Rainbow Warriors travel to Texas to face Sam Houston

HONOLULU – The University of Hawaii football team will play on the road for the first time this season on Saturday, Sept. 14, when it faces Sam Houston. Kickoff is at 6 p.m. CT (1 p.m. HT) at Bowers Stadium. The game will be the first meeting between the two teams. The Rainbow Warriors (1-1) and Bearkats (1-1) are both coming off losses – UH to UCLA two weeks ago in Honolulu and Sam Houston to UCF last week in Orlando, Florida.

HAWAI’I (1-1) vs. SAM HOUSTON (1-1)
Date | Time				Saturday, September 14, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. CT / 1:00 p.m. HT
Location | Stadium				Huntsville, Texas | Bowers Stadium (14,000)
Live broadcast				ESPN+. Tom Franklin (live comedy) and John Harris (analyst).
radio				ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). John Veneri (live commentary) and Mark Veneri (commentary).
Audio streaming				ESPNHonolulu.com & Sideline Hawaii App
Live statistics				HawaiiAthletics.com
Game Notes				Hawaii | SHSU | Mountain West
Social Media				@HawaiiFootball | #HawaiiFB | @RainbowWarriorsFootball |

SERIES AGAINST SAM HOUSTON
All-time record: First meeting

GAME ACTIONS

• UH and Sam Houston will meet for the first time. The teams will face each other again next season (Sept. 6) in Honolulu.
• The game is UH’s first in the state of Texas since the 2020 New Mexico Bowl at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas. Hawaii defeated Houston 28-14.
• UH holds an all-time record of 39-18 (.684) against current members of Conference USA. Most of its games have been against three teams – UTEP (18-13), New Mexico State (11-1) and Louisiana Tech (8-3), primarily when all were members of the Western Athletic Conference.
• UH (1-1) did not play last week after a two-game home opener that included a win over Delaware State and a loss to UCLA.
• Under the head coach Timmy ChangUH is 0-2 after the off weeks. Hawaii has had one off week in each of the last two seasons. This season’s schedule includes three off weeks (Weeks 2, 5, 13).
• UH has a 1-11 away record under Chang (0-6 in 2022; 1-5 in 2023).
• Sam Houston (1-1) is coming off a 45-14 road loss to UCF in Orlando, Fla. The Bearkats opened the season with two consecutive road games, including a 34-14 season-opening win over Rice.
• UH has lost its last four non-conference road games, with the last win coming at New Mexico State in 2021.
• This week’s road game is the first of five road games for the Warriors in 2024, their fewest since 2007 (not counting the COVID-hit 2020 season). The trip to Huntsville will total approximately 8,040 air miles and 120 ground miles.
• UH’s roster includes eight players from the state of Texas, including key contributors QB Brayden Schager (Highland Park), WR Pofele Ashlock (Euless), WR/RS Tylan Hines (Mt. Pleasant), CB Nockenstein (Angleton) and DL Daniel “Sauce” Williams (San Antonio).
• Schager needs 65 passing yards to reach 7,000 yards in his career. Only four other UH quarterbacks have reached that milestone. He also needs a passing touchdown to tie Chevan Cordeiro for sixth all-time and three more to tie Garrett Gabriel for fifth all-time. If Schager starts at QB this week, he will tie Gabriel for second all-time with 25 consecutive starts. The program record is 26 set by Bryant Moniz in 2009-11.

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