1958 Hawaii Rainbows football team

The 1958 Hawaii Rainbows football team represented the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an independent during the 1958 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Hank Vasconcellos, the Rainbows compiled a 5–7 record.

1958 Hawaii Rainbows football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–7
Head coach	Hank Vasconcellos (7th season)
Home stadium	Honolulu Stadium

1958 NCAA College Division independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern			–					9	–	0	–	0
Rochester			–					8	–	0	–	0
Rose Poly			–					8	–	0	–	0
Sewanee			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Montana State			–					8	–	1	–	0
North Park			–					7	–	1	–	0
Carthage			–					7	–	2	–	0
Southern Connecticut State			–					7	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					7	–	3	–	0
Trinity (TX)			–					6	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					6	–	4	–	0
Tampa			–					6	–	4	–	0
Abilene Christian			–					5	–	5	–	0
No. 8 Chattanooga			–					5	–	5	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					4	–	4	–	1
Louisville			–					4	–	4	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Xavier			–					5	–	5	–	0
Washington University			–					4	–	4	–	0
Arkansas State			–					4	–	5	–	0
No. 18 Memphis State			–					4	–	5	–	0
UC Riverside			–					2	–	3	–	2
Hawaii			–					5	–	7	–	0
St. Norbert			–					3	–	6	–	0
Wabash			–					3	–	6	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					1	–	5	–	1
Pepperdine			–					1	–	7	–	0
Washington and Lee			–					1	–	7	–	0
Rankings from UPI small college poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 22	Honolulu All-Stars	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 6–0	23,000
September 13	vs. Kentucky	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 0–51	16,000
September 20	at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 6–47	19,000
September 27	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA (rivalry)	W 8–6	11,500
October 10	San Diego Marines	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 0–27	5,000
October 19	Hawaii Rams	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 12–7	2,000
October 26	Hawaii Marines	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 23–28	3,000
November 2	Hawaii Rams	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 6–8	2,000
November 8	Hawaii Marines	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 12–8	4,000
November 14	Humboldt State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 6–12	5,000
November 29	Idaho State	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	W 40–19	2,000
December 6	Utah	Honolulu Stadium Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii	L 20–47	18,000
Homecoming