of finances. that season and was ranked as high as No. 5 in the Rainbow Warriors faced Brigham Young. the weekly Division II poll. With just five minutes remaining, UH let a ROCKY ROAD But following that season, Holmes Football returned to intercollegiate competi- resigned due to team turmoil. Larry Price, HOUSE OF ALOHA tion in 1962 behind the urging of new athletics a former player who served as an assistant Aloha Stadium director Young Suk Ko. The program went to the four previous coaches, was named became the new through five coaches in the decade, including head coach and served at that capacity for home of UH former player Jim Asato and offensive guru the next three years. football in 1975. Clark Shaughnessy, who led Stanford to a Rose During Price’s tenure, UH became Hawai‘i fans Bowl victory. an NCAA Division I member, changed have flocked to After Shaughnessy’s one-year “consultant” its nickname to the Rainbow Warriors, the 50,000-seat term concluded, the program went through tur- introduced the “Hula-T” formation, and facility for the past 33 years. moil with the firing of Ko and surprise hiring of on Sept. 13, 1975, christened the newly- Phil Sarboe as head coach. Sarboe coached for built 50,000-seat Aloha Stadium against one year before bolting for northern California Texas A&I. Hawai‘i lost its stadium debut, 43-9, 13-12 lead slip away as the Cougars scored a late following the 1966 season, UH’s first all-colle- before 32,247 fans. touchdown for the victory and later went on to giate schedule. Sarboe’s top assistant, Don King, win the national championship that season. took over for one year but quit after a 6-4 season NATIONAL EXPOSURE Following the 1986 season, defensive amid tension with athletics director Bob Martin. Dick Tomey, a UCLA assistant who was hired end Al Noga became the first UH player to to replace Price, put UH on the national football be named a first team All-American by the THE MODERN ERA map. Tomey headed the program from 1977- Associated Press and was tabbed as the school’s The arrival of head coach Dave Holmes in 1968 87. During his tenure, he guided Hawai‘i into first Heisman Trophy candidate. was the beginning of the most successful years in the Western Athletic Conference in his third school history. In year and drasti- TRIPLE THREAT six years as coach, GREEN MACHINE cally upgraded After Tomey left UH for Arizona of the Pac- Holmes guided his From 1967-75, UH won 67 percent the schedule by 10, assistant coach Bob Wagner took over the teams to a 46-17-1 of its games and never suffered a los- playing the likes program and introduced the spread offense or ing season. Twenty-six players from record, including this era went on to sign with profes- of Nebraska, “Triple Option” to Hawai‘i. During his tenure, a pair of nine-win sional teams. Under head coach Dave Oklahoma, the offense, which featured two slotbacks and seasons. Holmes Holmes, Hawai‘i opened the 1973 sea- USC, Iowa and one fullback, frequently placed UH among the still ranks as the all- son with a 10-7 upset of Washington in Michigan. top rushing teams in the country. time leader at UH front of 52,500 in Seattle, regarded by In the 1977 In the 1988 season-opener, ninth-ranked in winning percent- many as the biggest upset in school history. season-finale, UH Iowa came to the islands and the Rainbow age (.718). hosted nationally Warriors shocked the Hawkeyes, 27-24, behind In 1973, Hawai‘i recorded its biggest upset ranked USC, a team which featured Heisman running back Heikoti Fakava’s three touch- in school history, with a 10-7 road victory over Trophy winner Charles White. A record crowd downs. It was also a coming-out party for fresh- the Pacific-8 Conference’s Washington Huskies, of 48,767 at Aloha Stadium watched as the man kicker Jason Elam, who booted two critical

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2002 - 2004 2004 2006 2007 2008 UH is invited to the Timmy Quarterback A school-record five Warriors June Jones departs during a Hawai‘i Bowl in con- Chang becomes the completes the best season in are picked in the NFL Draft and tumultuous period after the secutive seasons. In NCAA career passing school history for a quarterback, another six sign free-agent con- appearance in the inaugural ConAgra leader, surpassing former completing an NCAA single- tracts in both the NFL and CFL. which AD Foods Hawai‘i Bowl, the Brigham Young signal season record 58 is fired. Jones leaves as UH’s Warriors fall to Tulane, caller . Chang and throwing for 5,549 yards. UH completes a perfect 12-0 second winningest coach 36-28, but rebound for finishes his career with Brennan, winner of the Sammy regular season and earns the with 76 victories. a marathon 54-48 triple- 17,072 yards and ranks Baugh Award as the nation’s program’s first outright WAC victory over second all-time behind top passer, finishes sixth in the title. The Warriors secure their Houston in 2003 and, in Detmer with 122 career Heisman Trophy voting after first trip to a BCS game, the 2004, a 59-40 win over touchdown passes. breaking or tying 19 NCAA 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl and UAB in the Sheraton records, 17 WAC records, and Brennan earns a trip to New Head Coaches

