Hawaii 27, Nevada 21
When: 11:30 PM ET, Saturday, October 16, 2010
Where: Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Temperature:
83°
Head Official:
Jim Farmer
Attendance:
42031
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Bryant Moniz threw three touchdown passes and the Hawaii defense slowed down Nevada’s Pistol offense enough to upset the No. 21 Wolf Pack 27-21 on Saturday night.
Mana Silva wrapped up the victory for Hawaii by intercepting Nevada quarterback Colin Kaepernick with 1:39 remaining. The Warriors (5-2) then ran out the clock for their fourth straight victory.
Hawaii sits atop the Western Athletic Conference at 3-0. Nevada (6-1, 1-1) has lost seven straight games in Hawaii since defeating the Warriors in 1948.
Hawaii built a 17-0 halftime lead as Moniz tossed touchdown passes of 6 and 16 yards to Kealoha Pilares in the first quarter. Scott Enos added a 24-yard field goal midway through the second quarter.
Nevada finally got on the scoreboard on Kaepernick’s 1-yard scoring run with 1:24 left in the third quarter.
Enos booted a 31-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to make it 20-7 before Kaepernick tossed an 18-yard scoring pass to Vai Taua with 9:30 left in the game.
Hawaii answered four minutes later when Moniz hit Royce Pollard for an 11-yard touchdown pass before the Wolf Pack again the cut the deficit to six when Mike Ball caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from Kaepernick.
Moniz finished 26 of 36 for 287 yards.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Nevada |
|
Hawaii |
Vai Taua
|
Player |
Alex Green
|
24 |
Attempts |
13 |
91 |
Yards |
68 |
3.8 |
Avg Yards |
5.2 |
0 |
Touchdowns |
0 |
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
|
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sacks |
FF |
Nevada
|
293 |
134 |
159 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4.0 |
1 |
Hawaii
|
346 |
59 |
287 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1.0 |
2 |