Stanford’s defense made some nice plays, including on Hawaii’s first offensive play, when Patterson strip-sacked Alejado, with Wilfredo Aybar recovering the loose ball in the end zone, which gave Stanford a 10-0 lead after the extra point.

Stanford started its season under interim head coach Frank Reich by falling to the Rainbow Warriors 23-20 in Hawaii to start a 2025 season playing with a record number of transfers.

Stanford and Hawaii will open the college football season on CBS at 7:30 p.m. ET from Honolulu, with Stanford having won all four previous meetings.

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The 2025 college football season begins on Saturday with an intriguing slate of Week 0 games. Among them is a matchup between Stanford against Hawaii in The Aloha State. That matchup will mark the final FBS game on the Week 0 calendar before the page turns to Week 1.