HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i football team opens the 2019 season by hosting Arizona of the Pac-12 Conference, Saturday, Aug. 24 at Aloha Stadium. The contest is one of only two FBS games this weekend and kicks off the 150^th anniversary of College Football.
 
Game #1
Who: Hawai'i (0-0) vs. Arizona (0-0)
When: Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019
Time: 4:30 p.m. HT
Where: Honolulu, HI
Stadium: Aloha Stadium (50,000)
Television: CBS Sports Network (Spectrum Ch. 2475/HD 1247 and Hawaiian Telcom Ch. 83/HD 1083) with Carter Blackburn (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), Rick Neuheisel (analyst), Jenny Dell (sideline).
National Radio: Westwood One Sports. Ryan Radtke (play-by-play), Derek Rackley (analyst). 
Local Radio: ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Bobby Curran (play-by-play), John Veneri (analyst), Mark Veneri (sideline). Chris Hart and Gary Dickman hosts the "Countdown To Kickoff" at 2:30 p.m. HT. KRKH (Maui), KPUA (Hawai'i Island), and KTOH (Kaua'i).
Video Streaming: cbssports.com
Audio Streaming: ESPNHonolulu.com/Sideline Hawaii app
Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com
Series Information: UA leads 5-0
 
Game Storylines

• Hawai'i-Arizona is one of two FBS games on Saturday which kick-offs the College Football's 150th Anniversary season. The teams are also scheduled to open the 2020 season in Tucson (Aug. 29).
• The game is the first meeting between the teams since the passing of college coaching great DIck Tomey in May 2019. Tomey coached at UH for 10 seasons (1977-86) before heading to Arizona for 14 seasons (1987-2000).
• The Wildcats have won all five meetings in the series, including three contests in Honolulu (1951, '77, and '98). 
• The August 24 opener is the earliest start in program history. Last season, UH played at Colorado State on August 25 (2018) and the previous two years, the Warriors opened on August 26 (vs. Cal in Sydney, Australia in 2016 and at UMass in 2017).
• UH is 2-1 in season openers under head coach Nick Rolovich with wins in each of the past two seasons at UMass (2017) and Colorado State (2018). 
• UH is 3-0 in home openers under Rolovich with wins over UT Martin (41-36) in 2016; Western Carolina (41-18) in 2017; and Navy (59-41) in 2018. Overall, the Warriors have won their last four home openers dating back to 2015.
• This year marks the eighth time in the last 10 years that UH opens the season versus a Pac-12 squad. UH opened with a Pac-12 team for seven straight years from 2010-16, compiling a 2-5 mark.
• UH's last six wins against Power 5 conferences have come against Pac-12 squads.
• The last time UH faced three Pac-12 squads in the same season was 2014 (Washington, Oregon State, Colorado).
• UH is 2-11 in its last 13 games versus Pac-12 opponents since 2010. Both wins were against Colorado at home — one in the 2011 season opener (34-17) and the other in the 2015 season opener (28-20).
• The game is the first of eight home contests for the Rainbow Warriors this season, the most regular season home games since 2006.
• UH is coming off its first winning season since 2010 and have appeared in two bowl games in the last three seasons under Rolovich.
• UH returns 20 starters this season — a figure tied for the most in the nation along with Ball State, Indiana, Michigan State and Oregon. The Warriors return nine offensive starters from a unit tht ranked ninth nationally in passing offense (310.3 ypg).