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HONOLULU— For the University of Hawai'i, a few missed opportunities at key times and a solid rushing attack by San Diego State led to the Rainbow Warriors first home loss of the season, 28-14, Saturday night in front of a Homecoming crowd of 25,643 at Hawaiian Airlines field at Aloha Stadium.
 
The loss marked UH's fourth straight Homecoming defeat and dropped the Warriors to 0-2 in Mountain West play.
 
A usually stout Hawai'i (2-4, 0-2) rush defense was caught off guard as the Aztecs (3-3, 2-0 MW) ran for 218 yards on the ground and posted 402 yards of total offense. The Aztecs forced three turnovers and controlled the clock for 36 minutes compared to 23 for the Warriors.
 
SDSU's shifty running back Donnel Pumphrey rushed for a game-high 148 yards on 30 carries and three touchdowns. He scampered 34 yards for a touchdown on the Aztec's opening possession and scored from 8-yards out following a UH turnover to give SDSU a 14-0 lead just six minutes into the game.
 
The second quarter started dramatically different for the Warriors as quarterback Max Wittek found receiver Isaiah Bernard for a 52-yard pass as he streaked down the right sideline to the SDSU 4-yard line. Running back Melvin Davis was the beneficiary of the quick strike offense as he pounded the ball in from 1-yard out. The touchdown ended a nine-quarter scoring drought for the Warriors.
 
Ahead 14-7 late in the half, the Aztecs would score once more with a well-timed play action pass that caught Hawai'i off guard as quarterback Max Smith delivered the pass to receiver Eric Judge for a 58-yard touchdown.
 
Just as SDSU had turned a Warriors fumble in the first quarter into a score, UH capitalized on an Aztec's miscue capped by Wittek's one-year touchdown run pulling the Warriors to within seven at 21-14, midway through the third quarter.
 
But after Wittek was forced out of the game due to injury, the Aztecs pushed their lead back to 14 with Pumphrey's third score.
 
UH's offense managed only 251 yards with Wittek accounting for 179 yards passing and Davis rumbling for 52 yards and a score.
 
The 'Bows defensive stat line was spearheaded by linebacker Julian Gener who had a career-high 19 total tackles with one for loss and linebackers Jerrol Garcia-Williams and Simon Poti who combined for 17 tackles.
 
The Rainbow Warriors return to the road next week to take on the New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday, Oct. 17.  Kick-off is 5:00 p.m. MT (1:00 p.m. HT).