Dick Tomey Legacy Game

The Dick Tomey Legacy Game is the name given to the Hawaii–San Jose State football rivalry. It is a college football rivalry between the Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors football team of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the San José State Spartans football team of San José State University. Since 1936, the two teams have played each other 46 times. Beginning in 2019 the winner of the game receives the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy. As of 2023, San Jose State leads, 23–22–1.

Dick Tomey Legacy Game

San Jose State Spartans Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Sport	American football
Type	Collegiate
First meeting	December 11, 1936 San Jose State, 13–8
Latest meeting	October 28, 2023 San Jose State, 35–0
Next meeting	November 1, 2025
Stadiums	CEFCU and Clarence T. C. Ching
Trophy	Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	46
All-time series	San Jose State leads, 23–22–1
Trophy series	San Jose State leads, 4–1
Largest victory	San Jose State, 48–6 (1960)
Longest win streak	Hawaii, 7 wins (2001–2007)
Current win streak	San Jose State, 4 wins (2020–Present)

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San José State University

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

  

Locations of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and San José State University

Historical overview

The series between San Jose State and Hawaii began in 1936 with a game in Honolulu, which San Jose State won 13–8. Two years later in 1938, Hawaiʻi won their first game of the series, a 13–12 victory in Honolulu.

In 1941, the San Jose State Spartans football team served unexpectedly with the Honolulu Police Department during World War II. The team had just arrived in Hawaii to play a series of postseason bowl games, known as the Shrine Bowl, against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and the Willamette University Bearcats when the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. The team was stranded on the islands for a number of weeks following the attack, and players were employed by the local police department to help improve island defenses against a possible Japanese amphibious assault and as guards for military bases on the island.^[1][2] They were rescued on December 19 aboard the SS President Coolidge.^[3]

In 1996, San José State joined the Western Athletic Conference, making the pair conference rivals. In 2007, Hawaiʻi had their seventh consecutive win, the longest win-streak of the series. In 2012, Hawaiʻi moved their football team to the Mountain West Conference,^[4] they were followed by San José State the following year,^[5] allowing the teams to continue to be conference rivals.

In 2019, after the death of Dick Tomey, a former head coach for both schools, the near-annual game was renamed to the Dick Tomey Legacy Game, the winner of which would receive the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy.^[6][7]

Statistics

Source:[8]	San José State	Hawaiʻi
Games played	45
Wins	23	22
Ties	1
Home wins	7	13
Road wins	16	9
Consecutive wins	4	7
Most total points in a game	105 (2000)
Most points in a win	57 (2000)	62 (1999)
Most points in a loss	41 (1999, 2018)	48 (2000)
Fewest total points in a game	12 (1957)
Largest margin of victory	42 (1960)	37 (2006)
Smallest margin of victory	1 (1937, 2011)	1 (1938)
Total points scored in series	1,197	1,069
Shut-outs of opposing team	4 (1955, 1957, 1962, 2023)	2 (1956, 2014)

Game results

San Jose State victories

Hawaii victories

Tie games

No. Date Location Winner Score 1 December 11, 1936 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 13–8 2 December 4, 1937 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 7–6 3 December 3, 1938 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 13–12 4 September 9, 1955 San Jose, CA San Jose State 34–0 5 November 30, 1956 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 20–0 6 November 30, 1957 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 12–0 7 September 27, 1958 San Jose, CA Hawaii 8–6 8 October 3, 1959 San Jose, CA San Jose State 44–14 9 December 2, 1960 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 48–6 10 November 30, 1962 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 19–0 11 November 25, 1972 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 28–14 12 November 24, 1973 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 23–3 13 November 9, 1974 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 32–11 14 November 29, 1975 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 30–20 15 September 11, 1976 San Jose, CA San Jose State 48–7 16 November 5, 1977 San Jose, CA San Jose State 24–14 17 October 7, 1978 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 25–11 18 September 17, 1988 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 36–27 19 November 16, 1991 San Jose, CA Tie 35–35 20 November 9, 1996 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 38–17 21 November 15, 1997 San Jose, CA San Jose State 38–14 22 November 7, 1998 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 45–17 23 November 6, 1999 San Jose, CA Hawaii 62–41 24 October 28, 2000 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 57–48 No. Date Location Winner Score 25 November 3, 2001 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 34–10 26 November 2, 2002 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 40–31 27 November 1, 2003 San Jose, CA Hawaii 13–10 28 October 23, 2004 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 46–28 29 October 22, 2005 San Jose, CA Hawaii 45–38 30 November 18, 2006 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 54–17 31 October 12, 2007 San Jose, CA #16 Hawaii 42–35 32 September 27, 2008 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 20–17 33 November 21, 2009 San Jose, CA Hawaii 17–10 34 November 20, 2010 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 41–7 35 October 14, 2011 San Jose, CA San Jose State 28–27 36 October 6, 2013 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 37–27 37 November 15, 2014 San Jose, CA Hawaii 13–0 38 November 21, 2015 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 42–23 39 October 8, 2016 San Jose, CA Hawaii 34–17 40 October 14, 2017 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 37–26 41 September 29, 2018 San Jose, CA Hawaii 44–41 42 November 9, 2019 Honolulu, HI Hawaii 42–40 43 December 5, 2020 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 35–24 44 September 19, 2021 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 17–13 45 November 26, 2022 San Jose, CA San Jose State 27–14 46 October 28, 2023 Honolulu, HI San Jose State 35–0 Series: San Jose State leads 23–22–1

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games

References

1. San Jose State Football Record Book (Offerpad Arizona Bowl ed.). San Jose State University. 2022. p. 59.
2. "Seventy years ago, teams from San Jose State and Willamette were in Hawaii for fun and football". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. December 7, 2011. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
3. "State of Oregon: World War II – Shock and Resolve: Oregon Reacts to Pearl Harbor". sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
4. E, Dave. "Hawaii Warriors Football To Join Mountain West: What Move Is Next for MWC?". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
5. Walker, Dave. "Rest in Peace, WAC Football: Utah State and San Jose State Leaving". Bleacher Report. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
6. "Spartans & Hawai'i Unveil Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy". SJSU Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
7. "Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy". University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
8. "Winsipedia – San Jose State Spartans vs. Hawaii Warriors football series history". Winsipedia. Retrieved March 9, 2023.