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Monday, November 1, 1999


R A I N B O W _ F O O T B A L L

Football Wrap

RAINBOW NOTEBOOK

Tapa

Quincy comes up big

Hawaii cornerback Quincy LeJay has taken back two interceptions for touchdowns, but neither was as pretty as the pick he procured in Saturday night's 34-14 loss to Texas Christian.

"That was one of the most beautiful interceptions I've ever seen as a coach," UH defensive coordinator Greg McMackin said. "That was big-time all the way."

The interception in the second quarter stopped a TCU drive at the Hawaii 10. LeJay also managed nine tackles against the TCU defense, two of them for losses on option plays. LeJay also had a hurry and two pass breakups.

"It was easily his best game of the year," McMackin said. "He did a great job of recognizing their speed option. After a while, they went away from him."

Hitting the deck

At times, senior quarterback Dan Robinson must have thought it was last year all over again. In a numbing 30-20 defeat to New Mexico 53 weekends ago, Robinson threw the football a school-record 57 times. After the game, he said he was knocked down on 25 occasions, a game he still felt by season's end.

Well, TCU left a similar calling card. Robinson was sacked three times by the league's best front seven. He also was hurried 10 times and knocked down at least a dozen others.

In the second quarter, Robinson was sandwiched on a busted play, injuring his back. But he stayed in there until the end.

"Dan Robinson is going to be sore tomorrow," TCU head coach Dennis Franchione said. "But give him credit. We kept knocking him down and he kept getting back up. He's a tough guy."

Not always special

What has been a bright spot for most of this season was something of a blight Saturday night.

An ill-advised kickoff return, a missed extra point after Hawaii was flagged for excessive celebration, two missed field goals of 50 and 51 yards and a nasty late hit out of bounds by Daniel Reed on kick coverage had special teams coach Dennis McKnight seeing red.

Hawaii is still rated among the top 50 in several special teams categories. Punter Chad Shrout is No. 22, averaging 42.58 yards a kick. Jamal Garland is rated No. 45 nationally (9.7 yards) in punt returns and No. 31 in kickoff returns (23.7 yards). The Rainbows are also tied for 13th in net punting at 39.2 yards a game.

Inside the numbers

Wide receiver Dwight Carter is ranked No. 8 nationally in receiving yards, averaging 104.88 a game. He is also tied for 15th in receptions a game at 6.7. Quarterback Dan Robinson is No. 11 in total yards, averaging 299 a game, while Hawaii's passing attack is rated No. 13 with a 315.1-yard average.

Injury update

Hawaii emerged from the game relatively injury free. Robinson has a bruised back, but will be able to play. Backup receiver Ryan Gray injured his Achilles tendon in practice and could miss the road trip to San Jose State.

Tapa

By Paul Arnett, Star-Bulletin


CONFERENCE STANDINGS

		Overall			Conference
 		W	L	T	PCT.	W	L	T	PCT.	PF	PA
Rice		5	4	0	 .556	 4	 1	0	.800	 151	84
Fresno State	6	3	0	 .667	 3	 1	0	.750	 92	 80
Hawaii		5	3	0	 .625	 3	 2	0	.600	121	 96
Texas Christian	4	4	0	 .500	 3	 2	0	.600	 172	99
Texas-El Paso	4	5	0	 .444	 2	 2	0	.500	110	111
Southern Meth	2	5	0	 .286	 2	 2	0	.500	79	78 
San Jose State	3	5	0	 .375	 1	 3	0	.250	 67	 143
Tulsa		1	7	0	 .125	 0	 5	0	.000	72	 173

LAST WEEK'S RESULTS

TCU 34, Hawaii 14

Texas-El Paso 42, San Jose State 26

SMU 27, Rice 2

Fresno State 28, Tulsa 14

COMING UP SATURDAY

Hawaii at San Jose State, 10:30 a.m.

