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1996 Hawai’i

2–⁠10 (1–⁠7 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Fred Vonappen.

Schedule and results

Hawai’i in 1996, game by game: lost vs. Boston College 21–24; lost vs. Ohio 10–21; lost at Wyoming 0–66; won vs. Boise State 20–14; lost at Fresno State 0–20; lost vs. Colorado State 16–28; lost at San Diego State 8–56; won vs. UNLV 38–28; lost at Air Force 7–34; lost vs. San José State 17–38; lost vs. No. 10 BYU 14–45; lost vs. Wisconsin 10–59+10−66Lost 21–24 vs. Boston College-3Boston CollegeLost 10–21 vs. Ohio-11OhioLost 0–66 at Wyoming-66WyomingWon 20–14 vs. Boise State+6Boise StateLost 0–20 at Fresno State-20Fresno StateLost 16–28 vs. Colorado State-12Colorado StateLost 8–56 at San Diego State-48San Diego StateWon 38–28 vs. UNLV+10UNLVLost 7–34 at Air Force-27Air ForceLost 17–38 vs. San José State-21San José StateLost 14–45 vs. No. 10 BYU-31No. 10 BYULost 10–59 vs. Wisconsin-49Wisconsin
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31vsBoston CollegeL 21–⁠2446%
Sep 7vsOhioL 10–⁠2162%
Sep 14atWyomingL 0–⁠6622%
Sep 21vsBoise StateW 20–⁠1462%
Sep 28atFresno StateL 0–⁠2036%
Oct 5vsColorado StateL 16–⁠2831%
Oct 11atSan Diego StateL 8–⁠5617%
Oct 19vsUNLVW 38–⁠2867%
Oct 26atAir ForceL 7–⁠3414%
Nov 9vsSan José StateL 17–⁠3864%
Nov 16vs10BYUL 14–⁠4512%
Nov 30vsWisconsinL 10–⁠5921%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 59–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 14th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1996.

Record
2–⁠10
Conference
1–⁠7 14th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
161–⁠433
Coach
Fred Vonappen
Elo
1251 −151 this season
SP+ rating
-24.0 No. 105 of 111; offense No. 102, defense No. 97
SRS
−22.1 No. 107 of 111 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Guy Benjamin
Defensive coordinator
Don Lindsey
Offense
Pro-style
Defense
4–⁠3

1996 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
BYU9–⁠014–⁠15
Wyoming7–⁠110–⁠222
San Diego State6–⁠28–⁠3
Utah6–⁠28–⁠4
Rice6–⁠27–⁠4
Colorado State6–⁠27–⁠5
Air Force5–⁠36–⁠5
SMU4–⁠45–⁠6
New Mexico3–⁠56–⁠5
Fresno State3–⁠54–⁠7
TCU3–⁠54–⁠7
San José State3–⁠53–⁠9
Tulsa2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i1–⁠72–⁠10
UNLV1–⁠81–⁠11
UTEP0–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.