Boise State shows Hawaii who's boss
POSTED: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Hawaii needed to play close to a perfect game to knock off a Boise State team ranking with the nation's elite.
The Warriors didn't come close.
With Boise State (7-0, 2-0 WAC) looking to impress voters in its quest for a Bowl Championship Series berth, the Warriors (2-5, 0-4) aided the cause with six turnovers to help fuel the Broncos' 54-9 blowout before a crowd of 33,961 at Aloha Stadium.
Boise State converted the takeaways into 30 points and built a 34-0 lead before halftime. Broncos quarterback Kellen Moore lived up to his billing as the nation's leader in passing efficiency, throwing a career-high five touchdown passes—three to receiver Titus Young, who finished with 115 receiving yards.
“;We hurt ourselves over and over. Boise State's a good team. They keyed on our mistakes and the scoreboard showed it,”; Hawaii running back Alex Green said.
After Hawaii's losing streak grew to five—the program's longest skid since its winless season in 1998—Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin spent much of his postgame press conference touting the effort of the players through the rout as the Warriors searched for positives from the night.
“;Boise's a good football team and I thought we played with them physically, but they took advantage of our mistakes,”; McMackin said.
As Hawaii's descent continued, the Warriors were also forced to dip further into the depth chart at quarterback. Bryant Moniz left the game after the first quarter due to a concussion, replaced by sophomore Shane Austin, who completed 22 of 36 passes for 174 yards and a touchdown, but tossed three interceptions in his Division I debut.
“;I think he's a talent and a good quarterback, but this is too soon to throw him into the ballgame,”; McMackin said.
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Who: Hawaii (2-5, 0-3) at Nevada (4-3, 3-0) When: Saturday
Where: Reno, Nev.
TV/Radio: PPV Ch. 255/KKEA, 1420-AM
Last meeting: Oct. 25, 2008, at Aloha Stadium, Hawaii won, 38-31.
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The theme for the evening was established early when Hawaii running back Leon Wright-Jackson fumbled on the Warriors' third play from scrimmage and Boise State safety Jeron Johnson recovered at the UH 13 for the first of his three takeaways.
“;It just motivates you to get another turnover,”; Johnson said. “;If somebody gets one, you want to get a second. If someone gets a second, you want to get a third.”;
Forcing the Broncos to kick a field goal might have provided a momentary morale boost, but there would be precious few high points over the remainder of the night for the Warriors.
Boise State converted a fourth and 2 into a 35-yard touchdown pass from Moore to Tyler Shoemaker, and continually turned UH miscues into a commanding lead, using trickery and solid execution to pull away.
The Broncos executed a fake punt for a first down and completed a double pass from Moore to Austin Pettis to Kyle Efaw for a 28-yard gain that eventually led to a Boise State touchdown and a 24-0 lead at the 7:33 mark of the second quarter.
“;Had some good protection and we mixed it up real well,”; Moore said. “;We got a lot of variety in there and got a lot of guys involved and it was good stuff.”;
Moniz completed five of 11 passes in the first quarter but said he felt dizzy after taking a hit, and “;played it safe”; by sitting out the rest of the game.
Austin's first career completion ended in a turnover when Greg Salas had the ball stripped from his grasp and the Broncos recovered at the UH 14, leading to Moore's second touchdown pass of the night.
Austin was sharp on Hawaii's next series, moving the Warriors to the Broncos 14. But Hawaii's best scoring opportunity of the first half ultimately dissolved into another turnover when Johnson jumped in front of Austin's pass and outfought Jon Medeiros for the ball, coming down with an interception in the end zone to preserve the shutout.
“;We put together, I felt, a pretty good drive and their defense made a great play on it,”; Austin said. “;We've got to give a lot of credit to the Boise State defense. They're a great program.
“;The safety made a great play on it. It was up for grabs. I thought we had the touchdown at first.”;
Boise State tacked on two more touchdowns and a field goal before halftime and the Broncos' lead swelled to 44-0 before UH got on the board thanks to a rare Broncos miscue. A shotgun snap sailed over Moore's head and into the end zone. After a wild scramble, Moore fell on the ball for a safety.