Rice at Fresno State, noon

Tulsa at Texas-El Paso, 4:05 p.m.

SEASON STATISTICS

TEAM

			Hawaii		Opp
FIRST DOWNS		155		160
 Rushing		39		79
 Passing		104		65
 Penalty		12		16
RUSHING YARDAGE		656		 1454
 Yards gained rushing		837		1701
 Yards lost rushing		181		 247
 Rushing Attempts		188		 390
 Average Per Rush	.	3.5		 3.7
 Average Per Game		82.0		181.8
 TDs Rushing		8		15
PASSING YARDAGE		2521		1457
 Att-Comp-Int.	367-193-13	 207-124-12
 Average Per Pass		6.9		7.0
 Average Per Catch		13.1		11.8
 Average Per Game		315.1		 182.1
 TDs Passing		15		10
TOTAL OFFENSE		3177		2911
 Total Plays		555		597
 Average Per Play		 5.7		 4.9
 Average Per Game		397.1 		 363.9

KICK RETURNS

No. -Yards		31-598		35-629

PUNT RETURNS

No. -Yards		22-213		20-134

INT RETURNS

No. -Yards		12-187		 13-144
FUMBLES-LOST		20-10		17-6
PENALTIES-YARDS	74-641		70-513
PUNTS-AVG		40-42.6		45-39.4
TIME OF POSS.		25:27		34:34
3RD-DOWN CONV.		40/111		47/122
4TH-DOWN CONV.		5/13		 4/13

RUSHING

		Att.	Yds.	TD	Long
Weaver	65	356	3	20
Thompson	61	300	3	38
Robinson	37	84	1	14
Harrison	7	15	1	14
Stutzmann	5	27	0	9
Fenderson	2	22	0	11
Grant	5	18	0	13
Liana	1	5	0	5
Sims	1	5	0	5
Harris	1	3	0	3
Garland	1	1	0	1
Skinner	1	1	0	1
Ho-Ching	1	0	0	1

PASSING

		Att.	Com.	Int.	Yds.	TD
Robinson	348	185	12	2430	15
Harrison	18	8	1	91	0
Ho-Ching	1	0	0	0	0

RECEIVING

		No.	Yds.	TD	Long
Carter	54	839	5	62
Stutzmann	41	403	5	34
Harris	35	521	3	48
Lelie	22	330	0	43
Thompson	16	125	0	25
Weaver	9	96	0	29
Brooks	5	116	2	80
Gray	3	31	0	18
Sims	2	57	0	46
Colbert	2	7	0	8
de Laura	1	7	0	7
Noa	1	-1	0	0
Owen	1	-3	0	0
Robinson	1	-7	0	0

PUNTING

		No.	Yds.	Avg.	Long
Shrout	40	1703	42.6	60

TACKLES

		UT	AT	TT
Ulbrich	33	77	110
Y. Warren	21	37	58
D. Miller	23	32	55
LeJay	13	37	50
Paul	12	34	46
Jackson	16	26	42
Kemfort	11	29	40
A. Smith	8	28	36
Tuioti	6	25	29
Austin	12	16	28
Correia	4	21	25
Tucker	10	25	25
Iosua	6	13	19
Elam	3	14	17
Sims	4	13	17
Espiau	5	11	16
Fuga	2	11	15
Ho-Ching	4	11	15
Avila	2	11	13
Garnier	5	6	11
Garner	0	9	9
Campbell	2	5	7
Fenderson	2	4	6
C. Brown	3	3	6
Espinoza	1	4	5
Morgan	0	4	4
Armstrong	1	3	4
Williams	2	1	3
Dietschy	0	3	3
Liana	1	1	2
Harris	1	1	2
Shrout	0	2	2
Lelie	1	1	2
Grant	1	0	1
Robinson	0	1	1
Owen	1	0	1
Rosehill	1	0	1
Butts	0	0	1
Jackson	1	0	1
Reed	1	0	1



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