Box Score
Post Game Notes


LOGAN, Utah – The University of Hawai'i Warrior football team continued to be road Warriors with a convincing 45-7 win over Utah State Saturday at Romney Stadium. With their third road win this season, the Warriors improved to 6-2 overall and 4-0 in the Western Athletic Conference.

 

UH overcame cold and wet conditions to win its fifth straight game and remain perfect in league play. The win also inched the Warriors one win away from a bowl berth.

 

Hawai'i led just 14-7 at halftime after having two drives end with interceptions in the end zone. But the Warriors scored 31 unanswered points after the break, including 17 in the pivotal third quarter, to run away with the win.

 

Alex Green rushed for 172 yards and four touchdowns, while the Warrior defense again stepped up  against a dangerous offensive opponent. UH absolutely dominated the game with a 605-181 advantage in yards.

 

The 605 yards was a the second highest total of the season. Meanwhile, UH allowed just 181 totals yards by the Aggies, the best defensive performance by the team since 2005 when UH allowed just 153 yards in a 24-0 win at Idaho. The Aggies (2-5, 0-3 WAC) converted on just 1-of-12 third down attempts.

 

Utah State's lone touchdown came early in the second quarter on a Diondre Borel 35-yard touchdown run. That knotted the game, 7-7. After that, it was all Warriors, as UH out-scored the Aggies, 38-0.

 

Green scored two of his touchdowns in the fist half, then had two more scores in the second half on runs of 36 and 60 yards. The Warriors' air attack included 389 passing yards for junior quarterback Bryant Moniz. Both Rodney Bradley and Greg Salas surpassed 100-yard receiving with Salas finishing with nine catches for 158 yards and a touchdown.

 

Hawai'i again won the turnover battle and Corey Paredes led the way for the defense with 10 tackles and a pair of interceptions. The Warrior special teams also got into the act when David Graves picked up a botched punt attempt for a 6-yard touchdown return that started the second-half avalanche.

 

UH now returns to Aloha Stadium for a homecoming game versus Idaho on Saturday, Oct. 30. Kickoff is at 5:30 p.m.