2000 Hawai‘i Bowl. 41 school records. York City as a Heisman finalist. 2008 - Greg McMackin field goals in the UH lost 10 lar season by handing Brigham Young a 72-45 fourth quarter. B-Y-WHO? games in vonAppen’s romp on national television. Despite a 9-3 After just UH ended a 10-game losing streak inaugural season and record, Hawai‘i was snubbed for a bowl game. two seasons, to nationally ranked rival Brigham in 1998, Hawai‘i suf- That snub became the impetus for the creation Young with an emphatic 56-14 Wagner was victory on Oct. 28, 1989. The fol- fered through a win- of the Hawai‘i Bowl. named WAC lowing year, the Rainbow Warriors less 0-12 campaign, a Later that year, Coach of the routed the Cougars again, 59-28, first in the program’s became the school’s first-ever NFL first-round Year and led on Dec. 1, the day BYU quarter- rich history. Following draft pick, being selected as the 19th overall the Rainbow back Ty Detmer won the Heisman that season, he was selection by the . Warriors to their Trophy. In the two games, UH replaced by alumnus Over the next three seasons, Jones led first major bowl quarterback Garrett (right) June Jones, who the Warriors to bowl appearances. After a game – the Jeep completed 63-percent of his passes for 799 yards and seven brought with him the 10-win season, UH was invited to the inaugural touchdowns. Eagle Aloha explosive run-and- ConAgra Foods Hawai‘i Bowl, where they lost Bowl. UH fell to shoot offense. to Tulane of Conference USA, 36-28. The next Michigan State, 33-13, but following the season, Under Jones, UH dropped the “Rainbows” season, Jones and the Warriors met Houston Wagner became the first UH coach to head an from its nickname and were simply known as in the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl, a game which all-star team in the . the “Warriors” while introducing the new “H” UH pulled out, 54-48, in triple-overtime and In 1992, behind quarterback Michael logo that replaced the iconic rainbow logo. The followed that with a 59-40 rout of UAB in the Carter, Hawai‘i won a share of the WAC cham- Warriors began using the new nickname and 2004 Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl. pionship and posted its first bowl game victory, featured the green “H” helmet at the start of the Also in 2004, quarterback a 27-17 defeat of Illinois in the Thrifty Car 2000 season. became the NCAA’s all-time passing leader and Rental Holiday Bowl. UH finished the season finished his ranked No. 20 and months later, three-time RUNNIN’-N-SHOOTIN’ career with All-American kicker Elam was drafted by the It only took one sea- BYE, BYE TY 17,072 pass- Warrior quarterback Timmy Chang Denver Broncos in the third round. son under Jones’ tute- (right) broke the NCAA career passing ing yards. During Wagner’s nine seasons as head lage for the Hawai‘i yards record on Nov. 6, 2004, against In 2006, coach, Hawai‘i defeated nationally ranked rival football program to Louisiana Tech at Aloha Stadium. Chang’s suc- Brigham Young three times, including a 1990 return to champion- The product ended cessor, Colt victory on the day quarterback Ty Detmer won ship form. Jones, his career with 17,072 yards, surpass- Brennan, won the Heisman Trophy. In addition, Carter was whose run-and-shoot ing the previous record of 15,031 the Sammy one of a handful of in NCAA offense he perfected yards set in 1991 by Ty Detmer of Baugh Division I history to and pass for 1,000 in the NFL, posted a Brigham Young. Trophy as yards in the same season. 9-4 record in 1999, the nation’s the best by a first-year top quarter- THE LONGEST YARD head coach at UH. back. Brennan led the nation in seven statistical Wagner was fired following consecutive losing Jones and the Warriors made history by categories in one of the nation’s most prolific seasons and was replaced by Fred vonAppen in recording the NCAA’s best turnaround season passing seasons ever. Brennan and the Warriors 1996. A former assistant coach with the NFL’s (from 0-12 to 9-4). UH finished the season as garnered their first Top 25 ranking in 13 years , vonAppen coached three WAC co-champions and defeated Oregon State, and a 41-24 Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl win over disappointing seasons in which the Rainbow 23-17, in the Jeep O‘ahu Bowl. Arizona State of the Pac-10. Warriors posted a 5-31 record. In 2001, the Warriors capped off a stel-

