Photos by George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
Quarterback Tim Carey threw his first touchdown pass
and running back Quincy Jacobs, below, rushed
for two scores Saturday.

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The Rainbows have a little swagger
going after defeating Northridge;
Wyoming is clearly in their sights

By Paul Arnett
Star-Bulletin

The only sounds in the University of Hawaii locker room after last year's 66-0 loss at Wyoming were the shuffling of cleats across the floor and the tearing of tape.

No players or coaches had ever suffered a more humiliating defeat in their long and varied careers. Players vowed to remember their most inner feelings and release them in all their fury the next time a Wyoming Cowboy stood across from them.

"This game is very big," fifth-year senior Eddie Klaneski said minutes after the Rainbows secured a 34-21 win over Cal State Northridge Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. "We've been waiting for two years to get these guys back into our house.

"We just want to pay them back Last year's 66-0 loss was the worst game I've ever been a part of -- Pop Warner, high school, college. They better come strapped up, 'cause we wanna kill them. We're really confident, but against a good Wyoming team, we've got to play smart and play well in order to get the win."

UH head coach Fred vonAppen believes emotion will play only a small part in Hawaii's game plan. He prefers sound Xs and Os to frothing at the mouth. Defensive coordinator Don Lindsey agrees.

"You can't play with emotion, you have to play with enthusiasm," Lindsey said. "We can't get caught up in all that revenge stuff. Emotional decisions aren't always sound ones."

The defending Pacific Division champions are coming off a sound 10-2 season that ended with an overtime defeat to Brigham Young University in the Western Athletic Conference championship game in Las Vegas.

The Cowboys opened this season with a hard-fought loss at Ohio State. Saturday, they took out their frustrations on the Cyclones of Iowa State with a 56-10 thrashing. It appears the Cowboys are still a formidable foe under the direction of first-year head coach Dana Dimel.

"We wouldn't have it any other way," senior linebacker Brian Chapman said. "They've beat us bad three of the four years I've been here. And now it's our turn. All I can say is they better buckle up their chin straps because we're going to do a little head-hunting."

For the most part, Hawaii hunted well in its 13-point win over Northridge. The Rainbows limited the high-powered Matador offense to only 14 points and 322 total yards.

By George F. Lee, Star-Bulletin
The stingy Rainbows defense limited Cal State
Northridge to just 11 yards rushing. At left they put
the clamps on Matador running back Drew Hill.

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The Matadors managed a meager 11 yards on the ground, something you might expect from a run-and-shoot offense. But unlike the Minnesota game, when the UH offense generated only 10 points and 174 total yards, the Rainbows scored early and often against the Matadors.

Tim Carey threw for 328 yards, including a 19-yard scoring pass to freshman Charles Tharp with 40 seconds left in the first half. It gave the Rainbows a 17-14 lead they wouldn't relinquish.

"It felt good to finally get out there and move the football like we expected to do all along," Carey said. "I haven't been around for any of these losses to Wyoming, but you get the feel from some of the fifth-year guys that they're due some payback -- big time."

The Rainbows not only need Carey to do well this weekend against the Cowboys, but also Tharp, who continued to impress. He had the first 100-yard game of his collegiate career, carrying the ball 10 times for 101 yards. He also had three receptions for 40 yards and three kickoff returns for 81.

"Charles gives us quite a dimension in several different ways," vonAppen said. "He doesn't have blazing speed, but he kind of glides along, picking his way for good yardage.

"It's great to get another win, but it's time to start looking ahead to Wyoming. This is our league opener, plus it's against a team that really beat us up bad last year. I know the players want this one, but we've got to play better than we did at times on Saturday in order to have a chance to win."

The Rainbows dominated in nearly every phase of the game, but two turnovers and seven penalties for 82 yards kept them from blowing out the pesky Division I-AA Matadors, who had opened their season with a 63-23 win at Boise State.

Despite statistical domination, Hawaii still only led by six points with six minutes left in the game. Not until Doak Walker Award nominee Quincy Jacobs scored his second touchdown of the game with 3:53 remaining was the game secured.

"It feels good, but we still have a lot of unfinished work to do," Jacobs said. "I haven't been here all four years, but I know how badly my teammates want to beat Wyoming. We're ready. It's our turn to shine."

