Chang earns his FRESNO, Calif. >> This was the kind of game Tim Chang supposedly couldn't win -- that Hawaii couldn't win.
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Fresno State took its shots, but
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Hawaii’s quarterback hung in
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By Dave Reardon
dreardon@starbulletin.comEastern Illinois at home? Easy.
Texas-El Paso on the road? It was ugly, but with help from the defense and special teams, yeah.
Nevada, Tulsa -- both at the friendly confines of Aloha Stadium? Duck soup.
But at Fresno State, on national television?
Even though the Bulldogs have struggled mightily this fall, they were still an ominous obstacle for a quarterback whose doubters remained poised to pounce despite his steady improvement.
Chang, UH's career passing yardage leader as a sophomore, could throw for a thousand miles and a hundred wins against the bottom feeders. It still wouldn't matter to some.
He wouldn't reach Nick Rolovich, Dan Robinson or Garrett Gabriel status until he beat a name-brand opponent.
On Saturday, Chang, whose only previous road victory was in a poor performance at UTEP, did them all one better -- he beat a UH rival on the road, with a fourth-quarter comeback.
"This is a huge win for our program, because we haven't won a big game on the road," Hawaii coach June Jones said. "I think this kind of turns the corner for us, and shows we are headed in the right direction.
"Timmy Chang was marvelous. He did what big-time quarterbacks do."
Chang wasn't exactly Joe Cool the whole way. He needed some help to remain calm.
"We had to settle him down on that last drive," said Britton Komine, who battled past the physical Bryce McGill at the line of scrimmage and caught the game-winning 13-yard touchdown pass with 2:55 left. "Timmy was too excited. He wanted to do it all on one play. We had to tell him to focus one play at a time."
Chang got hit and hit hard -- something that he has rarely experienced, now because of UH's usually outstanding offensive line and before at St. Louis School where the Crusaders dominated.
Saturday, though, it was different. Chang was far from untouchable and was sacked three times. But he got back up each time and rallied the offense.
"Timmy Chang stayed in the pocket and delivered balls," linebacker Pisa Tinoisamoa said.
Those who doubted Chang's intestinal fortitude now have reason to re-think.
"We talk about things to have when you are down, and one of them is courage," Chang said. "When you are down 21-9 in the fourth quarter, you really don't know what to do. You just try to put in a full effort, and maybe you can come up with a big win."
This was the first time Chang played against Fresno State. He was injured in 2000 (concussion) and 2001 (wrist ligaments).
"He got stronger as the game went on," Bulldogs coach Pat Hill said. "The intensity level of that game was high and we have a lot of young men who aren't used to playing at that level."
Chang and the rest of the Warriors showed they were ready for it.
UH's career passing leader is now 10-10 as a starting quarterback. Saturday against San Jose State he has the chance to add the title "winning career record" to "school career passing yardage leader." If he does, Hawaii is guaranteed a winning season and a bowl game invitation.
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TEAM STATISTICS
HAWAII OPP FIRST DOWNS 186 181 Rushing 36 81 Passing 132 85 Penalty 18 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 977 1279 Yards gained rushing 1063 1578 Yards lost rushing 86 299 Rushing attempts 173 348 Average per rush 5.6 3.7 Average per game 122.1 159.9 Touchdowns rushing 16 15 PASSING YARDAGE 3150 1627 Att-Comp-Int 397-219-12 301-151-13 Average per pass 7.9 5.4 Average per catch 14.4 10.8 Average per game 393.8 203.4 Touchdowns passing 21 11 TOTAL OFFENSE 4127 2906 Total plays 570 649 Average per play 7.2 4.5 Average per game 515.9 363.2 KICK RETURNS: No-Yds 32-648 43-898 PUNT RETURNS: No-Yds 22-202 10-172 INT. RETURNS: No-Yds 13-283 12-77 FUMBLES-LOST 10-9 9-4 PENALTIES-YARDS 71-636 63-494 PUNTS-AVG 23-40.8 46-38.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 25:50 34:10 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 49/112 59/146 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 12/19 11/17
