GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM
UH receiver Jeremiah Cockheran scored on this 70-yard pass play in the fourth quarter Saturday against Alabama.
Hawaii hurting The Hawaii football team not only lost a game for the first time in nearly two months Saturday. The 21-16 defeat to Alabama was also costly on the injury front.
after loss
The Warriors lose Fuata and Peters
Nate Jackson is out of the hospital
for Saturday's game
By Dave Reardon
dreardon@starbulletin.comStarting offensive lineman Lui Fuata and standout safety Hyrum Peters are out for UH's (9-3) regular-season finale against San Diego State (4-8) on Saturday at Aloha Stadium.
"It's a tough blow, but we did play most of the game without them," UH coach June Jones said.
Fuata suffered a tear to the lateral meniscus in his left knee on the Warriors' fifth offensive play of the game. He is scheduled to undergo surgery today.
It's possible Fuata, a senior, could play in the Dec. 25 ConAgra Foods Hawaii Bowl, UH sports information director Lois Manin said.
Peters has a partially torn PCL in his left knee, incurred in the second quarter. He is questionable for the bowl game.
Fuata, who started the first 11 games at center, was moved to left guard because of a knee injury to Shayne Kajioka, the starter there, in the preceding game.
Second-year freshman Derek Faavi started at center. When Fuata was hurt Saturday, Kajioka replaced him at left guard.
The Warriors allowed a season-high four sacks.
Peters was replaced by Leonard Peters (no relation). Leonard Peters was in on a career-high six tackles and recovered a fumble.
Leonard Peters began fall camp as the projected starter at strong safety. But he injured internal organs during a collision in two-a-days and saw sparse playing time until Saturday's game.
Hyrum Peters was in on six tackles before the injury, and is the Warriors' second leading tackler with 77 stops.
In other UH football news:
>> The Hawaii Bowl opponent picture has cleared up a little.
The Warriors' foe is supposed to come from Conference USA. The league has five bowl game tie-ins, and two C-USA teams accepted invitations over the weekend: Texas Christian (9-2) plays in the Liberty Bowl, and Louisville (7-5) agreed yesterday to go to the GMAC Bowl.
Some projections have Southern Miss (7-5) coming to Hawaii on Dec. 25.
But if Cincinnati (6-6) loses to East Carolina (4-7) on Saturday, C-USA won't have enough teams to fill its slots. In that case, Hawaii Bowl officials could conceivably get a team from outside the conference, perhaps a team with more name-recognition and fans who travel, like Washington (7-5) or Texas A&M (6-6).
Another possibility is that C-USA officials would make a push for South Florida (9-2), which joins the conference next year.
Tulane (7-5), C-USA's other eligible team, is expected to be invited to the New Orleans Bowl.
>> The Warriors fell out of the ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches poll. Hawaii, which was No. 24, is fifth among teams also receiving votes.
In the Associated Press media poll, UH fell from the third team in also receiving votes to ninth.
>> Jeremiah Cockheran's 207 yards receiving on nine catches is the sixth-best single-game pass-catching yardage performance in school history.
Cockheran, who played sparingly early in the season, moved into the Western Athletic Conference statistics as the 10th leading receiver with 57.3 yards per game.
>> UH remained third nationally in total offense with 491.7 yards per game and fell from seventh to ninth in scoring with 36.1 points.
>> Pisa Tinoisamoa's 19 tackles was four off the school record of 23 in a game set by Eddie Klaneski in 1996.
Tinoisamoa has 113 tackles this season, including 17 for loss, both team-leading figures.
>> Saturday's loss was Hawaii's first on national television since UH fell to Michigan on Nov. 28, 1998. Since, UH had beaten Oregon State, Fresno State (twice) and Brigham Young on ESPN before losing to Alabama on Saturday.
It was the Warriors' first home loss after nine wins, since falling to Boise State last year.
HAWAII STATISTICS
Team statistics
