The 2004 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the

University of Hawaii at Manoa A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Univ ...

in the

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. Hawaii finished the 2004 season with an 8–5 record, going 4–4 in

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(WAC) play. The Warriors made their third straight appearance in the

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, facing off against the

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. The Warriors would go on to defeat the Blazers and cap off their third straight winning season, the fifth in six seasons under head coach

June Jones June Sheldon Jones III (born February 19, 1953) is an American football coach and former player who was most recently the offensive coordinator of the Seattle Sea Dragons. Jones was the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa ...

. In his final season, quarterback

Timmy Chang Timothy Kealii'okaaina Awa Chang (born October 9, 1981) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. During his playing career at Hawaii, he set several major college foot ...

set the NCAA Division I-A all-time passing yards record with 17,072, surpassing the old mark held by BYU quarterback Ty Detmer (15,031) by more than 2,000 yards. , Chang has the third-most career passing yards in FBS history. He also set records for total offensive yards (17,183), most offensive plays (2,610), and most interceptions (77). Wide receiver

Chad Owens Chad Owens Sr. (born April 3, 1982) is an American former professional football wide receiver and kick returner who played for three years in the National Football League (NFL) and nine years in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was selecte ...

won the Mosi Tatupu Award for the best

special teams In American football, the specific role that a player takes on the field is referred to as their position. Under the modern rules of American football, both teams are allowed 11 players on the field at one time and have "unlimited free substitu ...

player in the country and would earn second team AP All-American honors as an all-purpose player. He was drafted by the

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in the

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in the sixth round.

Schedule

Statistics

* QB

: 358/602 (59.5%) for 4,258 yards with 38 TD vs. 13 INT. 37 carries for 15 yards and 2 TD. * RB Michael Brewster: 113 carries for 722 yards and 6 TD. 34 catches for 273 yards and 1 TD. * RB West Kellikipi: 72 carries for 336 yards and 7 TD. 17 catches for 131 yards and 0 TD. * WR

: 102 catches for 1,290 yards and 17 TD. * WR

Jason Rivers Jason Rivers (born May 12, 1984) is an American former gridiron football wide receiver. He played college football for the Hawaii Warriors, and was a favorite target of record-setting quarterback Colt Brennan. Rivers places prominently on Haw ...

: 80 catches for 973 yards and 7 TD. * WR Britton Komine: 53 catches for 788 yards and 4 TD. * WR Gerald Welch: 45 catches for 515 yards and 5 TD. * WR Se'e Poumele: 13 catches for 151 yards and 2 TD. * WR Ross Dickerson: 15 catches for 143 yards and 1 TD. * K Justin Ayat: 11/15 on field goals and 54/58 on extra points.

References

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Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football seasons Hawaii Bowl champion seasons

Hawaii Warriors football The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS college football. It was part of the Western Athletic Conference until July 2012, when the team joined the Mountain West Conference. ...