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Second half salvages
UTEP game for ChangHawaii’s quarterback has
piled up some impressive numbers
the past few weeks
Tim Chang is sick. But, to borrow from the current popular lexicon, he's also putting up sick numbers.
For some quarterbacks in conventional systems, Chang has done a season's worth of work in the past three games.
He has completed 100 of 160 passes for 1,313 yards, 13 touchdowns and five interceptions in victories over Fresno State and Louisiana Tech and Saturday's 31-15 homecoming win against Texas-El Paso at Aloha Stadium.
The junior, who ranks second in the nation in total offense, is the first to admit he was off target in the first half Saturday, when he completed 11 of 26 passes for 176 yards. But Chang bounced back for a 16-for-28, 250-yard, two-touchdown second half.
Though the numbers indicate Chang is on a roll, he said he's ready for the bye week coming up after the Warriors (5-3, 4-1 Western Athletic Conference) visit San Jose State (2-5, 1-3) this Saturday.
"I'm looking forward to one more road game and then we get a rest," said Chang, who has a flu virus and needed IV fluids at halftime Saturday.
"I have flu-like symptoms and feel very weak, got a fever," said Chang, who first felt sick Friday. "I took a shot and got some antibiotics.
"I think it's from the combination of a lot of things. The road back and forth, back and forth (UH has a record six road games this fall). Not getting enough rest. I'm a person who wakes up at 4:45 in the morning because I've got that commute from Mililani. It's just one of those tiring things you've got to work through. It's no biggie."
Chang was aided by the offensive line's best game of the season. The Warriors allowed no sacks for the first time this year.
"I think we did a good job giving Timmy some time," freshman tackle Jeremy Inferrera said. "Timmy made some plays with his feet, got out of the pressure. But I think offensive line-wise we did good."
Coach June Jones had mixed thoughts about the performance of Chang and the Warriors' unsteady offense.
"Timmy, I thought, showed courage. He came out and, I thought, made some good throws in the second half," Jones said afterward. "There's frustration even right now. UTEP does a good job with their scheme and they've got some good players."
And the nominees are: UH put in the names of running back Michael Brewster, defensive end Mel Purcell and kicker Justin Ayat for WAC Player of the Week honors.
Brewster posted game highs and career highs with eight receptions for 138 yards. He also rushed for a team-high 22 yards on five carries.
Purcell, a sophomore playing his first season, was in on a career-high 12 tackles, including two of Hawaii's five sacks.
Ayat made a career-high four of four field goals, but also missed two of three extra points.
Mascot, cheerleader apologize: UH's unofficial mascot, "Vili the Warrior" (entertainer Vili Fehoko) and a UTEP cheerleader apologized to each other for an altercation during Saturday's game, Fehoko's wife and manager, Linda Fehoko, said last night.
Linda Fehoko and other witnesses said the cheerleader threw a pom-pon at Vili Fehoko, and he threw a ti-leaf bracelet at the cheerleader, hitting her in the face.
"He did not realize it might hurt her," Linda Fehoko said. "He apologized to her and wanted to make sure everything was OK with her. She said she was sorry, too."
Linda Fehoko said the cheerleader appeared to be uninjured. The incident stemmed from the UTEP mascot and the cheerleader coming to the UH sideline, where Vili Fehoko does his act, Linda Fehoko said.
UTEP officials and Hawaii athletic director Herman Frazier were not available for comment yesterday.
