University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Post-game Notes
Hawai‘i at Utah State
Oct. 30, 2021
Maverik Stadium – Logan, Utah
 

SERIES INFORMATION

• UH has now lost six straight games to the Aggies dating back to 2011, including all five Mountain West meetings.
• It’s the second-longest losing streak to a Mountain West team (Boise State, 8).
• USU has won six of the eight meetings in Logan including the last three.
• The Aggies have won all five Mountain West contests. While the teams were members of the Western Athletic Conference, UH won five of the seven contests.
• 15 of the 17 all-time meetings have been decided by double-digits.

TEAM STREAKS/TRENDS  

• UH has dropped four straight conference road games. UH’s last Mountain West road win can at Fresno State in last season’s season opener in late October.
• UH did not score on its opening drive for the first time in its last five games.
• After rushing for better than 200 yards in three of its last four games, UH finished with with a season-low 12 yards.

INDIVIDUAL STREAKS/TRENDS 

• Calvin Turner Jr. has scored in seven of nine games this season after his 27-yard scoring catch in the third quarter. Turner has a team-leading 10 touchdowns this season.
• Matthew Shipley has made 10 straight field goals after nailing a 49-yarder in the second quarter. Shipley is 11-of-12 on field goals this season.

 
TEAM NOTES

• UH surrendered season highs in points (51) and yards (564).
• The 51 points allowed is the most under Todd Graham at UH.
• Hawai‘i is 1-4 on the road this year and 2-6 in true road games in two seasons under coach Graham.
• UH scored its fourth defensive touchdown this season—and its third in the last two  games-with Eugene Ford’s 60-yard scoop-and-score in the fourth quarter.
• UH has a combined six touchdowns of 60 yards or longer in the last three games.
• UH recorded a season high 11 tackles-for-loss, despite recording just one sack.
• UH forced two fumbles against the Aggies. The Warriors have forced multiple turnovers in six of nine games this year.
• In its five road games, UH has been out-scored by a combined 65-20 in the first quarter.
• UH surrendered a touchdown on its opponents opening drive for just the second time this season (also at Oregon State).

 
INDIVIDUAL NOTES

• After missing the last three games, Chevan Cordeiro returned as the team’s starting quarterback.
• Cordeiro finished 23-of-39 for 296 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.
• Calvin Turner posted his second 100-yard receiving game this season and third of his career with eight catches for 110 yards and a one touchdown.
• The eight receptions tied a career-high.
• Dedrick Parson also went over 100 yards receiving (115) for the first time in his UH career and scored his first receiving touchdown with a 29-yard catch from Cordeiro in the second quarter.
• Parsons has four touchdowns in the last two games.
• Koali Nishigaya recorded his first career touchdown catch with a 12-yard connection from Cordeiro in the third quarter.
• Matthew Shipley nailed a career-long 49-yard field goal to give UH its first points of the game in the second quarter. His previous long was 48 yards at UCLA in the 2021 season opener.
• Darius Muasau finished with a season-high 16 tackles, two short of his career high.
• Eugene Ford scored his first career touchdown on a 60-yard scoop-and-score in the fourth quarter, while also adding a career-high 10 tackles.
• Solo Turner got his first career start as a Warrior in the secondary and finished with nine tackles, two of them for loss, including a sack and forced fumble that was recovered by UH in the third quarter.