University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

 
Attendance:  21,285/15,001 turnstile
Hawai‘i Captains: Ben Clarke and Julian Gener
Coin Toss: Hawaii wins and elects to defer to second half
First-Time Starters for UH: Defense: David Manoa (DE). Special Teams: Aaron Novoa
Pre-Game Note: With 9:00 remaining in pregame, UH honored 23 seniors concluding their eligibility in tonight’s game
 
SERIES INFORMATION: Hawai‘i and ULM met for the second time and second time in Honolulu — with the win, UH ties the overall series and series in Honolulu at 1-1.
—Both teams are coached by interim head coaches—with the win, UH’s Chris Naeole improves to 1-3 and ULM’s John Mumford falls to 0-2.
— With the win, the Hawai‘i program record improves to 537-436-25 (.551), and 449-277-22 (.615) at home.
—The Hawai‘i losing skid ends at nine (9) games, which was the third-longest UH losing streak.
              *Hawai‘i snaps a four-game (4) home losing streak with the win, dating back to San Diego State on Oct. 10.
              *UH finishes with a 3-10 record for the first time in program history, and ends with three (3) wins for the 12th time and third time in the last 20 years.
Team Notes:
—On Friday afternoon, UH announced the hiring of UH alum and Nevada offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich as the next head coach.
—Early on Saturday, UH also announced the addition of a matchup with Cal at Sydney, Australia’s ANZ Stadium on Aug. 27 next season.
—The Rainbow Warriors wore white helmets with the “H” logo and a tapa for the first time.
—Rushing for a team total of 240 yards, Hawai‘i had a season-high rushing attempt, surpassing a 220-yard effort at New Mexico, Oct. 17.
—With a 13-yard rush in the first quarter, Paul Harris became the first rusher exceeding 1,000 yards in a season since Alex Green had 1,199 yards in 2010.
              *Harris is only the second rushing over 1,000 in a season since 1992 and is the ninth in program history.
—Paul Harris rushed for 166-yards on 27 carries, his fourth consecutive game of 100+ yards and his third-best rushing total.
              *Harris ties the school record for consecutive games over 100-yards. He becomes the first player to go over the century mark in four games since Travis                  Sims in 1992, and Gary Allen in 1979 before that. This was his seventh century game of the season.*The record book does not reflect the 1992 stat, due                to NCAA non-recognition of bowl games in season stats.
—Harris left the game with an injury in the third quarter, but improved his career and season rushing total to 1,132 yards.
              *Harris is the fourth player in the Mountain West to reach 1,000 rushing yards this season.
—The Rainbow Warriors scored on their first possession for the first time since Oct. 17 at New Mexico. It was also UH’s first time capturing the first lead since Oct. 24 since Nevada—also the last time since Nevada that UH has scored in the first quarter.
—UH held a lead after the first quarter for the fourth time this season.
              *UH led 21-10 at halftime for the fifth time this season and was ahead after the third quarter for the fifth time this season.—UH racked up 237 yards in the                  first half, the most since Oct. 17 at New Mexico.
—A 40-yard third down pass from Woolsey to Metuisela Unga was the longest reception of his career.
—A touchdown pass from Woolsey to tight end Harold Moleni with 2:12 to go in the first half was the first TD for Moleni this season and first for the senior tight end since Nov. 29, 2014 at Fresno State.
—In the absence of Rigoberto Sanchez, Aaron Novoa made his first career appearance and made 4-of-4 extra points and punted five times for 188 yards, a 37.6 average and a long of 41. Novoa also kicked off five (5) times for 314 yards and a 62.8 average.
—Linebacker Jahlani Tavai also got into the punting game with a pair of rugby-style punts for a 54 YPK average.
—Julian Gener, who had led the Rainbow Warriors in tackles for the previous three consecutive games, did not make his first tackle until 11:15 in the third quarter—making a second tackle on the next play and producing all five (5) of his stops by the end of the third quarter.
—With under eight minutes to go in the third quarter, true freshman Zeno Choi chased D. Haggerty on the Wildcat run, recording his first career tackle for loss.
—Facing 4th and 1 from their own 29 with just over 13 minutes remaining, UH made a successful fake punt, snapping the ball to nose tackle Penitito Faalologo for four yard gain.
              *Faalologo was originally slotted as a fullback in his rookie season at UH and that was his first career rush.
—David Manoa made his first career start at defensive end and made a career-best eight total tackles with 1.5 sacks, a hurry and a forced fumble.
              *It was his second consecutive game with a sack.
—Sophomore running back Ryan Tuiasoa rushed for a career-high 49 yards on 14 carries with a long of 15. He averaged 3.2 yards a carry.
—Senior defensive back Gaetano DeMattei recorded a career-best seven (7) total tackles, in addition to a pass breakup in his final game.
—Senior center Brenden Urban made his first start of the season in his final collegiate game.
—With 3:03 remaining in the fourth, fending off a ULM two-point conversion, senior safety Marrell Jackson broke up his 13th career pass to hold the 28-26 UH lead.
—In the first game with the defense called by Abe Elimimian, UH came out in a 4-2-5 set.