 From 2000 until July 1, 2013, the football team was renamed to simply "Warriors", until a 2013 decision to standardize all of the school's athletic team names took effect, and the team was once again known as the "Rainbow Warriors".The Hawaii Warriors were the third team from a non automatic qualifier conference to play in a BCS bowl game.They played Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on January 1, 2008 in New Orleans, and lost 41-10.