Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry

Hawaii–Wyoming football rivalry

Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Wyoming Cowboys
First meeting	November 18, 1978 Hawai'i 27, Wyoming 22
Latest meeting	October 11, 2014 Hawai'i 38, Wyoming 28
Next meeting	TBD
Trophy	Paniolo Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total	22
All-time series	Wyoming leads, 13–9
Largest victory	Wyoming, 66–0 (1996)
Longest win streak	Wyoming, 6 (1993–2013)
Current win streak	Hawai'i, 1 (2014–present)

The Hawai'i–Wyoming football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Wyoming Cowboys. 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. The rivalry began in 1978, when Hawai'i 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 Hawai'i joined the MW as a football-only affiliate member. 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. The teams have met 22 times, with Wyoming leading the series 13–9.

Game results

Hawaii victories

Wyoming victories

Ties

Date	Location	Winner	Score		Series
			UH	UW
November 18, 1978	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	27	22	Hawaii 1–0
November 17, 1979	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	13	21	Tie 1–1
September 27, 1980	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	20	45	Wyoming 2–1
October 10, 1981	Laramie, WY	Hawaii	14	9	Tie 2–2
October 2, 1982	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	10	28	Wyoming 3–2
November 26, 1983	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	13	31	Wyoming 4–2
November 3, 1984	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	31	28	Wyoming 4–3
October 12, 1985	Laramie, WY	Hawaii	26	18	Tie 4–4
November 29, 1986	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	35	19	Hawaii 5–4
November 28, 1987	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	20	24	Tie 5–5
November 19, 1988	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	22	28	Wyoming 6–5
September 16, 1989	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	15	20	Wyoming 7–5
November 17, 1990	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	38	17	Wyoming 7–6
August 31, 1991	Laramie, WY	Hawaii	32	17	Tie 7–7
November 21, 1992	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	42	18	Hawaii 8–7
October 23, 1993	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	10	48	Tie 8–8
November 19, 1994	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	10	13	Wyoming 9–8
September 16, 1995	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	6	52	Wyoming 10–8
September 14, 1996	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	0	66	Wyoming 11–8
September 13, 1997	Honolulu, HI	Wyoming	6	35	Wyoming 12–8
November 23, 2013	Laramie, WY	Wyoming	56	59	Wyoming 13–8
October 11, 2014	Honolulu, HI	Hawaii	38	28	Wyoming 13–9