1941 Hawaii Rainbows football team

The 1941 Hawaii Deans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Hawaii as an independent during the 1941 college football season. The team compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 280 to 83. The season was shortened by two games following the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

1941 Hawaii Rainbows football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumHonolulu Stadium
1941 Western college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hawaii    8 1 0
Santa Clara    6 3 0
San Francisco    6 4 0
Idaho Southern Branch    5 1 2
Cal Poly    5 3 1
Saint Mary's    5 4 0
Loyola (CA)    5 5 0
Nevada    3 5 1
Portland    3 5 0
Gonzaga    3 7 0
San Francisco State    2 4 1
Humboldt State    2 5 1
La Verne    0 6 0

Tom Kaulukukui and Eugene Gill were co-head coaches. It was Kaulukukui's first year as a head coach; Gill had been head coach of the team in 1940 as well.

During a September 24 game against Pacific (CA) in Stockton, California, a distressed army flying cadet tried to land his plane at the stadium, diving for 30 minutes "a few feet over the heads of terrified spectators and players and clipped the stadium power line, darkening the field." The cadet ultimately landed his plane safely in the stadium parking lot.

Hawaii was ranked at No. 69 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.

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