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HONOLULU— Vexed by the triple option attack of Air Force and haunted by turnovers the University of Hawai'i football team was unable to keep up with the nation's third-ranked rushing attack in a 58-7 loss, Saturday night at Hawaiian Airlines field at Aloha Stadium.
 
The loss marked the sixth straight for the Rainbow Warriors (2-7) dropping their record in Mountain West play to 0-5, and officially knocking UH out of bowl contention. The 51-point loss was the largest defeat in a conference home game.
 
The Falcons (5-3, 4-1) rushed the ball with ease as their triple option attack gashed Hawai'i for 496 yards on the ground, the most given up by a UH defense since 2004. Running back Jacobi Owens rushed 30 times for 137 yards and two scores while quarterback Karson Roberts rushed for 65 and a score and threw for 80.  Defensively the Falcons forced four turnovers.
 
The Warriors offense struggled to get anything going as the team's only points was by virtue of a 98-yard kickoff return by Keelan Ewaliko. UH rushed for a season-low minus 2 yards on the ground while generating only 178 yards of total offense.
 
The first quarter was all about the run game as Air Force dominated on the ground and in time of possession. The Falcons rushed for 159 yards and held the ball for 11:01 of the quarter. Owens was the man cashing in the two scores, one from 2-yards out and the other from 11-yards.
 
The second touchdown was benefitted by an unusual play as Roberts kept the ball himself and was thought to be initially tackled but never fully touched the ground and got back to his feet and rushed to the UH 11-yard line.
 
Offensively the Warriors' bad luck continued after wide receiver Quinton Pedroza had the ball knocked away after a 43-yard reception that would have swung the field position around.
 
As the turnovers mounted for UH, so did their deficit on the scoreboard as they found themselves going into halftime down 34-0 with the last dagger coming as time expired as AFA kicker Luke Strebel connected on a 36-yard field goal, his second of the quarter. The three turnovers led directly to 13 points for the Falcons, with all three scoring drives starting in Warriors territory.
 
A few bright spots for the Warriors were a second half crushing hit by defensive lineman Kennedy Tulimasealii on Falcons running back Benton Washington and linebacker Jerrol Garcia-Williams who finished with a career-high 17 total tackles.
 
The Rainbow Warriors return to the road next week to take on UNLV in Las Vegas, Nev., Saturday, Nov. 7. Kick-off is 3:00 p.m. PT (1:00 p.m. HT).