Colleges
Utah State handles Hawaii in one-sided affair


  



Sat, Nov 3, 2018 @ Aloha Stadium [ 6:00 pm ]


Final 1 2 3 4 T
Utah State 28 0 28 056
Hawaii 3 0 14 017
Cole McDonald 331 yd 2 TD
Jordan Love 127 yd 1 TD
Darwin Thompson 141 yd 3 TD
John Ursua 78 yd 1 TD
Ron'quavion Tarver 40 yd 1 TD

HALAWA — Two running backs scored three touchdowns apiece and No. 18 Utah State amassed 426 rushing yards to overwhelm Hawaii, 56-17, in a Mountain West Conference football game before  crowd of 17,262 at Aloha Stadium Saturday night.

The Aggies (8-1 overall, 5-0 MW) rolled to their eighth straight victory since a season-opening loss at 11th-ranked Michigan State. They amassed 601 yards of total offense to 390 for the Rainbow Warriors (6-5, 3-3), who suffered their fourth consecutive defeat.

Darwin Thompson rushed for 141 yards on 13 carries and Gerold Bright added 121 yards on 16 attempts. Thompson scored on a pair of 1-yard runs and a 26-yard scamper, while Bright found the end zone on runs of 18, 47 and 9 yards.

Jordan Love threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Ron'quavion Tarver to open the scoring a few minutes into the game and also ran in another score from a yard out on the final play of the first quarter.

Cole McDonald threw for 331 yards with two touchdowns — both of them coming after halftime — but completed just 18 of his 45 pass attempts and was intercepted twice. John Ursua hauled in a 54-yard scoring strike from McDonald to pull Hawaii within 35-11 with 9:17 left in the third quarter. McDonald's 38-yard TD pass to Devan Stubblefield late in the third period closed out the scoring.

The Aggies led at halftime, 28-3.

Utah State was 6 of 7 on red zone opportunities. It averaged 7.7 yards per play and racked up 29 first downs to UH's 18.

Hawaii was a meager 2 of 14 on third-down conversions and managed only 2.2 yards per rush.

The Rainbow Warriors will have a bye next week before hosting UNLV on Nov. 17 and finishing the regular season on the road at San Diego State on Nov. 24. They remain one win shy of bowl eligibility.





Show your support

Every contribution, no matter the size, will help ScoringLive continue its mission to provide the best and most comprehensive coverage of high school sports in the state of Hawaii and beyond.

Please consider making a contribution today.

ADVERTISEMENT


IMAGE GALLERY



MORE STORIES

MIL no ka oi - Baldwin, Maui declared Division I co-champs

Game called in the third inning as rain causes safety issue; both teams go home champions in first ever...

Kamehameha-Hawaii topples Damien to claim first state title since 2016

The Warriors blasted eight hits for a nine-run first inning to run-rule the Monarchs to win their first...

Maui shuts out Saint Louis to reach Division I finale for first time since 2017

Nicholas Nashiwa's two-out, RBI single to left, the Sabers' only one of the game, proved to be the difference...

Bears squeeze by Warriors to set up all-MIL final with Maui

Kaden Anderson pitched five innings and made an incredible running catch to deep right-center field to...

No. 1 Mililani claims fourth D1 state crown, first since 2014, with rout of No. 2 Kamehameha

Sunni Kahanu belted a pair of home runs and drove in five runs and Hinano Bautista fired a four-hitter...

No. 10 Kapaa dominates PAC-5 to end perfect season with D2 state title

The Warriors hammered out 12 hits in their 12-run rout of the Wolfpack to win their first Division II...