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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa football team will host Sacramento State on November 28, 2026 at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, marking the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
The matchup replaces the first game of a previously scheduled home-and-home series with UMass that had been set for that date. The Rainbow Warriors will now seek a replacement opponent for the August 28, 2027 season opener that was originally scheduled against UMass.
Sacramento State will be entering its first season as an Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) program in 2026 as a member of the Mid-American Conference.
Other nonconference matchups on UH’s 2026 schedule include road games at Stanford (August 29) and Arizona State (October 10), along with a home game against New Mexico State (September 12). The Rainbow Warriors also recently added North Dakota State to a future season schedule after the Bison joined the Mountain West Conference.
To see the full schedule, visit Hawaiiathletics.com.