{"id":230457,"date":"2026-03-06T13:17:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=230457"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:17:30","slug":"football-adds-sacramento-state-umass-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/06\/football-adds-sacramento-state-umass-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Warrior football adds new D1<\/abbr> Sacramento State to schedule, U<\/abbr>Mass canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Rainbow<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa football team<\/a> will host Sacramento State on November 28, 2026 at the Clarence T.C.<\/abbr> Ching Athletics Complex, marking the first-ever meeting between the two programs.<\/p>\n

The matchup replaces the first game of a previously scheduled home-and-home series with U<\/abbr>Mass 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 U<\/abbr>Mass.<\/p>\n

Sacramento State will be entering its first season as an Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS<\/abbr>) program in 2026 as a member of the Mid-American Conference.<\/p>\n

Other nonconference matchups on UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

To see the full schedule, visit Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It marks the first-ever matchup between the two programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,83,9,550],"class_list":["post-230457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-football","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t