Doom in dome
POSTED: Sunday, October 18, 2009
MOSCOW, Idaho » In the fading light of early evening, the Hawaii football team trudged out of the Kibbie Dome and toward the buses to begin a long-night's journey home.
As darkness fell, the Warriors' mood was similarly gloomy as they absorbed yet another defeat and, perhaps more significantly, the loss of another key player.
Missed opportunities and missed assignments in all three phases added up to a 35-23 loss to a resurgent Idaho team yesterday before a crowd of 12,763.
The Warriors moved the ball effectively in the first half, but their continued troubles in the red zone proved costly. The Vandals had no such issues, as running back DeMaundray Woolridge rushed for four touchdowns to send the Warriors (2-4) to their fourth straight defeat.
“;We're a young football team and we're making young mistakes right now,”; said UH head coach Greg McMackin, who placed responsibility for the loss on his own shoulders. “;I'm devastated and feel terrible.”;
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Who: No. 5 Boise State (6-0, 1-0 WAC) at Hawaii (2-4, 0-3) When: 5:05 p.m. Saturday
TV/Radio: PPV Ch. 255/KKEA, 1420-AM
Series history: Boise State leads 7-3
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While UH fell to 0-3 in Western Athletic Conference play, Idaho celebrated a landmark win in improving to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in the conference. The Vandals became bowl eligible in extending their winning streak to five and continuing their best start since 1994, when Idaho was still a Division I-AA program.
“;That's real big. That's what we've been working on since before the season even started,”; said Idaho linebacker Robert Siavii, a Leilehua graduate. “;We wanted to become bowl eligible and we reached that goal.”;
Along with dropping the game, the Warriors lost junior wide receiver Rodney Bradley for the season. Bradley, who entered the game as UH's second-leading receiver, suffered a broken left leg in the second quarter and was taken from the field in an ambulance.
“;It hurts a lot,”; quarterback Bryant Moniz said. “;Rodney's a great player, a great person, a brother of this team. We're all family out there, so we're going to miss him.”;
In his second start, Moniz completed 30 of 42 passes for 360 yards as the Warriors rolled up 444 yards in total offense. He ran for a touchdown and added a late scoring pass to Greg Salas.
But two lengthy first-half drives that netted three points loomed large in the aftermath.
UH answered Woolridge's first touchdown, a 28-yard jaunt, with an 8-yard scoring run by Inoke Funaki out of the wildcat formation.
After Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle hit Maurice Shaw for a 60-yard touchdown pass, it appeared UH would again match the Vandals, setting up a first and goal at the 5. But the Warriors stalled and settled for a Scott Enos field goal.
Another drive in the second quarter ran out of steam at the Idaho 6, and UH attempted a fake field goal. Funaki, the holder, tossed a pass to Leon Wright-Jackson, who was forced out of bounds at the 2 as the Warriors came up empty and trailed 14-10 at halftime.
“;Same thing, different day,”; Moniz said of the red-zone struggles. “;We came a long way from last week. We did improve, but that's not good enough. We have to put seven on the board, not three.”;
The Vandals leaned heavily on a running game that averaged 5 yards per carry, with Princeton McCarty leading the way with 89 yards and Woolridge adding 80 and his four scores.
“;I thank my (offensive) line; they pushed hard,”; Woolridge said. “;To get into the end zone four times is almost like a dream.
“;We feel that we have a lot of prove to this conference and we want everybody to know that we're here to compete.”;
Enderle complemented the ground game by completing 14 of 17 passes for 226 yards. After UH closed to 21-17 on Moniz's 15-yard scramble for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, Enderle led the Vandals on a 10-play march to a score. A fumble by Moniz as he was sacked turned into Woolridge's final touchdown, coming with 1:08 left.
McMackin cited missed assignments for the Warriors' struggles in stopping the Vandals.
“;They're good kids and they're trying as hard as they can, but they've got to understand they've got to play their responsibilities,”; McMackin said. “;A guy tries to make a play, but it's not within the scheme and it really hurt us today. We got outplayed by their offense because basically we weren't playing our defense. We have to do a better job of coaching.”;
While the Warriors return home to face Boise State on Saturday with the chances of a fourth straight bowl appearance fading fast, Idaho now has the postseason in its sights.
