Box Score

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Javon Ringer scored three touchdowns and Drew Stanton threw for 301 yards (21-of-26) and three touchdowns to lead Michigan State past Hawai'i, 42-14, Saturday at Spartan Stadium. A crowd of 74,043, the second largest road crowd in UH football history, saw the Warriors drop their second straight game of the young season and their sixth straight on the road.

Warrior quarterback Colt Brennan completed 23-of-31 pass attempts for 219 yards and two touchdowns, while Nate Ilaoa gained a career-high 76 yards on nine carries in his first start at running back, but it was not enough to stop the spirited Spartans who gained 499 yards of total offense, converted 70 percent of third down attempts, and sacked UH quarterbacks four times.

Michigan State scored on its first four possessions to jump out to a 28-0 lead and didn't bother looking back. Hawai`i managed to move the ball to the Spartan 15-yard line, but a field goal attempt by Dan Kelly sailed wide left midway through the first quarter.

Michigan State did more of the same in the second half, adding seven on a 20-yard touchdown pass from Stanton to Jerramy Scott to take 35-7 lead.

Hawai`i got on the board in the third quarter when slot receiver Davone Bess came down with a deflected pass for a 3-yard touchdown, his first as a Warrior. The touchdown capped an 11-play, 70-yard drive by Brennan and the Warrior offense.

And Brennan kept the Warrior offense moving in the fourth quarter. The sophomore from Irvine, Calif., orchestrated a 10-play, 67-yard drive capped by a 16-yard touchdown toss to Ian Sample, his first career TD reception, to cut the lead to 35-14 early in the fourth quarter, but the game was already out of reach.

Ryan Grice-Mullen led the Warrior receivers with seven catches for 68 yards. Linebackers Tanuvasa Moe and Brad Kalilimoku recorded nine tackles each to lead the Warrior defense.

The Warriors will take next week off before beginning Western Athletic Conference play at Idaho on Sept. 24.

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