University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

 
Post-game Notes
Nevada at Hawai‘i
Oct. 1, 2016
Aloha Stadium – Honolulu, O‘ahu
 
Attendance:  23,503 tickets issued/20,792 turnstile
Honorary Captain: Corey Paredes
Coin Toss: UH wins and defers.
 
 
SERIES INFORMATION

• Hawai‘i and Nevada met for the 21st time and the 13th time in Honolulu.  Nevada still leads the series 12-9, though UH moved to 8-5 at home against Nevada.  This is the third time in five years that UH has opened MW play against Nevada.
• UH moved to 5-28 all-time in Mountain West games. UH is 15-23 in conference openers, including 2-3 in Mountain West openers

 
STREAKS

• UH won its first Mountain West game since beating UNLV, 37-35, at Aloha Stadium on Nov. 22, 2014.  The Rainbow Warriors went winless in Mountain West play last year (0-8) and had dropped nine straight conference games.
• UH ended a string of five straight losses to the Wolf Pack. UH’s last win against Nevada was a 27-21 upset of Colin Kaepernick and the No. 19 Wolf Pack in Honolulu. Nick Rolovich was the UH offensive coordinator for that game.
• Dejon Allen made his 29th straight start, the longest on the offensive side of the ball.   

 
TEAM NOTES

• UH’s 38-17 win was the second-largest margin of victory in a Mountain West game since joining the league in 2012. UH’s biggest win was its first-ever conference victory, a 48-10 blowout of UNLV in 2012.
• UH won its Mountain West opener for the second time in five years in the league. The other win was over Wyoming, 38-28, at home in the 2014 opener.  
• UH accumulated a season high 566 yards, the most yardage since accumulating 578 in the 2014 win over UNLV
• UH rushed for a season-high 344 yards, the team’s highest total since posting 348 yards, also vs. UNLV in 2014.  
• The UH defense held Nevada to 397 yards, a season-low for a UH opponent.
• UH’s held a 3-0 lead after the first quarter and a 17-3 lead at half. It was the first time this year that UH led after the first quarter, as well as at the half.
• UH has turned the ball at least once in each game this season and in 14 straight games dating back to last season. The last time UH didn’t turn the ball over was at Wisconsin on Sept. 6, 2015.

 
INDIVIDUAL PLAYER NOTES

• Diocemy Saint Juste became the 10^th player in UH history to rush for over 200 yards when he finished with 205 yards on 19 carries. His single-game total is the eighth-best in school history.
• Saint Juste burst open for a career-long 59-yard rush on the first play of the second half. It was UH’s longest rush from scrimmage this year
• Dru Brown made his first career start and finished 15-of-18 for 222 yards, 2 touchdowns and no interceptions.
• Brown threw his first career touchdown when he connected with Metuisela ‘Unga on a 16-yard connection with 48 seconds left in the first half.
• ‘Unga, who made his first career start, scored his second touchdown on an 8-yard reception in the third quarter. The junior tight end has scored three touchdowns in UH’s two home games his year.
• ‘Unga is the first UH tight end to score twice in a game since Clark Evans vs. Navy in 2013.
• John Ursua scored for the second straight game with a 5-yard rush, his first career rushing touchdown.
• Dejaun Butler made his first career start at safety and finished with two tackles and one PBU.
• Meffy Koloamatangi made his first start of the season and finished with three tackles, including a second-quarter sack of Tyler Stewart.
• Steven Lakalaka has found the endzone in four of five games this year, including each of the last three contests. With his 4-yd rush in the second quarter he now has a team-high five touchdowns this season.
• Sophomore RB/TE Kaiwi Chung scored his first career touchdown on 1-yd plunge in the third quarter.
• Makoa Camanse-Stevens’ 32-yard catch in the second quarter was a season-long.
• Keala Santiago recorded his first career sack with a 3^rd quarter takedown of Tyler Stewart
• Junior linebacker Russell Williams Jr. tallied a career-high 12 tackles.
• Rigo Sanchez made good on a 27-yard field goal on UH’s opening drive, his first field goal attempt in three games. He is now 3-for-3 on field goal attempts this year