“;Being 6-1 means a whole lot,”; Idaho coach Robb Akey said. “;It means this team has done a lot of things a lot of people told them they couldn't do.”;
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
| Conference | Overall | |||||||
| W | L | PF | PA | W | L | PF | PA | |
| Idaho | 3 | 0 | 85 | 54 | 6 | 1 | 207 | 176 |
| Nevada | 2 | 0 | 72 | 46 | 3 | 3 | 173 | 178 |
| Boise State | 1 | 0 | 51 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 229 | 93 |
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | 1 | 86 | 50 | 3 | 3 | 161 | 132 |
| Fresno State | 2 | 1 | 117 | 89 | 3 | 3 | 219 | 151 |
| New Mexico State | 1 | 2 | 33 | 83 | 3 | 4 | 103 | 190 |
| Utah State | 0 | 2 | 49 | 55 | 1 | 5 | 166 | 197 |
| San Jose State | 0 | 2 | 46 | 70 | 1 | 5 | 99 | 201 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 3 | 46 | 104 | 2 | 4 | 142 | 178 |
IDAHO 35, HAWAII 23
At Moscow, Idaho
| Hawaii | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | 23 |
| Idaho | 14 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 35 |
| First Quarter | |||
| Idaho | 12:09 | DeMaundray Woolridge 28 run (Trey Farquhar kick) | 0-7 |
| UH | 8:55 | Inoke Funaki 8 run (Scott Enos kick) | 7-7 |
| Idaho | 8:00 | Maurice Shaw 60 pass from Nathan Enderle (Farquhar kick) | 7-14 |
| UH | 2:40 | FG Enos 22 | 10-14 |
| Second Quarter | |||
| None | |||
| Third Quarter | |||
| Idaho | 5:37 | Woolridge 4 run (Farquhar kick) | 10-21 |
| Fourth Quarter | |||
| UH | 14:18 | Bryant Moniz 15 run (Enos kick) | 17-21 |
| Idaho | 8:46 | Woolridge 1 run (Farquhar kick) | 17-28 |
| Idaho | 1:08 | Woolridge 6 run (Farquhar kick) | 17-35 |
| UH | 0:19 | Greg Salas 21 pass from Moniz (rush failed) | 23-35 |
Attendance —12,763. Time: 3:09.
Officials — Referee: David Smith; Umpire: Rimas Kozica; Back judge: Ken Long; Field judge: Chris Cockrell; Scorer: Ian Klei.
TEAM STATISTICS
| HAWAII | IDAHO | |
| FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 20 |
| Rushing | 7 | 10 |
| Passing | 18 | 10 |
| Penalty | 1 | 0 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 77 | 194 |
| Rushing | 24 | 39 |
| Average per rush | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 4 |
| Yards gained rushing | 106 | 196 |
| Yards lost rushing | 29 | 2 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 367 | 226 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 31-45-1 | 14-17-0 |
| Average per attempt | 8.2 | 13.3 |
| Average per completion | 11.8 | 16.1 |
| Passing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 444 | 420 |
| Total offensive plays | 69 | 56 |
| Average gain per play | 6.4 | 7.5 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 4-30 | 6-40 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-64 | 2-83 |
| Average yards per punt | 32.0 | 41.5 |
| Net yards per punt | 32.0 | 33.5 |
| Inside 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 50-plus yards | 0 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 4-223 | 6-402 |
| Average yards per kickff | 55.8 | 67.0 |
| Net yards per kickoff | 44.0 | 45.8 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-16-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average per return | 8.0 | 00.0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yards-TD | 5-127-0 | 3-47-0 |
| Average per return | 25.4 | 15.7 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 0-0-0 | 1-0-0 |
| Fumbles returns: Number-Yards-TD | 0-00-0 | 1-2-0 |
| Miscellaneous yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession time | 30:29 | 29:31 |
| First Quarter | 8:34 | 6:26 |
| Second Quarter | 11:09 | 3:51 |
| Third Quarter | 7:26 | 7:34 |
| Fourth Quarter | 3:20 | 11:40 |
| Third-down conversions | 10-for-15 | 8-for-10 |
| Fourth-down conversions | 0-for-1 | 0-for-0 |
| Red-zone scores-chances | 3-4 | 3-3 |
| Sacks by: Number-Yards | 0-0 | 4-22 |
| PAT kicks | 2-2 | 5-5 |
| Field goals | 1-1 | 0-0 |
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
TACKLES FOR LOSS-YARDS —Idaho, Tre'Shawn Robinson 2-12, Aaron Lavarias 2-10, JoJo Dickson 1.5-5, Jeromy Jones 1-3, Aaron Grymes 1-1, Robert Siavii 0.5-1. Hawaii, Chris Black 1-2.
SACKS-YARDS —Idaho, Aaron Lavarias 2-10, Robinson 1-9, JoJo Dickson 1-3. Hawaii, None.
INTERCEPTIONS —Idaho, Shiloh Keo 1. Hawaii, None.
KICKS BLOCKED —Idaho, None. Hawaii, None.
