Greg Salas holds the Rainbow Warriors' career receiving yards record.
The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football statistical leaders are individual statistical leaders of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football program in various categories,[ 1] including passing , rushing , receiving , total offense , defensive stats, and kicking . Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, Single season and career leaders. The Rainbow Warriors represent the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the NCAA 's Mountain West Conference (MW).
Although Hawaii began competing in intercollegiate football in 1909, the school's official record book considers[ 1] the "modern era" to have begun in 1968. Records from before this year are often incomplete and inconsistent, and they are generally not included in these lists.
These lists are dominated by more recent players for several reasons:
Since 1968, college football seasons have increased from 10 games to 11 and then 12 games in length. Additionally, the NCAA allows Hawaii to play one more game each season than institutions located on the U.S. mainland,[ 2] presumably as compensation for the costs required to travel to games on the mainland. In turn, this means that a typical Hawaii season now consists of 13 regular-season games, not counting possible conference championship games or bowl appearances.
The NCAA didn't allow freshmen to play varsity football until 1972 (with the exception of the World War II years), allowing players to have four-year careers.
Bowl games only began counting toward single-season and career statistics in 2002.[ 3] The Rainbow Warriors have played in 10 bowl games since then.[ 4]
The Rainbow Warriors also played in the 2019 MW Championship Game , giving players in that season yet another game to accumulate statistics.
These lists are updated through the end of the 2019 season . The Hawaii 2019 Media Guide does not list a top 10 for every statistic, sometimes only listing a single leader.[ 1]
Passing
Passing yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Timmy Chang
17,072
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2
Colt Brennan
14,193
2005 2006 2007
3
Bryant Moniz
10,169
2009 2010 2011
4
Cole McDonald
8,032[ 5]
2017 2018 2019
5
Brayden Schager
6,505[ 6]
2021 2022 2023
6
Chevan Cordeiro
6,167[ 7]
2018 2019 2020 2021
7
Dan Robinson
6,038
1997 1998 1999
8
Garrett Gabriel
5,631
1987 1988 1989 1990
9
Dru Brown
5,273[ 8]
2016 2017
10
Raphel Cherry
5,046
1981 1982 1983 1984
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Colt Brennan
5,549
2006
2
Bryant Moniz
5,040
2010
3
Timmy Chang
4,474
2002
4
Colt Brennan
4,343
2007
5
Colt Brennan
4,301
2005
6
Timmy Chang
4,258
2004
7
Timmy Chang
4,199
2003
8
Cole McDonald
4,135[ 5]
2019
9
Cole McDonald
3,875[ 5]
2018
10
Dan Robinson
3,853
1999
Passing touchdowns
Rushing
Rushing yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Gary Allen
3,451
1978 1979 1980 1981
2
Diocemy Saint Juste
3,102[ 20]
2013 2014 2016 2017
3
Michael Carter
2,528
1990 1991 1992 1993
4
Travis Sims
2,311
1989 1990 1991 1992
5
Joey Iosefa
2,218[ 21]
2011 2012 2013 2014
6
Larry Sherrer
2,174
1969 1970 1971
7
Jamal Farmer
2,124
1988 1989 1990 1991
8
Heikoti Fakava
2,111
1985 1986 1987 1988
9
Wilbert Haslip
2,073
1975 1976 1977 1978
10
Albert Holmes
1,941
1971 1972 1973
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Diocemy Saint Juste
1,510[ 20]
2017
2
Travis Sims
1,498
1992
3
Alex Green
1,199
2010
4
Albert Holmes
1,146
1972
5
Paul Harris
1,132[ 22]
2015
6
Larry Sherrer
1,129
1971
7
Michael Carter
1,092
1991
8
Nuu Faaola
1,064
1985
9
Gary Allen
1,040
1979
10
Gary Allen
1,006
1981
Diocemy Saint Juste
1,006[ 20]
2016
Rushing touchdowns
Single game
Rank
Player
TDs
Year
Opponent
1
Heikoti Fakava
5
1987
Yale
Receiving
Receptions
Receiving yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Greg Salas
4,345
2007 2008 2009 2010
2
Jason Rivers
3,919
2003 2004 2006 2007
3
Davone Bess
3,610
2005 2006 2007
4
Ryan Grice-Mullen
3,370
2005 2006 2006
5
Ashley Lelie
3,341
1999 2000 2001
6
Chad Owens
3,031
2001 2002 2003 2004
7
Justin Colbert
2,905
1999 2000 2001 2002
8
Walter Murray
2,865
1982 1983 1984 1985
9
John Ursua
2,662[ 38]
2015 2016 2017 2018
10
Marcus Kemp
2,570[ 39]
2013 2014 2015 2016
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Greg Salas
1,889
2010
2
Ashley Lelie
1,713
2001
3
Greg Salas
1,590
2009
4
Ryan Grice-Mullen
1,372
2007
5
John Ursua
1,343
2018
6
Kealoha Pilares
1,306
2010
7
Justin Colbert
1,302
2002
8
Chad Owens
1,290
2004
9
Davone Bess
1,266
2007
10
Dwight Carter
1,253
1999
Receiving touchdowns
Total offense Total offense is the sum of passing and rushing statistics. It does not include receiving or returns.[ 46]
Total offense yards
Career
Rank
Player
Yards
Years
1
Timmy Chang
16,910
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2
Colt Brennan
14,740
2005 2006 2007
3
Bryant Moniz
10,681
2009 2010 2011
4
Cole McDonald
8,912 [ 5]
2017 2018 2019
5
Chevan Cordeiro
7,250 [ 7]
2018 2019 2020 2021
6
Brayden Schager
6,556 [ 6]
2021 2022 2023
7
Garrett Gabriel
6,181
1987 1988 1989 1990
8
Michael Carter
6,032
1990 1991 1992 1993
9
Raphel Cherry
5,944
1981 1982 1983 1984
10
Dru Brown
5,586 [ 8]
2016 2017
Single season
Rank
Player
Yards
Year
1
Colt Brennan
5,915
2006
2
Bryant Moniz
5,142
2010
3
Cole McDonald
4,518 [ 5]
2019
4
Timmy Chang
4,457
2002
5
Colt Brennan
4,455
2005
6
Colt Brennan
4,368
2007
7
Timmy Chang
4,273
2004
8
Cole McDonald
4,234 [ 5]
2018
9
Timmy Chang
4,139
2003
10
Dan Robinson
3,762
1999
Touchdowns responsible for "Touchdowns responsible for" is the official NCAA term for combined rushing and passing touchdowns. It does not include receiving or returns.[ 48]
Defense
Interceptions
Single game
Rank
Player
Ints
Year
Opponent
1
Joe Kaulukukui
3
1938
San Jose State
Gene Tokuhama
3
1966
Fresno State
Hal Stringert
3
1973
Washington
Tony Pang-Kee
3
1990
Cal State Fullerton
Kenny Harper
3
1990
BYU
Abraham Elimimian
3[ 49]
2004
UTEP
Tackles
Single game
Rank
Player
Tackles
Year
Opponent
1
Eddie Klaneski
23
1996
Fresno State
Sacks
Single season
Rank
Player
Sacks
Year
1
Al Noga
17.0
1986
Single game
Rank
Player
Sacks
Year
Opponent
1
Mark Odom
4.0
1989
BYU
Kicking
Field goals made
Single game
Rank
Player
FGs
Year
Opponent
1
Reinhold Stuprich
5
1974
BYU
Lee Larsen
5
1981
New Mexico
Field goal percentage
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