The Zeitgeist List · rivalries
Ninth Island Showdown
See both programs’ full 91-year Zeitgeist History, side by side →The series is dead even at 16–16. They've met 32 times since 1974. UNLV has won the last 3.
Stature & the series, 1974–2025
Both programs’ standing over time in their colors, with every meeting beneath — read down to see who was bigger and who won.
all-time
16–16
dead even
streak
3
UNLV in a row
longest run
7
Hawai'i
biggest win
38
Hawai'i, 2010
first met
1974
32 meetings
The coaching duels
Dick Tomey vs Tony Knap2–2
Nick Rolovich vs Tony Sanchez2–2
Norm Chow vs Bobby Hauck2–1
Dick Tomey vs Harvey Hyde2–0
Fred Vonappen vs Jeff Horton1–1
June Jones vs John Robinson0–2
Recent meetings
2025UNLV38–10
2024UNLV29–27
2023UNLV44–20
2022Hawai'i31–25
2021UNLV27–13
2020Hawai'i38–21
2019Hawai'i21–7
2018Hawai'i35–28
2017UNLV31–23
2016UNLV41–38
2015UNLV41–21
2014Hawai'i37–35
2013UNLV39–37
2012Hawai'i48–10