2012 Hawaii Warriors football team

The 2012 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Norm Chow and played their home games at Aloha Stadium. They were first year members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for ninth place.

2012 Hawaii Warriors football
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	3–9 (1–7 MW)
Head coach	Norm Chow (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Tommy Lee (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Thom Kaumeyer (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Aloha Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Mountain West Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Boise State +		7	–	1					11	–	2
Fresno State +		7	–	1					9	–	4
San Diego State +		7	–	1					9	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3					6	–	7
Nevada		4	–	4					7	–	6
Wyoming		3	–	5					4	–	8
Colorado State		3	–	5					4	–	8
UNLV		2	–	6					2	–	11
New Mexico		1	–	7					4	–	9
Hawaii		1	–	7					3	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

New head coach

The university hired Norm Chow, a native Hawaiian who had most recently served as the offensive coordinator at Utah, as its head coach in the 2011–12 offseason to replace the retiring Greg McMackin. With Chow's hiring, the Warriors abandoned the run and shoot offense that McMackin's predecessor June Jones installed and instead ran a pro-style offense.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:30 pm	at No. 1 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FOX	L 10–49	93,607
September 15	6:00 pm	Lamar*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/ROOT	W 54–2	31,442
September 22	4:30 pm	Nevada	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	NBCSN	L 24–69	31,417
September 28	2:00 pm	at BYU*	LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	L 0–47	62,022
October 6	2:00 pm	at San Diego State	Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, CA	CBSSN	L 14–52	50,586
October 13	6:00 pm	New Mexico	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/ROOT	L 23–35	31,632
October 27	1:00 pm	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	KTVD/Oceanic PPV/ROOT	L 27–42	16,573
November 3	1:00 pm	at Fresno State	Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA (rivalry)	Oceanic PPV/TWCSN	L 10–45	30,755
November 10	2:00 pm	Boise State	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	NBCSN	L 14–49	29,471
November 16	3:30 pm	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO (rivalry)	ESPN2	L 7–21	25,313
November 24	6:00 pm	UNLV	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV	W 48–10	28,359
December 1	6:00 pm	South Alabama*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/ROOT/TWCSN	W 23–7	27,865
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Hawaii time

Game summaries

@ USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	0	10	0	10
#1 Trojans	20	15	7	7	49

See also: 2012 USC Trojans football team

Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	2	2
Warriors	7	21	13	13	54

See also: 2012 Lamar Cardinals football team

Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	14	20	21	14	69
Warriors	3	14	0	7	24

See also: 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

@ BYU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	0	0	0	0
Cougars	7	13	20	7	47

See also: 2012 BYU Cougars football team

@ San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	7	7	0	14
Aztecs	14	21	3	14	52

See also: 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team

New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lobos	14	7	7	7	35
Warriors	0	10	7	6	23

See also: 2012 New Mexico Lobos football team

@ Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	14	7	6	0	27
Rams	7	21	0	14	42

See also: 2012 Colorado State Rams football team

@ Fresno State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	3	0	7	10
Bulldogs	21	21	3	0	45

See also: 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

Boise State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Broncos	21	14	7	7	49
Warriors	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2012 Boise State Broncos football team

@ Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	7	0	0	0	7
Falcons	0	7	14	0	21

See also: 2012 Air Force Falcons football team

UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rebels	0	0	0	10	10
Warriors	7	24	3	14	48

See also: 2012 UNLV Rebels football team

South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	0	0	0	7	7
Warriors	10	6	7	0	23

See also: 2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team