1972 Hawaii Rainbows football team

The 1972 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1972 NCAA College Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Dave Holmes, the Rainbows compiled a 8–3 record.^[1]

1972 Hawaii Rainbows football
Conference	Independent
Record	8–3
Head coach	Dave Holmes (5th season)
Home stadium	Honolulu Stadium
Seasons ← 1971 1973 →

1972 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ashland			–					11	–	0	–	0
Bridgeport			–					11	–	0	–	0
No. 1 Delaware			–					10	–	0	–	0
No. 5 Tennessee State			–					11	–	1	–	0
Colorado College			–					8	–	1	–	0
Tampa			–					10	–	2	–	0
Trinity (TX)			–					8	–	2	–	0
Western Carolina			–					7	–	2	–	1
Hawaii			–					8	–	3	–	0
Indiana State			–					7	–	3	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	3	–	0
Cortland			–					6	–	3	–	0
San Diego			–					6	–	3	–	1
Arkansas–Pine Bluff			–					4	–	2	–	1
Eastern Michigan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Milwaukee			–					6	–	4	–	0
Samford			–					5	–	3	–	2
Ball State			–					5	–	4	–	1
Lake Forest			–					4	–	3	–	1
Nevada			–					6	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan			–					5	–	5	–	1
Rose-Hulman			–					5	–	5	–	0
Santa Clara			–					4	–	4	–	1
Akron			–					3	–	4	–	2
St. Norbert			–					4	–	5	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					3	–	4	–	0
Kentucky State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					3	–	6	–	0
Northeast Louisiana			–					3	–	7	–	0
Portland State			–					3	–	8	–	0
Wayne State (MI)			–					2	–	5	–	1
Boston University			–					2	–	8	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					2	–	8	–	0
Saint Peter's			–					2	–	8	–	0
Chattanooga			–					2	–	9	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					1	–	8	–	1
Eastern Illinois			–					1	–	9	–	0
Madison			–					0	–	4	–	1
UNLV			–					1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP small college poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16		at Portland State	Civic Stadium Portland, OR	W 38–13	5,514
September 23		Cal Lutheran	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 38–10	17,590
October 7		Puget Sound	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 27–10	17,067
October 14		Cal State Fullerton	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 49–15	16,324	[2]
October 21		Montana	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 30–3	17,901	[3]
October 28		at No. 16 Tennessee	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	L 2–34	63,903	[4]
November 4		Grambling	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 7–46	23,003
November 11		Northern Arizona	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 20–13	13,100	[5]
November 18		Linfield	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 36–17	12,769	[6]
November 25	7:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	W 28–15	14,912	[7]
December 2		Stanford	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 7–39	18,397
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Hawaii–Aleutian time

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