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Post Game Press Conference (Iosefa, Brown, Paredes)
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HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i football suffered a crushing defeat as Utah State rallied for a 35-31 win over the Warriors Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. UH dropped to 5-4 overall and to 3-2 in the Western Athletic Conference with its first league home loss in more than two years.
Robert Turbin's 1-yard plulnge with 14 seconds left proved the game-winner as the Aggies (3-5, 1-2 WAC) overcame a 21-point second-half deficit. Turbin's score capped a 12-play, 59-yard drive that ate up the majority of the final five minutes.
UH saw a string of nine straight regular season home wins come to a close. UH's last such loss was versus USC in the 2010 season opener. UH also had won seven straight WAC home games dating back to 2009. Meanwhile, the Aggies defeated the Warriors for just the second time in seven all-time WAC meetings.
After scoring four unanswered touchdowns in the second quarter, UH took a commanding 28-7 lead into the locker room. But the Aggies, guided by backup quarterback Adam Kennedy came to life in the second half. Utah State used big plays to get back in the game converting on a key fake punt while scoring on a Turbin 48-yard run and Kennedy passes of 37 and 71 yards.
UH lost despite holding a 28-15 advantage in first downs. Senior quarterback
Bryant Moniz accounted for all four of UH's touchdowns. Moniz had touchdown runs of 1 and 8 yards, while tossing a pair of 18-yard touchdown passes to
Justin Clapp and
Jeremiah Ostrowski.
Aaron Brown was again the star on defense for UH with three tackles-for-loss, an interception and a fumble recovery.
UH's next plays its sixth and final road game of the season when it face Nevada in Reno next Saturday, Nov. 12. Kickoff for the nationally-televised game is set for 7:15 p.m. PT (5:15 HT).
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