Monday, September 7, 1998


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




By Dennis Oda, Star-Bulletin
 Dan Robinson replaced Josh Skinner at quarterback
Thursday and led Hawaii to its only score.


Troubling trend

The Rainbows travel to Utah,
the site of their last road victory
following a bye week -- in 1990

This is the kind of trend that makes the wise guys in Las Vegas rush to the casino sports books early Monday morning.

They want to be first in line to get the best possible number before anyone else with the same information causes the spread to move against them.

University of Hawaii head football coach Fred vonAppen prefers that no one talk about this trend, which dates back to 1990, but here it is:

Truth Contest Hilton Hawaii has lost its last eight road games after a bye week by an average score of 42-12. On a positive note, the last time the Rainbows won a road game after a bye was Sept. 22, 1990 in Salt Lake City. After losing to Arizona, 27-6, in its opener Thursday, UH is at Utah Sept. 19.

At Utah in 1990, Jason Elam had field goals of 22 and 50 yards and quarterback Garrett Gabriel tossed a 73-yard touchdown pass to slotback Jeff Sydner as UH won, 19-7.

There are several sideshows to this main event. This will be Hawaii's last trip to Utah -- at least as long as UH president Kenneth Mortimer is in charge. It also will be the first meeting between a team from the Western Athletic Conference and a WAC defector.

Throw in the fact that there are 12 players from Hawaii on the Utah team, and it has the makings of a memorable event.

Tapa

ARIZONA 27, HAWAII 6

Arizona	7	7	7	6--27
Hawaii	0	6	0	0--6
First Quarter

Ariz--McAlister 100 kickoff return (McDonald kick), 14:44.

Second Quarter

Haw--Carter 25 pass from Robinson (kick failed), 12:13.

Ariz--McDaniel 17 pass from Smith (McDonald kick), 10:55.

Third Quarter

Ariz--Northcutt 7 pass from Smith (McDonald kick), 1:40.

Fourth Quarter

Ariz--Eafon 5 run (kick failed), 9:04.

A--38,745 (distributed), 33,804.

Tapa

WHO'S NEXT: UTAH UTES

Bullet WHEN: Sept. 19

Bullet YOU NEED TO KNOW: Utah has 12 players with Hawaii ties, including QB Darnell Arceneaux.

Bullet WAC CIVIL WAR: This will be the first meeting between a defecting WAC member (Utah) and one that will remain in the conference next season.

Tapa

UH SEASON STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

bullet Rushing

		Car	Yards	Avg.	TD	Long
Charles Tharp	12	47	3.9	0	16
Avion Weaver	8	27	3.4	0	7
Calvin Mims	3	12	4.0	0	5
Dan Robinson	10	10	1.0	0	8
Anthony Diieso	1	4	4.0	0	4
Bronson Liana	2	2	1.0	0	1
Jauron Pigg	1	-1	-1.0	0	-1
Josh Skinner	3	-8	-2.7	0	2
bullet Passing

		Att	Comp	Yards	Int	TD
Dan Robinson	17	8	83	0	1
Josh Skinner	3	0	0	0	0
bullet Receiving

		Rec	Yards	TD	Long
Dwight Carter	5	65	1	25
Wesley Morris	3	18	0	9
bullet Punting

		No.	Yards	Avg.	Long
Chad Shrout	12	434	36.2	49
bullet Returns

	Punts	Kickoffs
		No.	Yds.	Lg	No.	Yds.	Lg
Dwight Carter	0	0	0	3	64	23
Daniel Ho-Ching	1	11	11	0	0	0
bullet Tackles

		Una	Ast	Total	Loss	Sack
Kamuela Cobb-Adams	5	4	9	3	0
Quincy LeJay	9	0	9	0	0
Matt Paul	3	3	6	0	0
Stephen Gonzales	3	3	6	0	0
Donnell Williams	4	2	6	0	0
Rinda Brooks	5	0	5	0	0
Anthony Smith	3	2	5	0	0
Jeff Ulbrich	5	0	5	0	0
James Polk	4	0	4	0	0
Joaquin Avila	2	2	4	0	0
Ben Bright	3	1	4	1	1
Tony Tuioti	2	2	4	0	0
Miles Garner	2	1	3	1	0
Mark Mollner	1	1	2	1	0
Jose[h Correia	2	0	2	2	0
Daniel Ho-Ching	2	0	2	0	0
Phil Austin	1	1	2	2	0
Yaphet Warren	1	0	1	1	0
Matt Elam	1	0	1	0	0
Chad Shrout	1	0	1	0	0
Houdini Jackson	1	0	1	0	0

TEAM STATISTICS

		Opp	UH
First downs

First Downs	19	10
Rush	9	4
Pass	9	6
Penalty	1	0
Rushing

Attempts	37	40
Net yards	133	93
Passing 

Completions	33	20 
Attempts	20	8
Interceptions	0	0
Net yards	237	83
Total offense 

Plays	70	60
Yards	370	176
Punts

Number	5	12
Yards	208	434
Average	41.6	36.2
Punt returns

Number	7	1
Yards	70	11
Kickoff returns

Number	1	3
Yards	100	64
Fumbles

Number	2	2
Lost	1	0
Penalties
Number	2	5
Yards	10	35
Sacks made

Number-yards lost	4-19	1-3
Conversions

Third down	4-13	2-16
Fourth down	0-2	1-1
Time of possession

Average per game	27:30	32:30
Tapa

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WAC Report

Pacific Division

	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
New Mexico	0	0	--	1	0	1.000
San Jose State	0	0	--	1	0	1.000
Utah	0	0	--	1	0	1.000
Fresno State	0	0	--	0	0	--
Brigham Young	0	0	--	0	1	.000
Hawaii	0	0	--	0	1	.000
San Diego State	0	0	--	0	1	.000
Texas-El Paso	0	0	--	0	1	.000

Mountain Division

	W	L	Pct.	W	L	Pct.
Rice						1	0	1.000	1	0	1.000
Air Force						0	0	--	1	0	1.000
Texas Christian			0	0	--	1	0	1.000
Tulsa						0	0	--	1	0	1.000
Colorado State				0	0	--	1	1	.500
Wyoming						0	0	--	0	0	--
Nevada-Las Vegas		0	0	--	0	1	.000
Southern Methodist		0	1	.000	0	1	.000

Last week's games

Arizona 27, Hawaii 6
Northwestern 41, Nevada-Las Vegas 7
Texas Christian 31, Iowa State 21
Air Force 42, Wake Forest 0
San Jose State 35, Stanford 23
Alabama 38, Brigham Young 31
Tulsa 49, Southwest Missouri State 14
Texas Tech 35, Texas-El paso 3
Rice 23, Southern Methodist 17 (OT)
New Mexico 38, Idaho State 9
Utah 20, Utah State 12
Wisconsin 26, San Diego State 14
Colorado 42, Colorado State 14

This week's games

Rice at Purdue, 6 a.m.
Fresno State at Colorado, 9 a.m.
Colorado State at Nevada, 10 a.m.
Montana State at Wyoming, 10 a.m.
Oklahoma at Texas Christian, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma State at Tulsa, 1 p.m.
Utah State at New Mexico, 2 p.m.
Tulane at Southern Methodist, 2 p.m.
Oregon at Texas-El Paso 2:30 p.m.
Idaho at San Jose State, 3 p.m.
Arizona State at Brigham Young, 3 p.m.
Louisville at Utah, 3 p.m.
Air Force at Nevada-Las Vegas, 4 p.m.
San Diego State at Southern Cal, 4:30 p.m.


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