Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry


Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Wyoming Cowboys

Total meetings

Series record

Wyoming leads, 13–9

First meeting

November 18, 1978
Hawai'i 27, Wyoming 22

Last meeting

October 11, 2014
Hawai'i 38, Wyoming 28

Next meeting

TBD

Largest win

Wyoming, 66–0 (1996)

Longest win streak

Wyoming, 6 (1993–2013)

Current win streak

Hawai'i, 1 (2014–present)

Trophy

Paniolo Trophy

The Hawai'i–Wyoming football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Wyoming Cowboys. The Paniolo Trophy was the trophy that went to the winner of the game. Paniolo is a Hawaiian word meaning “cowboy”,^[1] and the trophy featured a bronze cowboy on horseback, twirling a lariat. The trophy was donated to the two schools by the Wyoming Paniolo Society, a group of Hawaii residents with Wyoming roots.^[2] The rivalry began in 1979, when Hawai'i joined the Western Athletic Conference, and was played annually until 1997, shortly before Wyoming departed from the WAC and joined the newly formed Mountain West Conference. The rivalry was renewed in 2012 when Hawai'i joined the MWC as a football-only affiliate member. However, neither team was able to locate the original Paniolo Trophy before the rivalry was reinstated;^[3]^[4]^[5] this led to a new replacement trophy being created based on photographs of the original. The teams have met 22 times, with Wyoming leading the series 13–9.

Game results

Hawaii victories
Wyoming victories
Ties

Date	Location	Winner	Score		Series
Date	Location	Winner	UH	UW	Series
November 18, 1978	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	27	22	Hawaii 1–0
November 17, 1979	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	13	21	Tie 1–1
September 27, 1980	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	20	45	Wyoming 2–1
October 10, 1981	Laramie, WY	Hawaii	14	9	Tie 2–2
October 2, 1982	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	10	28	Wyoming 3–2
November 26, 1983	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	13	31	Wyoming 4–2
November 3, 1984	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	31	28	Wyoming 4–3
October 12, 1985	Laramie, WY	Hawaii	26	18	Tie 4–4
November 29, 1986	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	35	19	Hawaii 5–4
November 28, 1987	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	20	24	Tie 5–5
November 19, 1988	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	22	28	Wyoming 6–5
September 16, 1989	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	15	20	Wyoming 7–5
November 17, 1990	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	38	17	Wyoming 7–6
August 31, 1991	Laramie, WY	Hawaii	32	17	Tie 7–7
November 21, 1992	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	42	18	Hawaii 8–7
October 23, 1993	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	10	48	Tie 8–8
November 19, 1994	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	10	13	Wyoming 9–8
September 16, 1995	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	6	52	Wyoming 10–8
September 14, 1996	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	0	66	Wyoming 11–8
September 13, 1997	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	6	35	Wyoming 12–8
November 23, 2013	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	56	59	Wyoming 13–8
October 11, 2014	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	38	28	Wyoming 13–9

References

↑ "The Case of the Missing Paniolo Trophy". cowboyaltitude.com. June 27, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
↑ "UH hopes to revive trophy games in Mountain West". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. June 26, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
↑ "Unsolved mysteries: Wyoming, Hawaii lost their rivalry trophy in 1997". Rivals.com. June 27, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
↑ "Hawaii and Wyoming renew rivalry, lost trophy". thematadorsports.com. June 28, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
↑ "Mountain West football schedules for 2012, 2013". Idaho Statesman. June 11, 2011. Retrieved 2013-03-01.

Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football

Venues	Moiliili Field (1909–1925) Honolulu Stadium (1926–1974) Aloha Stadium (1975–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force (Kuter Trophy) Fresno State: Battle for the Screwdriver Wyoming (Paniolo Trophy)

Culture & lore	Vili The Warrior University of Hawaii Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Wyoming Cowboys football

Venues	Corbett Field (1925–1949) War Memorial Stadium (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Colorado State (Bronze Boot) Hawaii (Paniolo Trophy) Utah State

Culture & lore	Pistol Pete "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" Western Thunder Marching Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1922 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Mountain West Conference football rivalries

Conference	Air Force–Colorado State Air Force–Hawaii Boise State–Fresno State Boise State–Nevada Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming) Fresno State–San Diego State Fresno State–San Jose State Fremont Cannon (Nevada–UNLV) Hawaii–Wyoming Utah State–Wyoming

Non-conference	Arizona–New Mexico Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State) Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State–Stanford) Boise State–Idaho BYU–San Diego State BYU–Utah State Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Air Force–Army–Navy) Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado–Colorado State) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) The Bowl (New Mexico–Utah) Battle of the Brothers (Utah-Utah State)