Game Statistics

Individual

Rushing

		Car	Yards	Avg	TD	Long
Charles Tharp	18	155	8.6	0	31
Quincy Jacobs	29	86	3.0	2	15
Calvin Mims	5	24	4.8	0	8
Anthony Diieso	2	7	3.5	0	5
Eleu Kane	1	5	5.0	0	5
Avion Weaver	3	4	1.3	0	2
Morrie Roe	2	0	0.0	0	1
Robert Kemfort	2	-3	-1.5	0	4
Tim Carey	22	-65	--3.0	1	4

Passing

		Att	Comp	Yards	Int	TD
Tim Carey	54	34	400	3	1
Dan Robinson	4	2	30	0	0
Charles Tharp	1	0	0	0	0

Total Offense

		Plays	Rush	Pass	Total	Avg
Tim Carey	76	-65	400	335	167.5
Charles Tharp	24	155	68	223	111.5
Quincy Jacobs	31	94	0	94	47.0
Lonn Kalama	7	0	65	65	32.5
Wesley Morris	4	0	66	66	32.0
Johnny Macon	4	0	63	63	31.5
Eleu Kane	6	5	56	61	30.5
Dan Robinson	4	0	30	30	30.0
Calvin Mims	8	24	35	59	29.5
Gary Ellison	3	0	43	43	21.5
Morrie Roe	4	0	8	8	4.0
Anthony Diieso	2	7	0	7	3.5
Avion Weaver	3	4	0	4	2.0
Robert Kemfort	2	-3	0	-3	-1.5

Receiving

		Rec	Yards	Avg	TD	Long
Lonn Kalama	7	65	9.3	0	23
Charles Tharp	5	68	13.6	1	26
Eleu Kane	5	56	11.2	0	13
Wesley Morris	4	66	16.5	0	30
Johnny Macon	4	63	15.8	0	24
Gary Ellison	3	43	14.3	0	22
Calvin Mims	3	35	11.7	0	18
Morrie Roe	2	8	4.0	0	12
Quincy Jacobs	2	8	4.0	0	4
Robert Kemfort	1	18	9.0	0	18

Scoring

		TD	1xp	2xp	FG	Pts
Eric Hannum	0	6	0	3	15
Quincy Jacobs	2	0	0	0	12
Charles Tharp	1	0	0	0	6
Chris Shinnick	1	0	0	0	6
Tim Carey	1	0	0	0	6

Punting

		No.	Yards	Avg	Blk	Long
Chad Shrout	11	523	47.6	0	62
Tim Carey	3	90	30.0	0	37

Punt returns

		No.	Yards	Avg	TD	Long
Eddie Klaneski	9	78	8.7	0	32

Kickoff returns

		No.	Yards	Avg	TD	Long
Charles Tharp	4	115	28.8	0	35
Quincy Jacobs	1	19	19.0	0	19

Interceptions

		No.	Yards	Avg	TD	Long
Eddie Klaneski	1	0	0.0	0	0

Blocked Kicks and Fumbles Advanced

		No.	Yards	Avg	TD
 Eddie Klaneski	1	78	78.0	0
Sam Collins	1	32	32.0	1
Chris Shinnick	1	2	2.0	1

Tackles

		Una	Ast	Total	Loss	Sack
Doug Rosevold	9	7	16	2	1
Chris Shinnick	9	5	14	0	0
Eddie Klaneski	7	4	11	0	0
Brian Chapman	7	3	10	1	1
K. Cobb-Adams	7	2	9	1	4
Kekoa Kilcoyne	7	1	8	0	0
Ellie Kapihe	5	3	8	2	0
Ben Bright	5	2	7	1	2
Tony Tuioti	1	5	6	0	0
Matt Paul	5	1	6	0	1
Alfred Hunter	6	0	6	0	0
Bob Pigott	3	1	4	0	2
Sam Collins	2	2	4	0	1
Matt Elam	4	0	4	1	1
S. Gonzales	3	1	4	1	0
Celnell Bobbitt	3	1	4	0	0
Robbie Robinson	4	0	4	0	0
Joaquin Avila	2	1	3	0	0
B. Santamaria	3	0	3	0	0
Punahou Aina	0	3	3	0	0
Don. Williams	3	0	3	0	0
Blase Austin	3	0	3	0	0
Kaulana Noa	1	0	1	0	0
Larry Slade	1	0	1	0	0
Rinda Brooks	1	0	1	0	0

Team

UHOPP

First downs

35	27

Rush

12	7

Pass

21	15

Penalty

 2	5

Rushing

Attempts

84	65

Net yards

213	111

Yards per game

106.5	55.5

Passing

Comp-att-inter

36-59-3	35-66-1

Net yards

403	432

Yards per game

 201.5	216.0

Total offense

Plays-yards

143-643	131-543

Yards per game

321.5	271.5

Points scored-average

51-25.5	24-12.0

Punts

Number

14	17	

Yards

613	716

Average

43.8	42.1

Fumbles

Number-lost

0-0	10-4

Penalties

Number-yards

15-155	12-108

Sacks made

Number-yards lost

13-76	8-77

Conversions

Third down

9-34	5-30

Conversion percentage

.265	.167

Fourth down

0-1	1-3

Conversion percentage

.000	.333

Time of possession

Average per game

32:19	27:42

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