Where they stand
Hawaii's rankings in several D I-A categoriesScoring
Receiving yards per game
TD XP FG Pts Ppg 22. Ayat 0 27 14 69 8.63
Field goals
Gms Ct Yds Ypg 17. Cockheran 6 37 569 94.83 22. Owens 6 41 536 89.33
Receptions per game
FGA FG Pct FGpg 12. Ayat 17 14 .824 1.75
Total offense
Gms Ct Yds Ctpg 13. Owens 6 41 536 6.8 22. Cockheran 6 37 569 6.2
Scoring offense
Yds Avg Ypg 2. Chang 2,614 6.4 373.4
Total offense
G Pts Avg 16. Hawaii 8 281 35.1
Passing offense
Plays Yds Ypg 6. Hawaii 612 3,866 483.3
Att Cp Yds Ypg 2. Hawaii 441 265 3,131 391.4
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Hawaii Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS
HAWAII OPP FIRST DOWN 197 171 Rushing 40 82 Passing 138 76 Penalty 19 13 RUSHING YARDAGE 735 1475 Yards gained rushing 945 1750 Yards lost rushing 210 275 Rushing attempts 171 338 Average per rush 4.3 4.4 Average per game 91.9 184.4 Touchdowns rushing 9 14 PASSING YARDAGE 3131 1702 Att-Comp-Int 441-265-15 245-136-7 Average per pass 7.1 6.9 Average per catch 11.8 12.5 Average per game 391.4 212.8 Touchdowns passing 25 11 TOTAL OFFENSE 3866 3177 Total plays 612 583 Average per play 6.3 5.4 Average per game 483.2 397.1 KICKRETURNS: No-Yds 32-714 24-525 PUNTRETURNS: No-Yds 26-224 13-104 INT. RETURNS: No-Yds 7-4 15-112 FUMBLES-LOST 14-8 22-9 PENALTIES-YARDS 57-518 58-490 PUNTS-AVG 37-40.1 50-42.8 TIME OFPOSSESSION/GAME 28:37 31:20 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 38/108 43/120 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 6/12 4/5 RUSHING
G Att Net Avg TD Long Keliikipi 8 33 211 6.4 5 28 West 8 31 202 6.5 2 25 Brewster 8 21 165 7.9 0 19 Bass 5 28 158 5.6 1 18 Dickerson 6 3 25 8.3 0 24 Poumele* 8 8 22 2.8 1 7 Owens 6 1 7 7.0 0 7 Rhode 1 1 5 5.0 0 5 Whieldon 8 11 0 0.0 0 8 Chang 7 27 -5 -0.2 0 12 Milne 8 1 -8 -8.0 0 0 TEAM 6 6 -47 -7.8 0 0 Total 8 171 735 4.3 9 28 PASSING
G Att Comp Int Yds TD Long Chang 7 380 232 11 2619 19 72 Whieldon 8 56 31 3 469 5 54 Kapanui 7 2 1 0 43 1 43 Poumele 8 2 1 1 0 0 0 Rhode 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 8 441 265 15 3131 25 72 RECEIVING
G Rec Yds Avg TD Long Owens 6 41 536 12.6 6 48 Cockheran 6 37 569 15.4 6 54 Komine 8 34 436 12.8 3 72 Welch 7 27 304 11.3 4 33 Brewster 8 26 268 10.3 2 44 Rivers 6 23 247 10.7 1 31 Poumele 8 15 196 13.1 1 27 Keliikipi 8 15 96 6.4 0 13 West 8 12 88 7.3 0 25 Bass 5 7 67 9.6 0 27 Dickerson 6 7 50 7.1 0 19 Inferrera 3 6 49 8.2 0 15 Miyashiro 5 6 48 8.0 1 14 Herbert 7 4 62 15.5 0 31 Ilaoa 1 2 51 25.5 0 41 Stennis 4 2 21 10.5 0 23 Gilmore 8 1 43 43.0 1 43 Total 8 265 3131 11.8 25 72 TOTAL OFFENSE
