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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i Warrior football team secured its earliest bowl berth in school history with a 45-10 homecoming victory over Idaho Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. After their seventh win of the season, the Warriors accepted an invitation to the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl, UH's seventh bowl bid in the last nine years.

 

UH (7-2, 5-0 WAC), winners of six straight, also remained undefeated in the Western Athletic Conference setting up a huge road showdown with fellow WAC unbeaten and nationally ranked Boise State next week. It was UH's ninth straight homecoming win.

 

The Warriors scored 28 points off of four Vandal turnovers, 21 of those coming in the first half to help stake a 31-3 lead at the break. The Warrior defense picked off a pair of passes to help set up UH's first two touchdowns and returned a fumble for another score.

 

Meanwhile, the Warrior offense continued to roll. Bryant Moniz threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns after completing 27-of-38 attempts. Moniz also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown. Greg Salas finished with 11 catches for 168 yards, while Alex Green rushed for 74 yards and a touchdown.

 

UH trailed to begin the game, giving up a field goal after a 73-yard drive by the Vandals (4-4, 1-2 WAC) on their opening drive. But after that it was all Warriors as UH scored 45 unanswered points.

 

A Mana Silva interception in the first quarter led to a Royce Pollard 10-yard touchdown catch and 10-3 UH lead. Corey Paredes' interception in the second quarter gave UH another short field and that eventually led to Kealoha Pilares 4-yard touchdown catch.

 

Then Richard Torres got the defense into the scoring act. John Hardy-Tuliau caused a Vandal fumble near midfield and Torres returned the fumble 57 yards for a score. It was the second straight week that UH returned a fumble for a touchdown.

 

Green tacked on another touchdown right before the half ended to give the Warriors a commanding four-touchdown lead at the break and the Warriors never looked back.

 

The Warriors now head to the road for a showdown with nationally ranked Boise State in a clash of two undefeated WAC teams. Kickoff is 1:30 p.m. MT (9:30 p.m. HT) at Bronco Stadium and the game can be seen on ESPNU.