Austin and Medeiros connected on a 10-yard score late in the fourth quarter for the Warriors' lone touchdown.
“;We have to stay together, tighten up as a family,”; safety Richard Torres said. “;Now it's just us against the world. As long we've got each other, we can get through anything.”;
BOISE STATE 54, HAWAII 9
At Aloha Stadium
| Boise State | 10 | 24 | 10 | 10 | — | 54 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | — | 9 |
| First Quarter | |||
| BSU | 11:54 | FG Kyle Brotzman 25 | 3-0 |
| BSU | 7:08 | Tyle Shoemaker 35 pass from Kellen Moore (Brotzman kick) | 10-0 |
| Second Quarter | |||
| BSU | 13:32 | Austin Pettis 14 pass from Moore (Brotzman kick) | 17-0 |
| BSU | 7:33 | Titus Young 24 pass from Moore (Brotzman kick) | 24-0 |
| BSU | 1:22 | Young 10 pass from Moore (Brotzman kick) | 31-0 |
| BSU | 0:17 | FG Brotzman 28 | 34-0 |
| Third Quarter | |||
| BSU | 8:02 | FG Brotzman 32 | 37-0 |
| BSU | 6:59 | Young 48 pass from Moore (Brotzman kick) | 44-0 |
| UH | 5:52 | Safety | 44-2 |
| Fourth Quarter | |||
| BSU | 14:54 | FG Brotzman 27 | 47-2 |
| UH | 9:50 | Jon Medeiros 10 pass from Shane Austin | 47-9 |
| BSU | 3:08 | Matt Kaiserman 1 run (Brotzman kick) | 54-9 |
Attendance —33,961. Time: 3:18.
Officials — Referee: Greg Burks; Umpire: Scott Campbell; Back judge: D. Rohe-Dunn; Field judge: Nick Lave; Scorer: Dara Young.
TEAM STATISTICS
| BOISE STATE | HAWAII | |
| FIRST DOWNS | 24 | 21 |
| Rushing | 12 | 8 |
| Passing | 10 | 10 |
| Penalty | 2 | 3 |
| NET YARDS RUSHING | 193 | 93 |
| Rushing | 40 | 18 |
| Average per rush | 4.8 | 5.2 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Yards gained rushing | 224 | 100 |
| Yards lost rushing | 31 | 7 |
| NET YARDS PASSING | 279 | 214 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int | 20-32-0 | 27-47-3 |
| Average per attempt | 8.7 | 4.6 |
| Average per completion | 13.9 | 7.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 5 | 1 |
| TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS | 472 | 307 |
| Total offensive plays | 72 | 65 |
| Average gain per play | 6.6 | 4.7 |
| Fumbles: Number-Lost | 6-0 | 3-3 |
| Penalties: Number-Yards | 6-78 | 8-50 |
| PUNTS-YARDS | 2-104 | 5-155 |
| Average yards per punt | 52.0 | 31.0 |
| Net yards per punt | 52.0 | 28.0 |
| Inside 20 | 2 | 0 |
| 50-plus yards | 1 | 0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Fair catch | 1 | 2 |
| KICKOFF-YARDS | 12-765 | 2-137 |
| Average yards per kickff | 63.8 | 68.5 |
| Net yards per kickoff | 44.0 | 37.0 |
| Touchbacks | 0 | 0 |
| Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-15-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Average per return | 15.0 | 0 |
| Kickoff returns: Number-Yards-TD | 2-63-0 | 12-237-0 |
| Average per return | 31.5 | 19.8 |
| Interceptions: Number-Yards-TD | 3-39-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Fumbles returns: Number-Yards-TD | 1-2-0 | 0-0-0 |
| Miscellaneous yards | 0 | 0 |
| Possession time | 31:30 | 28:30 |
| First Quarter | 7:35 | 7:25 |
| Second Quarter | 7:35 | 7:25 |
| Third Quarter | 9:32 | 5:28 |
| Fourth Quarter | 6:48 | 8:12 |
| Third-down conversions | 3-for-13 | 2-for-9 |
| Fourth-down conversions | 3-for-3 | 0-for-1 |
| Red-zone scores-chances | 7-7 | 1-3 |
| Sacks by: Number-Yards | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| PAT kicks | 6-6 | 1-1 |
| Field goals | 4-5 | 0-0 |
INDIVIDUAL DEFENSIVE STATISTICS
TACKLES FOR LOSS-YARDS —Boise State, J.C. Percy 1.0-5, Daron Mackey 1.0-2, Billy Winn 1.0-2, Winston Venable 1.0-1. Hawaii, R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane 2.0-4, Victor Clore 1.0-2, Jeramy Bryant 1.0-1.
