Island Showdown

Island Showdown
	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors UNLV Rebels
Sport	Football
First meeting	October 25, 1969; Hawaii 57, UNLV 19
Latest meeting	November 16, 2019; Hawaii 21, UNLV 7
Next meeting	November 14, 2020 in Halawa
Stadiums	Allegiant Stadium; Paradise, Nevada, U.S.Aloha Stadium; Halawa, Hawaii, U.S.
Trophy	None (1969–2015); Pair-O-Dice (2016); Island Showdown (2017–present)
Statistics
Meetings total	29
All-time series	Hawaii leads, 17–12 (.586)
Trophy series	Hawaii, 2–1 (.667)
Largest victory	Hawaii, 57–19 (1969)
Longest win streak	Hawaii, 7 (1980–1996)
Current win streak	Hawaii, 2 (2018–present)

Hawaii

Location in Hawaii

UNLV

Location in Nevada

The Island Showdown (also known as the Hawaii–UNLV football rivalry) is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Battle for the Pacific, an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Hawaii) and the UNLV Rebels football team of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). It was known as the Pair-O-Dice trophy in 2016. The Island Showdown trophy was introduced on October 31, 2017.

The first game between the teams was in 1969 with Hawaii defeating UNLV. In 2017, the trophy was built and UNLV won the Island Showdown trophy. The current holder is Hawaii, following a 21–7 victory in 2019 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. Hawaii has the longest win streak in the rivalry, holding the record for sixteen consecutive years.

Game results[edit]

Hawaii victories	UNLV victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 25, 1969	Moiliili, HI	Hawaii	57–19
2	November 7, 1970	Las Vegas, NV	Hawaii	28–21
3	October 27, 1973	Moiliili, HI	Hawaii	31–29
4	October 26, 1974	East Las Vegas, NV	UNLV	33–8
5	October 14, 1978	East Las Vegas, NV	UNLV	30–20
6	September 29, 1979	Halawa, HI	UNLV	48–31
7	November 15, 1980	East Las Vegas, NV	Hawaii	24–19
8	October 31, 1981	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	57–21
9	October 15, 1983	East Las Vegas, NV	Hawaii	23–0
10	September 29, 1984	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	16–12
11	October 24, 1992	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	55–25
12	September 30, 1995	Whitney, NV	Hawaii	58–30
13	October 19, 1996	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	38–28
14	September 20, 1997	Whitney, NV	UNLV	25–15
15	December 2, 2000	Halawa, HI	UNLV	34–32
16	September 19, 2003	Whitney, NV	UNLV	33–22

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
17	September 16, 2006	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	42–13
18	September 15, 2007	Whitney, NV	Hawaii	49–14
19	September 19, 2009	Whitney, NV	UNLV	34–33
20	December 4, 2010	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	59–21
21	September 17, 2011	Whitney, NV	UNLV	40–20
22	November 24, 2012	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	48–10
23	October 12, 2013	Whitney, NV	UNLV	39–37
24	November 22, 2014	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	37–35
25	November 7, 2015	Whitney, NV	UNLV	41–21
26	October 15, 2016	Halawa, HI	UNLV	41–38
27	November 4, 2017	Whitney, NV	UNLV	31–23
28	November 17, 2018	Halawa, HI	Hawaii	35–28
29	November 16, 2019	Whitney, NV	Hawaii	21–7
30	November 14, 2020	Halawa, HI
Series: Hawaii leads 17–12
Note: Source:^[1]

Non-conference games (19: 1969–1995 and 1999–2011)
Not played in 22 seasons (1971–1972, 1975–1977, 1982, 1985–1991, 1993–1994, 1998–1999, 2001–2002, 2004–2005 and 2008)

Coaching records[edit]

Since first game on October 25, 1969

Hawaii[edit]

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Dave Holmes	Hawaii	3	1968–1973	3	0	0	1.000
Larry Price	Hawaii	1	1974–1976	0	1	0	.000
Dick Tomey	Hawaii	6	1977–1986	4	2	0	.667
Bob Wagner	Hawaii	2	1987–1995	2	0	0	1.000
Fred von Appen	Hawaii	2	1996–1998	1	1		.500
June Jones	Hawaii	4	1999–2007	2	2		.500
Greg McMackin	Hawaii	3	2008–2011	1	2		.333
Norm Chow	Hawaii	3	2012–2015	1	2		.333
Chris Naeole	Hawaii	1	2015	0	1		.000
Nick Rolovich	Hawaii	4	2016–2019	2	2		.500
Todd Graham	Hawaii	0	2020–present	0	0		–

