Updated at 6:46 p.m., Saturday, October 14, 2006
Warriors rout Fresno State, 68-37
Advertiser Staff
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Hawai'i is 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the WAC. Fresno State is 1-5 and 1-2.
With the game well in hand, Tyler Graunke replaced Brennan early in the fourth quarter. Brennan completed 32 of 39 passes with no interceptions. It was his third consecutive game with 400 yards or more in passing.
Hawai'i running back Nate Ilaoa scored on runs of 1, 5 and 20 yards — all in the first half. Ross Dickerson led UH receivers with 10 catches for 115 yards and a touchdown. Davone Bess had 8 catches for 70 yards and two scores. Ian Sample also had two TD catches.
Hawai'i took a 42-17 lead at halftime.
Fresno State's Sean Norton completed a 76-yard touchdown pass to Marlon Moore to close it to 42-23 with 14:52 remaining in the third quarter. A two-point conversion run attempt failed.
Brennan completed his third touchdown pass — a 20-yarder to Bess with 12:13 remaining in the third quarter — to lift Hawai'i to a 49-23 lead.
Brennan again went to Bess — a 2-yard touchdown with 7:26 remaining in the third quarter — to give the Warriors a 55-23 lead. Dan Kelly's extra-point kick was blocked. Kelly had made his first seven PAT attempts Saturday. It was Kelly's first failed PAT attempt of the season after starting 27 of 27.
Brennan completed his fifth touchdown pass — a 35-yarder to Dickerson with 41 seconds remaining in the third quarter — boosting Hawai'i to a 62-23 lead.
Fresno State's Lonyae Miller scored on a 4-yard run to close Hawai'i's lead to 62-30 with 11:20 to go.
Graunke completed a 1-yard touchdown pass to Jason Rivers with 7:38 remaining for a 68-30 lead. Kelly's PAT attempt was blocked.
Fresno State's Isaac Kinter caught a 9-yard TD pass from Norton to close to 68-37 with 2:26 to go.
Ilaoa ran for three scores, Brennan completed two scoring passes to Sample and the Hawai'i defense came up big to give the Warriors a 42-17 hafltime lead. Brennan completed 18 of 23 passes for 225 yards in the first half. Ilaoa had five rushes for 28 yards.
Quarterback Tom Brandstater completed a 75-yard touchdown pass to Bear Pascoe with 12:28 to go in the first quarter to give Fresno State a 7-0 lead.
Ilaoa scored on a 1-yard touchdown to tie it at 7 with 9:39 remaining in the first quarter.
Brennan completed a 47-yard touchdown pass to Sample to give Hawai'i a 14-7 lead with 5:11 remaining in the first quarter.
Two key defense plays resulting in Fresno State fumbles gave the Warriors good field position and led to scores.
UH's Solomon Elimimian's hit forced Dwayne Wright to fumble and the ball was recovered by Hawai'i's Ikaika Alama-Francis at the Fresno State 24. Three plays later, Brennan handed off to Ilaoa, who scored on a 5-yard run to give Hawai'i a 21-7 lead with 1:46 to go in the first quarter.
Another fumble by Wright, forced by Melila Purcell and recovered by Adam Leonard, gave UH the ball back at the Fresno State 42. Brennan completed his second touchdown pass to Sample — a 2-yarder with 13:11 remaining in the second quarter — for a 28-7 lead.
Fresno State sophomore Sean Norton replaced Brandstater halfway through the second quarter and on his first series completed a 20-yard touchdown pass to Pascoe to close Hawai'i's lead to 28-14 with 6:56 to go in the first half.
Ilaoa scored on a 20-yard run — his third touchdown of the game — with 3:38 to go in the first half to give Hawai'i a 35-14 lead.
A 53-yard interception return by Leonard Peters for a touchdown gave the Warriors a 42-14 lead with 1:37 remaining.
Norton led a Fresno State drive to another score — a 28-yard field goal by Clint Stitser as time expired in the first half to close it to 42-17.