HAWAII OPP FIRST DOWN 285 254 Rushing 53 118 Passing 200 117 Penalty 32 19 RUSHING YARDAGE 1294 2093 Yards gained rushing 1475 2479 Yards lost rushing 181 386 Rushing attempts 257 527 Average per rush 5.0 4.0 Average per game 107.8 174.4 Touchdowns rushing 21 20 PASSING YARDAGE 4606 2421 Att-Comp-Int 625-342-21 407-201-18 Average per pass 7.4 5.9 Average per catch 13.5 12.0 Average per game 383.8 201.8 Touchdowns passing 30 18 TOTAL OFFENSE 5900 4514 Total plays 882 934 Average per play 6.7 4.8 Average per game 491.7 376.2 KICK RETURNS: No-Yds 48-1046 53-1102 PUNT RETURNS: No-Yds 35-322 20-305 INT. RETURNS: No-Yds 18-319 21-210 FUMBLES-LOST 18-12 15-7 PENALTIES-YARDS 103-908 107-918 PUNTS-AVG 42-42.0 72-39.3 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 26:36 32:57 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 77/173 79/208 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 12/24 14/22
Individual statistics
Rushing
G Att Net Avg TD Long West 11 46 359 7.8 5 81 Mitchell 12 49 283 5.8 9 41 Bass 9 44 279 6.3 1 37 Withy-Allen 11 31 187 6.0 2 42 Brewster 8 16 90 5.6 3 34 Galeai 8 8 35 4.4 0 27 Whieldon 4 6 27 4.5 0 9 Ilaoa 10 4 12 3.0 0 8 Fiaseu 2 3 11 3.7 0 8 Herbert 12 3 10 3.3 0 10 Kapanui 12 1 10 10.0 0 10 LaBoy 10 3 7 2.3 0 3 Owens 8 2 5 2.5 0 3 Chang 12 30 -2 -0.1 1 27 Team 11 11 -19 -1.7 0 0 Total 12 257 1294 5.0 21 81
Passing
G Att Comp Int Yds TD Long Chang 12 549 302 18 3913 22 72 Withy-Allen 11 55 31 2 531 5 54 Whieldon 4 18 8 1 92 3 24 Kapanui 12 3 1 0 70 0 70 Total 12 625 342 21 4606 30 72
Receiving
G Rec Yds Avg TD Long Colbert 12 75 1056 14.1 6 59 Komine 12 51 788 15.5 8 72 Owens 8 41 504 12.9 1 51 Ilaoa 10 37 411 11.1 3 41 Cockheran 10 36 573 15.9 4 70 Gossett 10 29 372 12.8 3 51 Herbert 12 28 357 12.8 3 49 Mitchell 12 17 158 9.3 0 50 Bass 9 9 98 10.9 0 46 West 11 9 69 7.7 0 28 Galeai 8 4 59 14.8 1 18 Bennett 3 2 53 26.5 0 30 Brewster 8 2 36 18.0 0 29 Noa 10 1 70 70.0 0 70 LaBoy 10 1 2 2.0 0 2 Total 12 342 4606 13.5 30 72
Total Offense
G Plays Rush Pass Tot Avg Chang 12 579 -2 3913 3911 325.9 Withy-Allen 11 86 187 531 718 65.3 West 11 46 359 0 359 32.6 Mitchell 12 49 283 0 283 23.6 Bass 9 44 279 0 279 31.0 Whieldon 4 24 27 92 119 29.8 Brewster 8 16 90 0 90 11.2 Kapanui 12 4 10 70 80 6.7 Galeai 8 8 35 0 35 4.4 Ilaoa 10 4 12 0 12 1.2 Fiaseu 2 3 11 0 11 5.5 Herbert 12 3 10 0 10 0.8 Owens 8 2 5 0 5 0.6 LaBoy 10 3 7 0 7 0.7 Team 11 11 -19 0 -19 -1.7 Total 12 882 1294 460 5900 491.7
Scoring
TD FG 1XP 2XP Tot Ayat 0 14-22 49-50 0 91 Mitchell 9 0-0 0-0 0 54 Komine 8 0-0 0-0 1 50 Colbert 6 0-0 0-0 0 36 West 5 0-0 0-0 0 30 Cockheran 4 0-0 0-0 0 24 Herbert 3 0-0 0-0 1 20 Ilaoa 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Peters 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Gossett 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Brewster 3 0-0 0-0 0 18 Owens 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Withy-Allen 2 0-0 0-0 0 12 Galeai 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Patton 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Chang 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Ma'afala 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Bass 1 0-0 0-0 0 6 Total 56 14-22 49-50 2 433
Punting
No. Yds Avg Long McBriar 40 1765 44.1 66 Team 2 0 0.0 0 Total 42 1765 42.0 66
Punt Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long Owens 14 126 9.0 0 38 Herbert 9 72 8.0 0 33 Bennett 6 71 11.8 0 19 Bass 6 53 8.8 0 13 Total 35 322 9.2 0 38
Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long Brewster 18 444 24.7 0 60 West 15 302 20.1 0 35 Owens 8 259 32.4 0 63 Kapanui 3 22 7.3 0 11 Manners 2 5 2.5 0 5 Curnan 1 8 8.0 0 8 Kauka 1 6 6.0 0 6 Total 48 1046 21.8 0 63
Interceptions
No. Yds Avg Td Long Peters 4 176 44.0 3 64 Millhouse 4 17 4.2 0 15 Elimimian 2 0 0.0 0 0 Tinoisamoa 2 23 11.5 0 19 Brown 2 30 15.0 0 26 Butts 1 19 19.0 0 19 Manners 1 10 10.0 0 10 Correa 1 12 12.0 0 12 Ma'afala 1 32 32.0 1 32 Total 18 319 17.7 4 64
Tackles
G UT AT Tot Tinoisamoa 12 82 31 113 Peters 12 55 22 77 Brown 12 43 33 76 Sopoaga 12 38 25 63 Gilmore 12 40 19 59 Elimimian 10 46 10 56 Millhouse 12 39 12 51 Wright, M. 12 26 25 51 Correa 12 24 20 44 Samuseva 12 29 13 42 Ala 9 27 14 41 LaBoy 10 26 12 38 Bhonapha 12 28 7 35 Alapa 12 22 9 31 Butts 12 19 9 28 Kapanui 12 19 5 24 Kalilimoku 12 13 11 24 Jackson 12 10 11 21 Noa 10 9 3 12 Curnan 9 7 5 12 Wright, G. 10 8 3 11 Patton 10 7 3 10 Ma'afala 9 1 9 10 Moe 9 4 2 6 Cravalho 8 2 3 5 Harley 9 3 2 5 Ayat 12 2 2 4 Manners 10 4 - 4 Aguiar 4 2 1 3 Wills 5 2 1 3 Mitchell 12 2 - 2 Wong 2 2 - 2 Gossett 10 2 - 2 Moenoa 9 1 - 1 Owens 8 1 - 1 Fuga 1 - 1 1 Kamakawiwo'ole 2 - 1 1 Broadway 7 1 - 1 McBriar 12 1 - 1 Hollingsworth 5 1 - 1 Colbert 12 1 - 1 Manuwai 9 1 - 1 George 6 1 - 1 Withy-Allen 11 1 - 1 Total 12 670 331 1001
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