1965 Hawaii Rainbows football team

The 1965 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. In their first season under head coach Clark Shaughnessy, the Rainbows compiled a 1–8–1 record.^[1]

1965 Hawaii Rainbows football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–8–1
Head coach	Clark Shaughnessy (1st season)
Home stadium	Honolulu Stadium
Seasons ← 1964 1966 →

1965 NCAA College Division independents football records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Springfield			–					9	–	0	–	0
Ithaca			–					8	–	0	–	0
Parsons			–					8	–	1	–	0
Santa Clara			–					8	–	1	–	0
UC Santa Barbara			–					8	–	2	–	0
Cortland			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wabash			–					7	–	2	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	2	–	0
UC Riverside			–					6	–	2	–	0
Tampa			–					6	–	2	–	1
Northern Michigan			–					7	–	3	–	0
Mississippi Valley State			–					6	–	3	–	0
St. Norbert			–					6	–	3	–	0
Rose Poly			–					5	–	3	–	0
Drake			–					6	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga			–					5	–	4	–	1
Arizona State–Flagstaff			–					5	–	4	–	1
Lake Forest			–					4	–	4	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					4	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					4	–	6	–	0
Portland State			–					4	–	6	–	0
Colorado College			–					3	–	5	–	0
Milwaukee			–					2	–	6	–	0
Southern Illinois			–					2	–	8	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Hawaii			–					1	–	8	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					1	–	7	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Hawaii Colts	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	T 26–26	4,006
September 11	at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT	L 12–31	7,000	[2]
September 18	at Colorado State	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 6–54	11,700	[3]
September 25	Humboldt State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 6–14	5,500
October 2	at Pacific (CA)	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 0–21	4,000
October 30	No. 4 Cal State Los Angeles	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 7–37	14,000	[4]
November 13	UC Santa Barbara	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 0–3	2,807
November 20	Cal Western	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	W 10–8
November 27	Fresno State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI (rivalry)	L 3–7	2,356
December 3	Service Stars	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, HI	L 15–26	1,807
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game