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2009 2010 2012 HAWAI‘I FOOTBALL BY THE NUMBERS UH celebrates the 100th UH wins a share of its Head coach Greg McMackin anniversary of the first fourth WAC title during retires after four seasons and is 1 Defensive lineman Al Noga is the school’s only Associ- football team. a 10-win season and is replaced by Honolulu-native ated Press fi rst team All-American. Touted as the “Samoan invited to the Sheraton , who is the 22nd Sack Man,” Noga set single-season records of 17 sacks, 31 Hawai‘i Bowl for the sixth coach in program history. tackles-for-loss and six forced fumbles in 1986. time. 3 Former Warriors who captured the WAC’s top awards – Joe Kearney Award (Colt Brennan in 2007), given to the top athlete; and Stan Bates Award ( in 1981 and Jason Elam in 1992), given to the top scholar-athlete. 4 Western Athletic Conference championship titles won (1992, ’99, 2007, ’10). Head Coaches 2010 2012 - Norm Chow 8 Academic All-Americans, six of whom were honored by the College of Sports Information Directors. THE PERFECT SEASON included former record-setting quarterback 9 Wins by fi rst-year head coach June Jones in 1999, setting The next season, Brennan led UH to an unde- as . an NCAA turnaround record following a winless 1998 season. feated 12-0 regular season and captured the pro- In four seasons, McMackin guided 10 Bowl game appearances, including six trips to the gram’s first outright WAC championship with the Warriors to two Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl hometown Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl. an emphatic win over Boise State. During their appearances, including 10 wins and a share 10 Highest national ranking—achieved in both the As- stretch run, the Warriors captivated the entire of the WAC Championship in 2010. After sociated Press and Coaches polls during the 2007 season. state as fans a turbulent 12-0 Regular-season record in 2007, which secured the flocked Aloha 2011 season, program’s fi rst-ever trip to a BCS bowl game – the Allstate IN COLT WE TRUST Sugar Bowl, where UH lost to . Stadium with Colt Brennan (right) finished his in which the 13 Th e school’s longest win streak which lasted from Dec. capacity crowds career as arguably one of college Warriors were 24, 2006 to Jan. 1 2008. for the team’s football’s best quarterbacks of all predicted 22 Number of head coaches since the program started in final three home time. A 2007 Heisman Trophy final- to win the 1909, including current head coach Norm Chow. games. ist, Brennan passed for 131 career WAC but 23 Most tackles in a single game by defensive back Eddie After a touchdowns, breaking Ty Detmer’s finished with NCAA record of 121. In all, he broke Klaneski at Fresno State (Sept. 28, 1996). come-from- a 6-7 record, or tied 31 NCAA records and led the 31 Warriors who have earned All-America recognition. behind win over Warriors to two bowl games, including McMackin 32 Th e only number retired in UH football history was Washington in a perfect 12-0 regular season in 2007. retired and the season-finale was replaced worn by the school’s fi rst All-American, Th omas Kaulukukui. that capped UH’s by Honolulu- 33 Th e number of seasons (1979-2011) the Warriors com- perfect regular season, the Warriors were invited native and longtime assistant coach Norm peted in the WAC, before joining the Mountain West in 2012. to the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the program’s first- Chow, who became the first Asian-American 68 Warriors who have been selected in the NFL Draft. ever BCS bowl appearance. In front of a net- head coach of a major team. 76 Career wins by June Jones from 1999-2007, which work audience on FOX, UH fell to third-ranked ranks No. 2 all-time in school history behind Otto “Proc” Georgia, 41-10. CHOW TIME Klum’s 84 wins from 1921-39. Brennan was invited to New York City as Chow was introduced as UH’s 22nd head 131 Career touchdown passes by Colt Brennan, who the school’s first Heisman Trophy finalist and coach and brought with him a resume that fi nished third in the 2007 Heisman Trophy race, breaking Ty Detmer’s NCAA record of 121 which has since been finished third in the final voting. At the end included being on the coaching staff of three broken by Houston’s . of his three-year career, Brennan tied or broke national championship teams and having 308 Yards receiving by Jason Rivers during a 2006 31 NCAA records and was drafted in the sixth coached three Heisman Trophy-winning Hawai‘i Bowl win over Arizona State, an NCAA bowl- round by the Washington Redskins. quarterbacks and six NFL first-round draft game record. picks. He also brought with him the pro-set 327 Yards rushing by running back Alex Green versus FALL FROM GRACE offense, which he perfected at stops at BYU, New State on Nov. 22, 2010, smashing a 60-year- Following that record-breaking season, Jones North Carolina State, USC, UCLA, Utah old school record previously held by Pete Wilson (270). left UH for SMU, which led to the firing of the and the NFL’s . 342 Total return yards by freshman —an school’s athletics director and an exodus of play- The 2012 season also marks UH’s NCAA record—in a 72-45 win over BYU in 2001. ers, including two of the team’s top returning entrance into the Mountain West 560 Most passing yards in a single game held by Bryant receivers, both of whom declared for the NFL Conference, ending a 33-year affiliation with Moniz vs. San Jose State on Nov. 20, 2010 (32 of 44). Draft. the WAC. UH concluded its first season 17,072 – Career passing yards by Timmy Chang, who However, just weeks after Jones’ departure, under Chow with a 3-9 mark, including a broke Ty Detmer’s NCAA record against Louisiana Tech Greg McMackin was 1-7 record in the MWC. on Nov. 6, 2004, at Aloha Stadium which has since been named head coach and assembled a staff which broken by Houston’s Case Keenum.

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