Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry

Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry

Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Wyoming Cowboys
First meeting	November 18, 1978 Hawai'i, 27–22
Latest meeting	November 18, 2023 Wyoming, 42–9
Next meeting	2025
Trophy	Paniolo Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	28
All-time series	Wyoming leads, 17–11
Largest victory	Wyoming, 66–0 (1996)
Longest win streak	Wyoming, 6 (1993–2013)
Current win streak	Wyoming, 2 (2023–present)

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Locations of Wyoming and Hawai'i

The Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Wyoming Cowboys. The rivalry began in 1978, when Hawaii 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 Hawaii joined the MW as a football-only affiliate member. The teams have met 28 times, with Wyoming leading the series 17–11.

Paniolo Trophy

The Paniolo Trophy was the trophy that went to the winner of the game. Paniolo is a Hawaiian word meaning “cowboy”, 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. However, neither team was able to locate the original Paniolo Trophy before the rivalry was reinstated; this led to a new replacement trophy being created based on photographs of the original.

Game results

Hawai'i victories

Wyoming victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 18, 1978	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	27–22
2	November 17, 1979	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	21–13
3	September 27, 1980	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	45–20
4	October 10, 1981	Laramie, WY	Hawai'i	14–9
5	October 2, 1982	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	28–10
6	November 26, 1983	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	31–13
7	November 3, 1984	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	31–28
8	October 12, 1985	Laramie, WY	Hawai'i	26–18
9	November 29, 1986	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	35–19
10	November 28, 1987	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	24–20
11	November 19, 1988	Honolulu, HI	No. 16 Wyoming	28–22
12	September 16, 1989	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	20–15
13	November 17, 1990	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	38–17
14	August 31, 1991	Laramie, WY	Hawai'i	32–17
15	November 21, 1992	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	42–18

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
16	October 23, 1993	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	48–10
17	November 19, 1994	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	13–10
18	September 16, 1995	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	52–6
19	September 14, 1996	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	66–0
20	September 13, 1997	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	35–6
21	November 23, 2013	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	59–56OT
22	October 11, 2014	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	38–28
23	September 23, 2017	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	28–21OT
24	October 6, 2018	Honolulu, HI	Hawai'i	17–13
25	October 30, 2020	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	31–7
26	November 27, 2021	Laramie, WY	Hawai'i	38–14
27	October 29, 2022	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	27–20
28	November 18, 2023	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	42–9
Series: Wyoming leads 17–11

See also

• List of NCAA college football rivalry games