SACKS-YARDS —Boise State, Winn 1.0-2. Hawaii, None.
INTERCEPTIONS —Boise State, Jeron Johnson 2-25, Hunter White 1-14. Hawaii, None.
KICKS BLOCKED —Boise State, None. Hawaii, None.
QUARTERBACK HURRIES —Boise State, Ryan Winterswyk 2, Johnson, Chase Baker. Hawaii, Tuika Tufaga 2, Corey Paredes, Liko Satele, Fetaiagogo Fonoti.
INDIVIDUAL OFFENSIVE STATISTICS
| BOISE STATE | ||||||||||||||
| RUSHING | NO. | GAIN | LOSS | NET | TD | LG | AVG. | |||||||
| Matt Kaiserman | 23 | 126 | 4 | 122 | 1 | 16 | 5.3 | |||||||
| Jeremy Avery | 11 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 21 | 6.5 | |||||||
| Titus Young | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | |||||||
| Mike Coughlin | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | |||||||
| Kellen Moore | 2 | 0 | 6 | -6 | 0 | 0 | -3.0 TEAM | 2 | 0 | 21 | -21 | 0 | 0 | -10.5 |
| Totals | 40 | 224 | 31 | 193 | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | |||||||
| PASSING | COMP.-ATT.-INT. | YDS. | TD | LG | SACK | |||||||||
| Kellen Moore | 18-30-0 | 223 | 5 | 48 | 0 | |||||||||
| Kyle Brotzman | 1-1-0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
| Austin Pettis | 1-1-0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||||||||
| Totals | 20-32-0 | 279 | 5 | 48 | 0 | |||||||||
| RECEIVING | NO. | GAIN | TD | LG | ||||||||||
| Titus Young | 8 | 115 | 3 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Austin Pettis | 4 | 49 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Jeremy Avery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tyle Shoemaker | 1 | 35 | 1 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Jason Robinson | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Kyle Efaw | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Chandler Koch | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Kirby Moore | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Richie Brockel | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 20 | 279 | 5 | 48 | ||||||||||
| PUNTING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | LG | In20 | TB | ||||||||
| Brad Elkin | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Kyle Brotzman | 1 | 72 | 72.0 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Totals | 2 | 104 | 52.0 | 72 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||
| ALL RETURNS | PUNTS | KICKOFFS | INTERCEPT | |||||||||||
| No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | ||||||
| Titus Young | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jeron Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 25 | |||||
| Hunter White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14 | |||||
| Kyle Wilson | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Jerrell Gavins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 1 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 63 | 49 | 3 | 39 | 25 | |||||
| ALL PURPOSE | RUSH | RCV | KR | PR | TOTAL | |||||||||
| Titus Young | 18 | 115 | 14 | 0 | 147 | |||||||||
| Matt Kaiserman | 122 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | |||||||||
| Jeremy Avery | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | |||||||||
| Jerrell Gavins | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||
| Austin Pettis | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |||||||||
| Tyle Shoemaker | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |||||||||
| Jason Robinson | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Kyle Efaw | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 28 | |||||||||
| Jeron Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |||||||||
| Kyle Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | |||||||||
| Hunter White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | |||||||||
| Chandler Koch | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Mike Coughlin | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||||||||
| Kirby Moore | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| Richie Brockel | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Kellen Moore | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | |||||||||
| TEAM | -21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -21 | |||||||||
| Totals | 193 | 279 | 63 | 15 | 589 |
| HAWAII | |||||||||
| RUSHING | NO. | GAIN | LOSS | NET | TD | LG | AVG. | ||
| Alex Green | 8 | 49 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 16 | 5.5 | ||
| Chizzy Dimude | 4 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 7.2 | ||
| Bryant Moniz | 3 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 3.3 | ||
| Leon Wright-Jackson | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | ||
| Inoke Funaki | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2.0 | ||
| Shane Austin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Totals | 18 | 100 | 7 | 93 | 0 | 16 | 5.2 | ||
| PASSING | COMP.-ATT.-INT. | YDS. | TD | LG | SACK | ||||
| Shane Austin | 22-36-3 | 174 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||||
| Bryant Moniz | 5-11-0 | 40 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 27-47-3 | 214 | 1 | 30 | 1 | ||||
| RECEIVING | NO. | GAIN | TD | LG | |||||
| Greg Salas | 9 | 90 | 0 | 19 | |||||
| Jon Medeiros | 5 | 47 | 1 | 30 | |||||
| Jovonte Taylor | 4 | 32 | 0 | 12 | |||||
| Kealoha Pilares | 4 | 26 | 0 | 9 | |||||
