Posted on: Saturday, October 30, 2004
Broncos wanted no part of record
By Ferd Lewis
Advertiser Staff Writer
BOISE, Idaho — The signs in the end zone said it all for the Boise State football team's defense last night:
"Not in our house, Chang."
The Broncos said they wanted more than just to win the game, they also wanted to win the battle of the record book, keeping University of Hawai'i quarterback Tim Chang from setting the NCAA career passing record in their stadium on national cable.
"We wanted the moral victory — and the game," rover Cam Hall said.
They got both in a 69-3 blowout, with Chang coming up 14 yards short of the 241 he needed to break Ty Detmer's 13-year-old record of 15,031 set in 1991.
Chang did not re-take the field with 54 seconds left, finishing the night completing 26 of 53 passes for 227 yards, four interceptions and no touchdowns.
"He said he wanted to break it (the record) here and we didn't want him to do that," cornerback Gabriel Franklin said. "We said, 'not in our house.' "
"When it got down to the end of it, I'm not gonna lie to you, I was looking (to the sideline scoreboard where UH's passing statistics were posted)," Dan Hawkins, Boise State head coach, said.
"I was looking up there and I know our defense was going, 'all right, hey, we've got a chance to make sure this doesn't happen on our field,' " Hawkins said. "Hey, there's pride in life and there's pride in football and certainly when you see that within your grasp, you're going, 'all right.' "
Added Hawkins: "I don't know how many times he's been held under 240 yards in his career, but I'll bet it isn't much. So, I give our defense a ton of credit."
UH slotback Gerald Welch said, "they came in 103rd in (pass) defense but they proved they are better than that."
The UH legion of walking wounded grew slightly. Right guard Uriah Moenoa suffered a strained left hamstring but said he expects to play against Louisiana Tech a week from tonight.
Free safety Matt Manuma suffered a sprained right ankle and defensive lineman Daniel Tautofi had a "stinger."
A UH spokesman described them as "day to day."
Eleven NFL scouts attended the game, according to Boise State sports information director Max Corbett.
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