1959 Hawaii Rainbows football team

1959 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Hofstra		–		9	–	0	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		9	–	1	–	0
Buffalo		–		8	–	1	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		7	–	1	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona		–		7	–	1	–	1
North Park		–		6	–	1	–	1
Santa Clara		–		4	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Southern Connecticut State ^		–		8	–	2	–	0
Northern Michigan		–		6	–	2	–	0
UC Riverside		–		5	–	2	–	0
Montana State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Carthage		–		5	–	3	–	1
Louisville		–		6	–	4	–	0
Memphis State		–		6	–	4	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		6	–	4	–	0
Arlington State		–		4	–	3	–	0
Sewanee		–		4	–	3	–	1
Abilene Christian		–		5	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		4	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee		–		3	–	4	–	1
Xavier		–		4	–	6	–	0
Wabash		–		3	–	5	–	1
Rose Poly		–		2	–	4	–	1
Arkansas State		–		3	–	6	–	0
Hawaii		–		3	–	6	–	0
Trinity (TX)		–		3	–	6	–	0
Pepperdine		–		2	–	5	–	1
Chattanooga		–		3	–	7	–	0
Tampa		–		3	–	7	–	0
Drake		–		2	–	7	–	0
Northeastern		–		1	–	6	–	1
Washington University		–		1	–	7	–	0
St. Norbert		–		0	–	6	–	1

^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1959 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Hank Vasconcellos, the Rainbows compiled a 3–6 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 21	Hawaii All-Stars	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 0–13	18,792
September 19	at Southern Oregon	Ashland, OR	W 20–13
September 26	at Idaho State	Spud Bowl Pocatello, ID	W 14–8	5,000
October 3	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	L 14–44
October 30	Pacific (CA)	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 0–6	20,000
November 13	Los Angeles State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 27–6	7,000
November 27	Fresno State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	L 13–22	8,000
December 4	Arizona State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 6–14	8,000
December 11	Utah State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 6–48	7,000	^[2]
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