Rushing
G Att Net Avg TD Long West 7 30 286 9.4 5 81 Bass 5 32 228 7.0 1 37 Withy-Allen 8 22 172 7.7 2 42 Mitchell 8 28 102 3.3 4 16 Brewster 6 16 99 5.6 3 34 Galeai 4 8 37 4.4 0 27 Whieldon 4 6 29 4.5 0 9 Chang 8 14 67 1.9 1 27 Ilaoa 6 4 15 3.0 0 8 Fiaseu 1 3 11 3.7 0 8 Herbert 8 3 12 3.3 0 10 Owens 6 2 5 2.5 0 3 Team 7 5 0 -1.4 0 0 Total 8 173 1063 5.6 16 81
Passing
G Att Comp Int Yds TD Long Chang 8 336 187 10 2588 14 72 Withy-Allen 8 41 23 1 400 4 54 Whieldon 4 18 8 1 92 3 24 Kapanui 8 2 1 0 70 0 70 Total 6 397 219 12 3150 21 72
Receiving
G Rec Yds Avg TD Long Colbert 8 48 716 14.9 4 59 Owens 6 36 456 12.7 1 51 Komine 8 33 608 18.4 6 72 Herbert 8 23 296 12.9 3 49 Cockheran 7 17 253 14.9 1 41 Gossett 8 17 192 11.3 2 51 Ilaoa 6 13 189 14.5 3 41 Mitchell 8 12 108 9.0 0 50 Bass 5 6 83 13.8 0 46 West 7 6 42 7.0 0 28 Galeai 4 3 48 16.0 1 18 Bennett 3 2 53 26.5 0 30 Brewster 6 2 36 18.0 0 29 Noa 7 1 70 70.0 0 70 Total 8 219 3150 14.4 21 72
Total Offense
G Plays Rush Pass Tot Avg Chang 8 350 26 2588 2614 326.8 Withy-Allen 8 63 169 400 569 71.1 West 7 30 283 0 283 40.4 Bass 5 32 224 0 224 44.8 Whieldon 4 24 27 92 119 29.8 Mitchell 8 28 92 0 92 11.5 Brewster 6 16 90 0 90 15.0 Kapanui 8 2 0 70 70 8.8 Galeai 4 8 35 0 35 8.8 Ilaoa 6 4 12 0 12 2.0 Fiaseu 1 3 11 0 11 11.0 Herbert 8 3 10 0 10 1.2 Owens 6 2 5 0 5 0.8 Team 7 5 -7 0 -7 -1.0 Total 8 570 977 3150 4127 515.9
Scoring
TD FG 1XP 2XP Tot Ayat 0 10-15 38-38 0 68 Komine 6 0-0 0-0 1 38 West 4 0-0 0-0 0 30 Mitchell 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Colbert 3 0-0 0-0 0 24 Herbert 3 0-0 0-0 1 20 Peters 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Brewster 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Ilaoa 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Gossett 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Withy-Allen 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Galeai 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Owens 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Cockheran 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Ma'afala 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Chang 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Bass 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Patton 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Total 39 7-11 36-36 2 293
Punting
No. Yds Avg Long McBriar 21 938 44.7 61 Team 2 0 0.0 0 Total 23 938 40.8 61
Punt Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long Herbert 7 72 10.3 0 33 Bass 6 53 8.8 0 13 Bennett 6 71 11.8 0 19 Owens 3 6 2.0 0 4 Total 22 202 9.2 0 33
Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long Brewster 16 406 25.4 0 60 West 10 188 18.8 0 35 Manners 2 5 2.5 0 5 Kauka 1 6 6.0 0 6 Curnan 1 8 8.0 0 8 Kapanui 1 10 10.0 0 10 Owens 1 25 25.0 0 25 Total 32 648 20.2 0 60
Interceptions
No. Yds Avg Td Long Peters 4 176 44.0 3 64 Millhouse 2 15 7.5 0 15 Elimimian 2 0 0.0 0 0 Butts 1 19 19.0 0 19 Tinoisamoa 1 19 19.0 0 19 Correa 1 12 12.0 0 12 Ma'afala 1 32 32.0 1 32 Manners 1 10 10.0 0 10 Total 13 283 21.8 4 64
TACKLES
G UT AT Tot Tinoisamoa 8 44 24 68 Peters 8 38 19 57 Brown 8 28 24 52 Sopoaga 8 24 18 42 Millhouse 8 28 12 40 Elimimian 6 27 11 38 Gilmore 8 23 15 38 Wright, M. 8 20 16 36 LaBoy 7 21 11 32 Samuseva 8 17 11 28 Correa 8 14 13 27 Ala 6 19 6 25 Butts 7 17 8 25 Bhonapha 8 15 8 23 Alapa 8 13 8 21 Jackson 8 9 10 19 Kapanui 8 12 5 17 Kalilimoku 8 7 7 14 Noa 7 9 3 12 Patton 6 7 3 10 Ma'afala 6 1 8 9 Wright, G. 6 5 3 8 Curnan 5 6 2 8 Cravalho 6 2 3 5 Peters 4 3 2 5 Moe 6 2 2 4 Harley 5 2 2 4 Wills 5 2 1 3 Ayat 8 2 1 3 Aguiar 3 2 1 3 Manners 5 3 - 3 Mitchell 8 2 - 2 Wong 1 2 - 2 Kamakawiwoole 2 - 1 1 Colbert 8 1 - 1 Owens 6 1 - 1 Moenoa 5 1 - 1 Fuga 1 - 1 1 Hollingsworth 5 1 - 1 Gossett 8 1 - 1 Broadway 6 1 - 1 Total 8 432 259 620
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