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Post-game Notes
#18 Fresno State at Hawai‘I
Oct. 2, 2021
Clarence T.C. Ching Complex – Honolulu, O‘ahu
 

SERIES INFORMATION
  • UH ended a six-game home losing streak to the Bulldogs. It was UH’s first win over Fresno State in Honolulu since 2007.
  • The Warriors evened the series 15-15 in Honolulu, though Fresno State still leads the overall series 29-24-1.
  • UH’s win over Fresno State was just its third in the last 11 meetings and just its third in 10 all-time Mountain West meetings.  
 
TEAM STREAKS/TRENDS
  • The Warriors snapped a 13-game losing streaking against nationally ranked teams that stretched over a decade. Their last win was against No. 19 Nevada (27-21), Oct. 16, 2010 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.
  • The Warriors have won their last four Homecoming Games and are 40-29-1 all-time. UH did not have a Homecoming Game last season. 
 
INDIVIDUAL STREAKS/TRENDS 
  • Senior receiver Jared Smart did not catch a pass for the first time in his career. Smart had at least once catch in 29 straight games dating back to 2019.
  • Chevan Cordeiro’s string of 14 straight starts at quarterback ended after sitting out Saturday’s game due to injury.
 
TEAM NOTES
  • UH improved to 11-46 all-time versus nationally ranked teams and 10-26 at home.
  • UH’s six turnovers forced was its most since 2011 in a road loss at San Jose State. The Warriors recorded four interceptions and two fumbles.
  • UH has forced nine turnovers in the last two games.
  • The Warriors have forced multiple turnovers in four of six games this year.
  • UH rushed for better than 200 yards (232) for the second straight game and for the third time overall this season.
  • UH surrendered its longest pass play of the season when Jake Pope scored on a 65-yard connection from Jake Haener in the first quarter.
 
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
  • Freshman Brayden Schager made his first career start at quarterback for UH in place on injured Chevan Cordeiro. Schager finished 11-of-27 passing for 116 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdowns.  
  • Schager became the fifth straight UH quarterback to win in his starting debut and the second straight freshman (Chevan Cordeiro) to do so.
  • Dae Dae Hunter recorded his second career 100-yard rushing game with 127 yards on a career-high 21 carries.
  • Calvin Turner Jr. has scored in each of the last five games and has eight touchdowns total this season after a pair of touchdowns, one rushing and one receiving, on Saturday.
  • Caleb Phillips scored his second touchdown of the season and first since the season opener with a 26-yard catch in the fourth quarter.
  • Matthew Shipley hit his fifth and sixth straight field goals when he nailed a 34-yarder in the first quarter and game-winning 33-yarder in the fourth quarter. Shipley is 7-of-8 on field goals this season.
  • Cortez Davis intercepted his first pass of the season and the second of his career with a second-quarter pick of Jake Haener.
  • Khoury Bethley picked off two passes, for his second multi-interception game of his career. Bethley also had two interceptions in UH’s 2019 Hawai‘i Bowl win over BYU.
  • Hugh Nelson II, who started for an injured Cameron Lockridge, sealed the game with an interception – his second of the season – on Fresno State’s final possession of the game.
  • Quentin Frazier tied his career-high with nine tackles. 
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