University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Post-game Notes
UNLV at Hawai‘i
Dec. 12, 2020
Aloha Stadium – Honolulu, O‘ahu
 

SERIES INFORMATION

• UH maintained possession of the Island Showdown Trophy with its third straight win over UNLV.
• UH leads the series 12-3 in Honolulu where they have won six of the last seven games. Hawai‘i’s only loss during that span was a 41-38 defeat in 2016.
• The home team won for the 10th time in the last 12 meetings.
• UH is 5-4 against UNLV in Mountain West meetings.

 
TEAM STREAKS/TRENDS

• UH is tied with Auburn for the longest streak in the country at 153 games without allowing a punt block. Hawai‘i last had a punt blocked by Notre Dame in 2008.

 
INDIVIDUAL STREAKS/TRENDS 

• Senior receiver Jared Smart has caught a ball in all 23 games he has played in at UH. He has caught at least three passes in all but two of those games.

 
TEAM NOTES

• UH is one of only two Mountain West schools, along with Nevada, to have played every conference game on its schedule this season.
• The Warriors finished with a .500 or better record for the third straight year and fourth time in the last five seasons.
• The Rainbow Warriors racked up 530 yards of total offense with 278 of them coming on the ground. Both totals were the second-highest of the season.
• UH scored on its opening drive for just the second time in eight games this season when Cordeiro sprinted for a 54-yard touchdown on UH’s second play from scrimmage.
• UH posted at least one takeaway in seven of their eight games this season.
• After turning the ball over nine times in its first four games, UH has just three turnovers in the last four contests.
• UH led at the end of the first quarter for the first time this season when it held a 7-0 advantage against the Rebels. UH entered the game having been out-scored 72-17 in the first quarter. 
• UH’s 21-7 lead at half was the biggest this year and marked just the second time UH led at the break. UH entered the game having  been outscored 118-61 in the first half this season.

  
INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• Chevan Cordeiro rushed for 88 yards and two touchdowns on the evening.  
• Cordeiro finished with 450 rushing yards on the year and is the first UH quarterback to lead the team in rushing since Michael Carter in 1991 (1,092 yards).
• Cordeiro scored a rushing touchdown in each of the final three games of the season and finished with a season high seven touchdowns on the ground for UH.
• His 54-yard run in the first quarter tied a career long (also at Fresno State) and was the longest scoring run for UH this season.
• Darius Muasau set a new career-high with 18 tackles, including 2.5 tackles-for-loss and a sack.
• The 18 tackles were the most by a Rainbow Warrior since Solomon Elimimian’s 20 tackles versus Utah State in 2007.
• The linebacker posted at least 10 tackles in six of eight games and finished with a team-high 95 tackles on the year.
• Calvin Turner’s 71-yard catch in the third quarter was his second catch of 70 or more yards this year. He also had a 75-yard touchdown catch vs. San Diego State. Turner finished with 155 all-purpose yards on the evening.
• Matthew Shipley nailed a season-long 44-yard field goal in the fourth quarter. The freshman finished 8-of-12 on field goals this year.
• Freshman running back Dae Dae Hunter scored for the second straight week with a 1-yard run in the second quarter. Hunter finished the year with three touchdowns, two of them on the ground.
• Freshman Koali Nishigaya scored a touchdown on his first career rushing attempt with a 4-yard score in the third quarter.
• Redshirt freshman Boone Abbott saw his first action as a Rainbow Warrior in the fourth quarter and rushed for two yards in his only snap.
• Donovan Dalton snagged his first career interception with a pick of Max Gilliam in the waning seconds of the game.