QUARTERBACK HURRIES —Idaho, Aaron Lavarias 3. Hawaii, Tuika Tufaga 1.
| HAWAII | |||
| TACKLES | |||
| PLAYER | SOLO | AST | T |
| Spencer Smith | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Paipai Falemalu | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Blaze Soares | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Jeremy Bryant | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Tuika Tufaga | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Lametrius Davis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Mana Silva | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Rocky Savaiigaea | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Fetaiagogo Fonoti | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Corey Paredes | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Geordon Hanohano | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Black | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Richard Torres | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Liko Satele | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kawika Ornellas | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Wadsworth | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Heun | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elliott Purcell | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| IDAHO | |||
| TACKLES | |||
| PLAYER | SOLO | AST | T |
| Aaron Grymes | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Shiloh Keo | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| JoJo Dickson | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Kenneth Patten | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Aaron Lavarias | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Tre'Shawn Robinson | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Gary Walker | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeromy Jones | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Robert Siavii | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Eric Hunter | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Charles Smith | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Andre Ferguson | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jonah Sataraka | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kama Bailey | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Cosgrove | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Butts | 0 | 1 | 1 |
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STATISTICS
| HAWAII | |||||||||
| RUSHING | NO. | GAIN | LOSS | NET | TD | LG | AVG. | ||
| Leon Wright-Jackson | 9 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 4.1 | ||
| Bryant Moniz | 10 | 55 | 23 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 3.2 | ||
| Alex Green | 2 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3.0 | ||
| Inoke Funaki | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2.5 | ||
| Jovonte Taylor | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 | ||
| Totals | 24 | 106 | 29 | 77 | 2 | 21 | 3.2 | ||
| PASSING | COMP.-ATT.-INT. | YDS. | TD | LG | SACK | ||||
| Bryant Moniz | 30-42-1 | 360 | 1 | 42 | 4 | ||||
| TEAM | 0-2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Inoke Funaki | 1-1-0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 31-45-1 | 367 | 1 | 42 | 4 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO. | GAIN | TD | LG | |||||
| Greg Salas | 10 | 111 | 1 | 21 | |||||
| Jovonte Taylor | 6 | 80 | 0 | 35 | |||||
| Kealoha Pilares | 5 | 48 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Joe Avery | 3 | 41 | 0 | 16 | |||||
| Jon Medeiros | 3 | 25 | 0 | 13 | |||||
| Rodney Bradley | 2 | 58 | 0 | 42 | |||||
| Leon Wright-Jackson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||
| Alex Green | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 31 | 367 | 1 | 42 | |||||
| PUNTING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | LG | In20 | TB | |||
| Alex Dunnachie | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | |||
| ALL RETURNS | PUNTS | KICKOFFS | INTERCEPT | ||||||
| No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | |
| Greg Salas | 2 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jovonte Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 52 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Blount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 127 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL PURPOSE | RUSH | RCV | KR | PR | TOTAL | ||||
| Jovonte Taylor | -3 | 80 | 54 | 0 | 131 | ||||
| Greg Salas | 0 | 111 | 0 | 16 | 127 | ||||
| Kealoha Pilares | 0 | 48 | 52 | 0 | 100 | ||||
| Rodney Bradley | 0 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 58 | ||||
| Leon Wright-Jackson | 37 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 44 | ||||
| Joe Avery | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 41 | ||||
| Bryant Moniz | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | ||||
| Jon Medeiros | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Dustin Blount | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Inoke Funaki | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Alex Green | 6 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Totals | 77 | 367 | 127 | 16 | 587 |
| IDAHO | |||||||||
| RUSHING | NO. | GAIN | LOSS | NET | TD | LG | AVG. | ||
| Princeton McCarty | 16 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 16 | 5.6 | ||
| DeMaundray Woolridge | 17 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 4 | 28 | 4.8 | ||
| Nathan Enderle | 2 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 7.5 | ||
| Deonte Jackson | 3 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 3.7 | ||
| TEAM | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | -2.0 | ||
| Totals | 39 | 196 | 2 | 194 | 4 | 28 | 5.0 | ||
| PASSING | COMP.-ATT.-INT. | YDS. | TD | LG | SACK | ||||
| Nathan Enderle | 14-17-0 | 226 | 1 | 60 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 14-17-0 | 226 | 1 | 60 | 0 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO. | GAIN | TD | LG | |||||
| Daniel Hardy | 3 | 62 | 0 | 29 | |||||
| Max Komar | 3 | 57 | 0 | 36 | |||||
| Preston Davis | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Eric Greenwood | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Maurice Shaw | 1 | 60 | 1 | 60 | |||||
| Peter Bjorvik | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | |||||
| Kama Bailey | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Totals | 14 | 226 | 1 | 60 | |||||
| PUNTING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | LG | In20 | TB | |||
| Bobby Cowan | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 2 | 83 | 41.5 | 42 | 1 | 0 | |||
| ALL RETURNS | PUNTS | KICKOFFS | INTERCEPT | ||||||
| No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | |
| Matthew Harvey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shiloh Keo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| TEAM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL PURPOSE | RUSH | RCV | KR | PR | TOTAL | ||||
| Princeton McCarty | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 89 | ||||
| DeMaundray Woolridge | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 81 | ||||
| Daniel Hardy | 0 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 62 | ||||
| Maurice Shaw | 0 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||
| Max Komar | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 57 | ||||
| Matthew Harvey | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 47 | ||||
| Peter Bjorvik | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Nathan Enderle | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Preston Davis | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Eric Greenwood | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Deonte Jackson | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Kama Bailey | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| TEAM | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | ||||
| Totals | 194 | 226 | 47 | 0 | 467 |