| Chizzy Dimude | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Dustin Blount | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| Joe Avery | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Leon Wright-Jackson | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals | 27 | 214 | 1 | 30 | |||||
| PUNTING | NO. | YDS. | AVG. | LG | In20 | TB | |||
| Alex Dunnachie | 5 | 155 | 31.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 5 | 155 | 31.0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | |||
| ALL RETURNS | PUNTS | KICKOFFS | INTERCEPT | ||||||
| No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | No. | Yds. | Lg | |
| Jovonte Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 148 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kealoha Pilares | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dustin Blount | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Ray Stutzmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mana Lolotai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 237 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ALL PURPOSE | RUSH | RCV | KR | PR | TOTAL | ||||
| Jovonte Taylor | 0 | 32 | 148 | 0 | 180 | ||||
| Greg Salas | 0 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||
| Alex Green | 44 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 61 | ||||
| Jon Medeiros | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 47 | ||||
| Kealoha Pilares | 0 | 26 | 20 | 0 | 46 | ||||
| Dustin Blount | 0 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 38 | ||||
| Chizzy Dimude | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37 | ||||
| Billy Ray Stutzmann | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Bryant Moniz | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Mana Lolotai | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Leon Wright-Jackson | 8 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Avery | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Inoke Funaki | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Totals | 93 | 214 | 237 | 0 | 544 |
BOISE STATE
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| TACKLES | ||||
| PLAYER | SOLO | AST | T | |
| Winston Venable | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jason Robinson | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Travis Stanaway | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Cedric Febis | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| J.C. Percy | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Jerrell Gavins | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| George Iloka | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Daron Mackey | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Shea McClellin | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aaron Burks | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hunter White | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jarrell Root | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Michael Choate | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tommy Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeron Johnson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kyle Wilson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Josh Borgman | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aaron Tevis | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Michael Atkinson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brandyn Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Coughlin | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Chase Baker | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Billy Winn | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zach Gohlson | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
HAWAII
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| TACKLES | ||||
| PLAYER | SOLO | AST | T | |
| Blaze Soares | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Richard Torres | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| R.J. Kiesel-Kauhane | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Spencer Smith | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Lametrius Davis | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rocky Savaiigaea | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Lewis Walker | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Elliott Purcell | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mana Lolotai | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Tuika Tufaga | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Mana Silva | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Victor Clore | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kawika Ornellas | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jeramy Bryant | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Corey Paredes | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paipai Falemalu | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jake Heun | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ryan Henry | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jon Medeiros | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jovonte Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Scott Enos | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mike Wadsworth | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Kenny Estes | 0 | 1 | 1 |
