Monday, November 1, 1999
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. RAINBOW NOTEBOOK
Quincy comes up big
"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.
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 173LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
TCU 34, Hawaii 14Texas-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 397.1 363.9KICK RETURNS
No. -Yards 31-598 35-629PUNT RETURNS
No. -Yards 22-213 20-134INT 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 4/13RUSHING
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 1PASSING
Att. Com. Int. Yds. TD Robinson 348 185 12 2430 15 Harrison 18 8 1 91 0 Ho-Ching 1 0 0 0 0RECEIVING
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 0PUNTING
No. Yds. Avg. Long Shrout 40 1703 42.6 60TACKLES
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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