WARRIOR FOOTBALL
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Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan was hugged by teammate Michael Lafaele after Brennan rallied the No. 16 Warriors from 14 points down in the final 4 minutes against San Jose State before he won the game with a touchdown pass to Jason Rivers on the first possession in overtime.
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Thriller!
Warriors overcome a 14-point deficit to win in OT
SAN JOSE, Calif. » In one of the most stirring comebacks in University of Hawaii football history, the Warriors overcame bad weather, the road and a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to beat San Jose State 42-35 in overtime last night at Spartan Stadium.
Watching Colt
How UH quarterback Colt Brennan did yesterday:
| Attempts |
75
|
| Completions |
44
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| Yards |
545
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| Interceptions |
4
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| Touchdowns |
4 |
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A crowd of 20,473 -- around 7,500 in green rooting for Hawaii -- and a national TV audience saw the Warriors battle back as Colt Brennan passed for a touchdown and rushed for another in the final 3 minutes and 53 seconds.
Then Brennan threw his 44th completion of the game on his 75th pass (both school records) to Jason Rivers in overtime. When Myron Newberry intercepted his second pass of the game a few minutes later, it was over and UH's undefeated record remained intact at 7-0 and 4-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.
UH clinched a bowl game, and dreams of a bigger stage than the Hawaii Bowl remained intact as the Warrior fans chanted "BCS, BCS" when it was over. But where this puts 16th-ranked UH in the national picture is as unclear as the Silicon Valley skies were yesterday. Edging San Jose State (3-4 and 2-1) isn't quite the same as beating USC.
Still, any pollsters and Heisman voters watching had to admire the Warriors' pluck and ability to come back on the road. The first BCS rankings come out tomorrow.
It is UH's 17th victory in its last 18 games and seventh consecutive road victory.
"I just know we had a lot of character," Hawaii coach June Jones said. "When we went down 35-21 I just grabbed everybody and I said, 'Look guys, if we come back and win this game, it will do more for us as a team, and you, Colt Brennan, than anything could ever do in your life. He got it together and put it together and got it into the end zone and we won the game."
Brennan, sixth in the Heisman voting last year, passed for 545 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for another. But he was also intercepted four times in his first national TV game of the year.
"There were plenty of mistakes, but I knew that if I did what I was supposed to do and we had those opportunities we could win this game," Brennan said.
"We have the best receiving corps in the nation."
Hawaii 42, San Jose State 35
At Spartan Stadium
| Hawaii (7-0) |
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7 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
7 |
-- |
42
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| San Jose State (3-5) |
|
0 |
7 |
21 |
7 |
0 |
-- |
35 |
First Quarter
|
| UH |
11:18 |
Kealoha Pilares 6 run (Dan Kelly kick) |
7-0 |
Second Quarter
|
| UH |
8:23 |
Ryan Grice-Mullins 16 pass from Colt Brennan |
14-0
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(Kelly kick)
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| SJSU |
1:21 |
Dwight Lowery 84 punt return (Will Johnson kick) |
14-7 |
Third Quarter
|
| SJSU |
14:48 |
Lowery 24 interception return (Johnson kick) |
14-14
|
| SJSU |
5:25 |
Kevin Jurovich 16 pass from Adam Tafralis |
14-21
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(Johnson kick)
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| SJSU |
2:32 |
Jurovich 68 pass from Tafralis (Johnson kick) |
14-28
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| UH |
1:14 |
C.J. Hawthorne 34 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) |
21-28 |
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Fourth Quarter
|
| SJSU |
12:33 |
James Callier 8 run (Johnson kick) |
21-35
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| UH |
3:53 |
Davone Bess 11 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) |
28-35 |
| UH |
0:31 |
Brennan 2 run (Kelly kick) |
35-35 |
Overtime
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| UH |
15:00 |
Jason Rivers 9 pass from Brennan (Kelly kick) |
42-35 |
Officials -- Referee: Drew George; Umpire: Jarred Weight; Linesman: Tim Messuri; Line judge: Clair Gausman; Back judge: Dave Baldwin; Field Judge: Shane Standley; Side judge: Matt Sumstein; Scorer: Johnny Pham.
Team Statistics
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Hawaii |
SJSU
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| FIRST DOWNS |
34 |
18
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| Rushing |
4 |
3
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| Passing |
27 |
14
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| Penalty |
3 |
1
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| NET YARDS RUSHING |
56 |
42
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| Rushing Attempts |
26 |
25
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| Average Per Rush |
2.2 |
1.7
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| Rushing Touchdowns |
2 |
1
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| Yards Gained Rushing |
88 |
75
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| Yards Lost Rushing |
32 |
33
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| NET YARDS PASSING |
545 |
302
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| Completions-Attempts-Int |
44-75-4 |
27-47-3
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| Average Per Attempt |
7.3 |
6.4
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| Average Per Completion |
12.4 |
11.2
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| Passing Touchdowns |
4 |
2
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| TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS |
601 |
344
|
| Total offense plays |
101 |
72
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| Average Gain Per Play |
6.0 |
4.8
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| Fumbles: Number-Lost |
2-0 |
2-1
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| Penalties: Number-Yards |
6-40 |
7-65
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| PUNTS-YARDS |
4-161 |
7-276
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| Average Yards Per Punt |
40.2 |
39.4
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| Net Yards Per Punt |
8.0 |
34.1
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| Inside 20 |
1 |
3
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| 50+ Yards |
0 |
1
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| Touchbacks |
1 |
1
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| Fair catch |
1 |
1
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| KICKOFFS-YARDS |
6-359 |
6-336
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| Average Yards Per Kickoff |
59.8 |
56.0
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| Net Yards Per Kickoff |
35.7 |
39.2
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| Touchbacks |
0 |
0
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| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD |
3-17-0 |
2-109-1
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| Average Per Return |
5.7 |
54.5
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| Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD |
6-101-0 |
6-145-0
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| Average Per Return |
16.8 |
24.2
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| Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD |
3-28-0 |
4-55-1
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| Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD |
0-0-0 |
0-0-0
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| Miscellaneous Yards |
0 |
0
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| Possession Time |
29:34 |
30:26
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| 1st Quarter |
4:53 |
10:07
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| 2nd Quarter |
9:17 |
5:43
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| 3rd Quarter |
7:59 |
7:01
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| 4th Quarter |
7:25 |
7:35
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| OT Quarter |
0:00 |
0:00
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| Third-Down Conversions |
12 of 20 |
6 of 16
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| Fourth-Down Conversions |
1 of 4 |
0 of 0
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| Red-Zone Scores-Chances |
5-5 |
2-2
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| Sacks By: Number-Yards |
2-6 |
4-21
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| PAT Kicks |
6-6 |
5-5
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| Field Goals |
0-1 |
0-1 |
Individual Offensive Statistics
RUSHING--Hawaii, Pilares 10-52, Farmer 1-5, Brennan 15-(-1).
