University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Post-Game Notes
BYU at Hawai‘i
Nov. 25, 2017
Aloha Stadium – Honolulu, HI
 
Honorary Captain: Garrett Gabriel
Attendance: 24,910
Coin Toss: UH won and deferred.

SERIES INFORMATION

• BYU leads the series 22-8. BYU leads the series 13-8 in Honolulu.
• BYU has won the last four meetings and 10 the last 11. UH’s last win in the series came in 2001.
• Eight of the last nine meetings have been decided by double-digits.
• The teams will meet again next year in Provo. BYU and Hawai‘i have also have just extended the series with a home-and-home arrangement in 2024 and ’25.

STREAKS/TRENDS

• UH saw its streak of eight straight non-conference home wins come to an end. Its last non-conference home loss came against Oregon State (30-38) in 2014.
• UH saw its streak of five straight Senior Night wins come to a close. Its last Senior Night loss was against BYU in 2011.
• UH lost nine of its last 10 games of the season and have failed to score more than 23 points in those losses.
• UH did not score on an opening drive this season.
• UH trailed or was tied after the first quarter in 10 of 12 games this season and were 2-8 in those games.
• UH finished 0-5 on national TV this season and are 2-36 in its last 38 national TV games.

 

TEAM NOTES

• UH finished the season 3-9, it’s seventh straight non-winning season and ninth in the last 10 years.
• UH finished with a season-low 28 rushing yards.
• BYU’s touchdown drive that bridged the first and second quarters was the longest by a UH opponent this season in plays and duration (16 plays, 8:05).
• A total of 20 seniors participated in the traditional “Senior Walk” ceremony at the conclusion of the game

 
INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• With 39 rushing yards, Diocemy Saint Juste set a new single-season rushing record with 1,510 yards, breaking the old mark of 1,498 by Travis Sims in 1992. Saint Juste set the mark with a 14-yard gain during UH’s final drive of the game.
• Saint Juste finished with 3,102 career rushing yards, second behind all-time leading rusher Gary Allen (3,451). Saint Juste and Allen are the only UH rushers to amass 3,000 yards in a career.
• Saint Juste finished with eighth 100-yard games this season the second most for a season, behind Travis Sim’s nine in 1992.
• His 13 career 100-yard games is also second-most in UH history. Gary Allen holds the record with 15 such games.
• Saint Juste recorded a career-high eight receptions vs. BYU, racking up 39 yards.
• Junior wide receiver finished with six receptions for 103 yards. It was his third 100-yard game of the season and the fourth of his career.
• Senior wide receiver Ammon Barker scored his first touchdown of the season and the second of his career with a 15-yard catch from Dru Brown in the fourth quarter.
• Sophomore linebacker Solomon Matautia scored his second defensive touchdown in as many home games when he returned a fumble 42 yards in the first quarter. Matautia also scored on an interception return vs. Fresno State.  
• It was UH’s first fumble return for a score since Beau Yap recovered a fumble in the end zone vs. Northern Iowa in 2014.
• Junior wide receiver Devan Stubblefied made his first catch of the season and first since the 2015 season with a seven-yard gain in the second quarter.
• Kumoku Noa scored his second career touchdown on a 3-yd catch in the fourth quarter.
• Jahlani Tavai finished with a team-high 13 tackles and posted at least 10 tackles in nine games this season.
• Tavai finished the year with 124 tackles on the year, his second straight season with more than 100 tackles.
• With 309 career tackles, he is eighth all-time in the category at UH, surpassing Thadius Jefferson (298).