G Plays Rush Pass Tot Avg Chang 7 407 -5 2619 2614 373.4 Whieldon 8 67 0 469 469 58.6 Keliikipi 8 33 211 0 211 26.4 West 8 31 202 0 202 25.2 Brewster 8 21 165 0 165 20.6 Bass 5 28 158 0 158 31.6 Kapanui 7 2 0 43 43 6.1 Dickerson 6 3 25 0 25 4.2 Poumele 8 10 22 0 22 2.2 Owens 6 1 7 0 7 1.2 Rhode 1 2 5 0 5 5.0 Milne 8 1 -8 0 -8 -1.1 TEAM 6 6 -47 0 -47 -7.8 Total 7 612 735 3131 3866 483.2 SCORING
TD FG 1XP 2XP Tot Ayat 0 14 27 0 69 Owens 6 0 0 0 36 Cockheran 6 0 0 0 36 Keliikipi 5 0 0 0 30 Welch 4 0 0 0 24 Komine 3 0 0 0 18 West 2 0 0 0 12 Brewster 2 0 0 0 12 Poumele 2 0 0 0 12 Miyashiro 1 0 0 0 6 Rivers 1 0 0 0 6 Bass 1 0 0 0 6 Dickerson 1 0 0 0 6 Gilmore 1 0 0 0 6 Whieldon 0 0 0 1 2 Total 35 14 27 1 281 PUNTING
No. Yds Avg Long Milne 35 1410 40.3 55 Wright 2 73 36.5 40 Total 37 1483 40.1 55 PUNT RETURNS
No. Yds Avg TD Long Herbert 14 124 8.9 0 19 Owens 7 68 9.7 0 24 Bass 3 23 7.7 0 19 Brewster 2 9 4.5 0 7 Total 23 202 8.8 0 24 KICK RETURNS
No. Yds Avg TD Long Dickerson 17 408 24.0 1 100 West 6 153 25.5 0 48 Brewster 5 83 16.6 0 24 Moe 2 32 16.0 0 16 Owens 1 25 25.0 0 25 Blackburn 1 13 13.0 0 13 Total 32 714 22.3 1 100 TACKLES
G UT AT Tot Curnan 8 47 28 75 Kalilimoku 8 28 25 53 Peters, H. 8 37 13 50 Elimimian 8 35 10 45 LaBoy 8 33 11 44 Peters, L. 8 25 17 42 Alapa 7 23 14 37 Ala 8 22 11 33 Millhouse 8 23 4 27 Gilmore 8 17 9 26 Sopoaga 5 12 13 25 Purcell 5 17 8 25 Samuseva 8 8 10 18 Kapanui 7 13 2 15 Manutai 8 10 4 14 Fuga 7 5 6 11 Jackson 7 6 3 9 Moe 8 4 3 7 Maafala 6 5 2 7 Wright 7 4 2 6 Aguiar 6 4 2 6 Noa 7 3 2 5 Broadway 6 2 2 4 Manners 7 2 2 4 Harley 7 3 1 4 Hogan 6 4 0 4 Faavae 4 0 3 3 Ayat 8 2 0 2 Akpan 7 2 0 2 Blackburn 6 1 1 2 Komine 8 2 0 2 Alama-Francis 3 2 0 2 Hollingsworth 1 1 0 1 Kamakawiwoole 6 1 0 1 Patton 3 1 0 1 Rhode 1 1 0 1 Herbert 7 1 0 1 Stennis 4 1 0 1 Satele 7 1 0 1 Poumele 8 1 0 1 Whieldon 8 1 0 1 Keliikipi 8 1 0 1 Cockheran 6 1 0 1 Latusela 4 1 0 1 Hoohuli 1 1 0 1 Flanagan 1 0 1 1 Total 8 414 209 623 Misc.
Sacks (No.-Yds.): Laboy, 7-61. Purcell, 3-19. H. Peters, 2-27. Sopoaga, 2-17. Curnan, 2-12. Maafala, 2-11. Alapa, 2-11. Kalilimoku, 2-6. Gilmore, 1-5. Ala 1-2. Fuga, 1-2. Total: 25-173.
Interceptions (No.-Yds.): Gilmore, 3-0. H. Peters, 1-4. Fuga, 1-0. Millhouse, 1-0. Elimimian, 1-0. Total: 7-4.
Fumbles (Total-Fumbles Forced-Fumbles Recovered): Fuga, 3-0-3. Alapa, 2-1-1. Laboy, 2-1-1. Kalilimoku, 1-1-0. H. Peters 1-1-0. Sopoaga, 1-1-0. Millhouse, 1-1-0. Alama-Francis 1-0-1. L. Peters, 1-0-1. Gilmore, 1-0-1. Wright, 1-0-1. Manners, 1-0-1. Total: 16-6-10.
Blocked kicks: Elimimian, L. Peters, Akpan, 1.