San Jose St., Callier 13-30, Jacob French 5-21, Tafralis 5-3, Jurovich 1-(-5).
PASSING--Hawaii, Brennan 44-75-4-545.
San Jose St., Tafralis 27-47-3-302.
RECEIVING--Hawaii, Grice-Mullins 13-175, Bess 12-140, Rivers 12-138, Hawthorne 4-66, Pilares 2-26.
San Jose St., French 8-65, Jurovich 7-117, David Richmond 5-49, Jalal Beauchman 3-20, Brian Elledge 1-23, Callier 1-12, Kyle Flynn 1-11, Moa Ngatuvai 1-5.
Individual Defensive Statistics
Hawaii |
| Player |
Solo |
Ast |
Tot
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| Adam Leonard |
6 |
5 |
11
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| S. Elimimian |
3 |
5 |
8
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| Jake Patek |
0 |
7 |
7
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| Gerard Lewis |
5 |
1 |
6
|
| Keao Monteilh |
2 |
4 |
6
|
| Desmond Thomas |
3 |
2 |
5
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| Karl Noa |
1 |
4 |
5
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| David Veikune |
3 |
1 |
4
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| Fale Laeli |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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| Myron Newberry |
2 |
1 |
3
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| Brad Kalilimoku |
1 |
2 |
3
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| Spencer Smith |
2 |
0 |
2
|
| Hawthorne |
1 |
1 |
2
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| John Fonoti |
1 |
1 |
2
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| Michael Lafaele |
1 |
1 |
2
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| Blaze Soares |
0 |
2 |
2
|
| Francis Maka |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Grice-Mullins |
1 |
0 |
1
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| Pilares |
1 |
0 |
1
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| Keith AhSoon |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| JoPierre Davis |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Rustin Saole |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Amani Purcell |
0 |
1 |
1
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| Tyson Kafentzis |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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San Jose State |
| Player |
Solo |
Ast |
Tot
|
| Chris Owens |
8 |
7 |
15
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| Lowery |
8 |
5 |
13
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| Matt Castelo |
4 |
8 |
12
|
| Jarron Gilbert |
5 |
2 |
7
|
| Duke Ihenacho |
3 |
4 |
7
|
| Andrew Ryan |
3 |
4 |
7
|
| Demetrius Jones |
3 |
2 |
5
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| D. Hunsucker |
3 |
1 |
4
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| Carl Ihenacho |
2 |
2 |
4
|
| Jonathan Harris |
1 |
3 |
4
|
| Austin Carter |
1 |
2 |
3
|
| Adonis Davis |
0 |
2 |
2
|
| Jerome Pulu |
0 |
2 |
2
|
| Justin Willis |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Dimitri Chattman |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Myles Eden |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Richmond |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Pompey Festejo |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Tafralis |
1 |
0 |
1
|
| Jared Strubeck |
1 |
0 |
1
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| Justin Cole |
1 |
0 |
1
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| Jurovich |
0 |
1 |
1
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| Elledge |
0 |
1 |
1 |
Tackles for loss-yards -- Hawaii: Laeli 2-8. Leonard 2-6, Veikune 2-2, Noa 1.5-7, Maka 1-7, Thomas 1-2, Lewis 0.5-2, Elimimian 0.5-1, Monteilh 0.5-1. San Jose St.: Gilbert 3-14, D. Ihenacho 2-12, C. Ihenacho 2-6, Willis 1-11.
Sacks-Yards -- Hawaii: Laeli 1-5, Veikune 1-1. San Jose St.: C. Ihenacho 2-6, Willis 1-11, Gilbert 1-4.
Fumbles forced -- Hawaii Veikune. San Jose St.: Gilbert, D. Ihenacho.
Fumbles recovered -- Hawaii: Leonard 1-0. San Jose St.: None.
Interceptions -- Hawaii: Leonard 1-28, Newberry 2-0. San Jose St.: Ryan 2-31, Lowery 1-24, Owens 1-0.
Passes broken up -- Hawaii: Newberry 2, Leonard. San Jose St.: Owens 2, Ryan 2, Gilbert, D. Ihenacho, Hunsucker, C. Ihenacho.
Kicks blocked -- Hawaii: None. San Jose St.: None.
Quarterback hurries -- Hawaii: Soares 2, Leonard, Patek. San Jose St.: Pulu.