UNLV[edit]

Head Coach	Team	Games	Seasons	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.
Bill Ireland	UNLV	2	1968–1972	0	2	0	.000
Ron Meyer	UNLV	2	1973–1975	1	1	0	.500
Tony Knap	UNLV	4	1976–1981	2	2	0	.500
Harvey Hyde	UNLV	2	1982–1985	0	2	0	.000
Wayne Nunnely	UNLV	0	1986–1989	0	0	0	–
Jim Strong	UNLV	1	1990–1993	0	1	0	.000
Jeff Horton	UNLV	3	1994–1998	1	2	0	.333
John Robinson	UNLV	2	1999–2004	2	0		1.000
Mike Sanford	UNLV	3	2005–2009	1	2		.333
Bobby Hauck	UNLV	5	2010–2014	2	3		.400
Tony Sanchez	UNLV	5	2015–2019	3	2		.600
Marcus Arroyo	UNLV	0	2020–present	0	0		–

References[edit]

↑ "Nevada-Las Vegas vs Hawaii". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2017. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

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v t e Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football
Venues	Moiliili Field (1909–1925) Honolulu Stadium (1926–1974) Aloha Stadium (1975–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Air Force Fresno State Wyoming
Culture & lore	Vili The Warrior Marching band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

v t e University of Hawaii at Manoa
Located in: Honolulu, Hawaii
Academics	Business Law Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Facilities	Aloha Stadium East–West Center The Fourth Sign Hamilton Library Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology John Young Museum of Art Les Murakami Stadium Lyon Arboretum Stan Sheriff Center Waikiki Aquarium
Organizations	Associated Students of the University of Hawaii
Media	Asian–Pacific Law & Policy Journal Ka Leo O Hawaii KTUH
Men's athletics	Baseball Basketball Football
Women's athletics	Basketball Softball Volleyball Beach volleyball
People	Alumni Faculty
Related	Hawaii Ocean Time-series University of Hawaii System
Founded: 1907 Students: 20,435 Endowment: US$280.2 million

v t e UNLV Rebels football
Venues	Cashman Field (old) (1968) Butcher Field (1971) Sam Boyd Stadium (1971–2019) Las Vegas Stadium (2020–future)
Bowl games & rivalries	Bowl games Hawaii (Island Showdown) Nevada (Fremont Cannon)
Culture & lore	Hey Reb! Win with the Rebels Star of Nevada
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

v t e University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Located in: Paradise, Nevada
Academics	School of Architecture Lee Business School School of Dental Medicine College of Education Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering College of Fine Arts Division of Health Sciences William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration William S. Boyd School of Law College of Liberal Arts School of Medicine School of Nursing College of Sciences Greenspun College of Urban Affairs Graduate College Honors College University College The Black Mountain Institute Institute for Security Studies UNLV Singapore
Athletics	Sam Boyd Stadium Football Battle for Nevada Thomas & Mack Center Men's basketball Cox Pavilion Women's basketball Earl Wilson Stadium Baseball Eller Media Stadium Softball City National Arena Hockey Mountain West Conference
Campus	Arboretum Architecture Studies Library Lied Library Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art Music Library The Performing Arts Center Student housing
Student life	Alumni Greek life KUNV Presidents The Rebel Yell USG
Traditions	Alma mater Hey Reb! History of UNLV Runnin' Rebels Pregame Show Star of Nevada Marching Band Win with the Rebels
Founded: 1957 Students: 29,702 Endowment: 238.3 million

v t e Mountain West Conference football rivalries
Conference	Air Force–Colorado State Air Force–Hawaii Boise State–Fresno State Boise State–Nevada Border War (Colorado State–Wyoming) Fresno State–Hawaii Fresno State–San Diego State Fresno State–San Jose State Fremont Cannon (Nevada–UNLV) Hawaii–Wyoming Utah State–Wyoming
Non-conference	Arizona–New Mexico Beehive Boot (BYU–Utah–Utah State) Bill Walsh Legacy Game (San Jose State–Stanford) Boise State–Idaho BYU–Utah State Commander-in-Chief's Trophy (Air Force–Army–Navy) Rocky Mountain Showdown (Colorado–Colorado State) Rio Grande Rivalry (New Mexico–New Mexico State) Battle of the Brothers (Utah–Utah State)