The University of Hawaiʻi and Stanford University will meet on the football field for the first time in more than 50 years when the schools begin a four-game series starting in 2023.
The series opener is scheduled for September 1, 2023 in Honolulu followed by another match-up in Hawaiʻi on August 23, 2025. The series shifts to northern California in 2026 (August 29) and 2030 (August 31) in Stanford.
Stanford won all three previous meetings, all of which were played in Honolulu. The last time the teams met was December 2, 1972 with the Cardinal prevailing 39–7 at Honolulu Stadium. The first match-up was also the closest margin as Stanford won 18–7 on December 23, 1946. The teams met four years later in the Pineapple Bowl on January 2, 1950 with Stanford taking it, 74–20.
To accommodate the Stanford game in 2023, UH’s match-up with Albany that season was moved to September 9. The non-conference schedule is complete with home games against Stanford, Albany and New Mexico State (September 23) and road games at Vanderbilt (August 26) and Oregon (September 16).
