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HONOLULU – A turnover-riddled University of Hawai'i Warrior football team fell to Tulsa, 62-35, in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl Christmas Eve at Aloha Stadium. The Warriors finished the season with a 10-4 mark.

 

Tulsa scored 24 points off of six UH turnovers in the first half, including two interception returns for touchdowns.  UH limited the dangerous Tulsa offense to just 94 yards and five first downs in the first half but the Golden Hurricane took advantage of an error-prone Warrior offense to stake a 27-14 halftime lead, a lead they would not relinquish.

 

Hawai'i ended the game with a 550-531 advantage in yards, but still lost handily while giving up their most points since a 63-17 loss to No. 1 USC in 2005.  

 

Tulsa All-American Damaris Johnson earned bowl MVP honors for Tulsa (10-3) after racking up 326 all-purpose yards. Johnson tallied 94 yards rushing, 101 receiving and 127 in returns en route to setting a new NCAA career mark in all-purpose yardage.

 

Meanwhile, playing his final game as a Warrior, senior Greg Salas recorded 13 catches for a career-high 214 yards and two touchdowns. Salas earned bowl MVP honors for UH while seting new single-season UH marks for receptions (119) and yards (1,889).

 

Curnelius Arnick had two interceptions, including a 54-yard touchdown return in the second quarter to lead a Tulsa defense that recorded five interceptions. Senior Mana Silva had 10 tackles and one sack in his final game for the Warrior defense.

 

Both offenses got into gear in the second half and the Warriors cut the Golden Hurricane lead to just six points on two occasions in the third quarter. However Tulsa pulled away with a pair of touchdowns—a Johnson 67-yard run and a Thomas Roberson 47-yard reception—to take a 20-point lead into the fourth quarter.