The Hawai 'i football team brought back the haka last night.

Boise State brought everything else.

The Broncos made a significant contribution to their BCS campaign with a one-sided 54-9 rout in front of 33,961 at Aloha Stadium.

"The last time we came on the island, we got whupped on pretty good," said Bronco safety Jeron Johnson, who made two interceptions and recovered a fumble. "It feels good to get a 'W' over here."

The sixth-ranked Broncos, who improved to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in the Western Athletic Conference, created six turnovers — three interceptions and three fumble recoveries — and ruled special teams.

Sophomore quarterback Kellen Moore was 18 of 30 for 223 yards and five touchdowns, including three scoring passes to wideout Titus Young.

That made Moore the second-most efficient passer of the night, behind BSU punter Kyle Brotzman, who completed a 28-yard pass off a fake. Brotzman also converted field goals from 25, 28, 32 and 27 yards.

The Warriors, meanwhile, lost yet another quarterback. Bryant Moniz suffered a concussion when he was kneed in the back of the helmet during a first-quarter sack.

Moniz, who made his third consecutive start, joins Greg Alexander and Brent Rausch on the Warriors' medical plan. Alexander, who started the first four games, is out for the season after enduring tears to two ligaments in his left knee.

Rausch has not been cleared to play since the opening game while he recuperates from a fracture in the right pinkie of his throwing hand.

"We were moving the ball, and then our quarterback goes out," UH head coach Greg McMackin said. "That's a tough deal."

Moniz, who completed 5 of 11 passes for 40 yards, was replaced by Shane Austin.

Austin, a third-year sophomore who was placed on scholarship in June, was the co-No. 2 quarterback exiting spring training. But two days before the opening of training camp, Austin suffered deep abrasions to both palms when the mo-ped he was riding was struck by a car.

Austin had an uneven performance. He completed 22 of 36 passes for 174 yards, but he was intercepted three times, including once in the end zone. Johnson, who was the lone deep defender in the 4-2-4-1 alignment, stole the pass from slotback Jon Medeiros on a crossing pattern.

"That was my assignment all game long — the 3 vertical," Johnson said of the middle route. "He threw it right to me."

Each of the Warriors' six turnovers were parlayed into Bronco points.

"We turned the ball over a lot on offense," said slotback Greg Salas, who lost a fumble at the UH 14 in the second quarter. "We didn't get it done again. It comes down to execution. Once again, we were not executing like we should be."

The Warriors won the opening coin toss, deferred the decision until the second half, and had little success after that. Their first possession ended when running back Leon Wright-Jackson caught a shovel pass from Moniz, only to have Daron Mackey pull free the football. The Broncos recovered at the UH 13, and four plays later, Brotzman made the first of his four field goals.

Thing was, the Warriors were warned about the visiting strip club.

"I should have covered up the ball better," Wright-Jackson said. "Boise State is known for stripping. Everybody knows that. They're a technically good team. ... That's my fault. It's kind of like a brain fart."

The Broncos did not force a turnover in the previous two games.

"We've been practicing all week on stripping the ball out and creating turnovers, and not just having them handed to us," Johnson said. "We created turnovers."

And the Broncos did it with a defense that relied on a four-man rush and an umbrella pass coverage. Johnson, who was aligned about 15 yards from the line of scrimmage, was told to keep the plays in front of him.

"It worked perfectly," Johnson said.

In building a 34-0 lead in the first half, the Broncos had three scoring drives that did not exceed 14 yards.

"They're a good football team," Wright-Jackson said. "Give them a chance, and they're going to score. They're very disciplined. We made a lot of mistakes, and they capitalized on it."

Leading 3-0 in the first quarter, the Broncos faced a fourth-and-2 at the UH 35. The Broncos shifted two players to the right side, to create an overload, then motioned tight end Tyler Shoemaker to the left side as an apparent back-side blocker. Moore faked a handoff, stared into a vicious two-man blitz, and lofted a pass to a wide-open Shoemaker. Shoemaker then weaved his way into the end zone for a 10-point lead.

"They brought the heat," Moore said. "We had a nice little design to get Shoe in the flat. They were coming all out, and I found him."

The Broncos, it seemed, responded to every setback with aggression. After unsuccessfully challenging what was ruled an incomplete pass, the Broncos set up in punt formation. The Warriors retreated to set up a return. Brotzman then lofted a pass to Jason Robinson for a 28-yard gain. That eventually led to another Brotzman field goal.

Moore said Brotzman is an honorary quarterback.

"He's been doing our can drills as a quarterback," Moore said. "We throw cans into the back corner of the end zone on Thursdays. He's been struggling the last two weeks."

With their backup quarterback injured, Moore was forced to play the entire game.

Then again, it is the Broncos' makeup to play whistle to whistle. Under his eyes, Johnson taped the words "Non" and "Stop."

"Just non-stop all night, relentless," Johnson said. "That's the attitude you have to have all night."