Dick Tomey Legacy Game Explained

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Dick Tomey Legacy Game
Team1logo:San_Jose_State_Spartans_logo.svg
Team2logo:Hawaii_Warriors_logo.svg
Firstmeeting:December 11, 1936
San Jose State, 13–8
Mostrecent:October 28, 2023
San Jose State, 35–0
Trophy:Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy
Total:46
Series:San Jose State leads, 23–22–1
Trophy Series:San Jose State leads, 4–1
Largestvictory:San Jose State, 48–6 (1960)
Longeststreak:Hawaii, 7 wins (2001–2007)
Currentstreak:San Jose State, 4 wins (2020–Present)

The Dick Tomey Legacy Game is the name given to the Hawaii–San Jose State football rivalry. It is a college football rivalry between the Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors football team of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the San José State Spartans football team of San José State University. Since 1936, the two teams have played each other 46 times. Beginning in 2019 the winner of the game receives the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy. As of 2023, San Jose State leads, 23–22–1.

Historical overview

The series between San Jose State and Hawaii began in 1936 with a game in Honolulu, which San Jose State won 13–8. Two years later in 1938, Hawaiʻi won their first game of the series, a 13–12 victory in Honolulu.

In 1941, the San Jose State Spartans football team served unexpectedly with the Honolulu Police Department during World War II. The team had just arrived in Hawaii to play a series of postseason bowl games, known as the Shrine Bowl, against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and the Willamette University Bearcats when the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. The team was stranded on the islands for a number of weeks following the attack, and players were employed by the local police department to help improve island defenses against a possible Japanese amphibious assault and as guards for military bases on the island.[1] [2] They were rescued on December 19 aboard the .[3] In 1996, San José State joined the Western Athletic Conference, making the pair conference rivals. In 2007, Hawaiʻi had their seventh consecutive win, the longest win-streak of the series. In 2012, Hawaiʻi moved their football team to the Mountain West Conference,[4] they were followed by San José State the following year,[5] allowing the teams to continue to be conference rivals.

In 2019, after the death of Dick Tomey, a former head coach for both schools, the near-annual game was renamed to the Dick Tomey Legacy Game, the winner of which would receive the Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy.[6] [7]

Statistics

Source:[8] San José State Hawaiʻi - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Games played 45 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Wins 23 22 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Ties 1 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Home wins 7 13 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Road wins 16 9 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Consecutive wins 4 7 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Most total points in a game 105 (2000) - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Most points in a win 57 (2000) 62 (1999) - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Most points in a loss 41 (1999, 2018) 48 (2000) - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Fewest total points in a game 12 (1957) - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Largest margin of victory 42 (1960) 37 (2006) - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Smallest margin of victory 1 (1937, 2011) 1 (1938) - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Total points scored in series 1,197 1,069 - ! style="text-align: right; width: 14em;" Shut-outs of opposing team 4 (1955, 1957, 1962, 2023) 2 (1956, 2014)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: San Jose State Football Record Book . . 2022 . Offerpad Arizona Bowl . 59.
  2. Web site: December 7, 2011 . Seventy years ago, teams from San Jose State and Willamette were in Hawaii for fun and football. . March 10, 2023 . Santa Rosa Press Democrat . en-US.
  3. Web site: State of Oregon: World War II – Shock and Resolve: Oregon Reacts to Pearl Harbor . October 18, 2023 . sos.oregon.gov.
  4. Web site: E . Dave . Hawaii Warriors Football To Join Mountain West: What Move Is Next for MWC? . March 10, 2023 . Bleacher Report . en.
  5. Web site: Walker . Dave . Rest in Peace, WAC Football: Utah State and San Jose State Leaving . March 10, 2023 . Bleacher Report . en.
  6. Web site: Spartans & Hawai'i Unveil Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy . March 10, 2023 . SJSU Athletics . en.
  7. Web site: Dick Tomey Legacy Trophy . March 10, 2023 . University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics . en.
  8. Web site: Winsipedia – San Jose State Spartans vs. Hawaii Warriors football series history . March 9, 2023 . Winsipedia . en.