BOWL APPEARANCES 2006 SHERATON HAWAI‘I BOWL HAWAI‘I ARIZONA STATE
2008 ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL 41 24
HAWAI‘I GEORGIA
10 41
December 24, 2006 Aloha Stadium (43,435) Honolulu, HI
January 1, 2008 Louisiana Superdome (74,383) New Orleans, LA
HONOLULU – The largest crowd in H Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl history (43,435) S saw s Hawai’i score 38 3 second-half points to defeat p Arizona State, A 41-24, Dec. 24 at 4 Aloha Stadium. A Warrior quarterback Colt Brennan threw for a school-record 559 B yards (33 of 42) and five touchdowns, y giving him 58 touchdown passes on the g season, a new NCAA record. Jason Rivers s tied t the school record with 14 catches for a school and NCAA bowl game-record 308 yards and two touchdowns. Both were named Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl co-Most Valuable Players, along with Arizona State’s Ryan Torain who finished the game with 18 carries for 160 yards and one touchdown. For the first time since opening day, Hawai’i (11-3) did not score a touchdown in the first half, squandering scoring opportunities, a missed field goal in the first quarter and an interception in the second, allowing Arizona State to take a 10-3 halftime lead. But the Warriors erupted for 21 points in the third quarter when Brennan threw touchdown strikes to Rivers (38 yards), and two to Ryan Grice-Mullen (7 and 36-yards, respectively) to take a 24-10 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Grice-Mullen finished with eight catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns. Dan Kelly added a 43-yard field goal before Arizona State (7-6) scored 14 straight points to cut the Warrior lead to three, 27-24, with 10:25 left to play. But Brennan and the Warrior offense were not finished. Brennan found Davone Bess for a 21-yard touchdown to cap an 80-yard drive, and Rivers capped a 95-yard drive with a 79-yard touchdown catch-and-run to seal the win.
N NEW ORLEANS - The No. 10 U University of Hawai‘i Warriors (12-1) had it dreams of a perits f season come to fect a end with a 41-10 an lo at the hands of loss t No. 4 Georgia the ( (11-2) in front of a s sold-out crowd of 7 74,383 at the 2008 Allstate Sugar Bowl at t Louisiana Superdome. the Colt Brennan had his lowest c career passing total as a starter, going 2 22-for-38 with 169 yards and three interceptions. He ended his career with 31 NCAA records. Jason Rivers had another big bowl game, catching 10 passes for 105 yards, his fourth 100-plus yard game in four bowl games played. Ryan Grice-Mullen scored the lone touchdown reception for the Warriors. Georgia scored on its first possession as Knowshon Moreno ran in a 17-yard touchdown before UH answered with a 11-play, 42-yard drive resulting in a 41-yard field goal by Dan Kelly. But it was all Georgia from then on, as the Bulldogs scored on their next three possessions. Moreno started it with an 11-yard touchdown run. They then followed it up with a 52-yard field goal by Brandon Coutu and an 11-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Stafford to Sean Bailey, making the score 24-3 at halftime. Georgia would add another touchdown on a fumble recovery by Sugar Bowl Most Outstanding Player Marcus Howard. The Bulldogs added 10 more points to make it 41-3 before UH was able to score their only touchdown. Tyler Graunke came in in the middle of the fourth quarter and went 13-for-19 with 142 yards while leading the Warriors to their lone touchdown drive.
SCORING SUMMARY 1st 01:59 ASU J. Ainsworth 44-yd field goal 2nd 12:35 UH D. Kelly 42-yd field goal 05:21 ASU B. Smith 37-yd pass from R. Carpenter (J. Ainsworth kick) 3rd 12:29 UH J. Rivers 38-yd pass from C. Brennan (D. Kelly kick) 08:46 UH R. Grice-Mullen 7-yd pass from C. Brennan (D. Kelly kick) 02:14 UH R. Grice-Mullen 36-yd pass from C. Brennan (D. Kelly kick) 4th 13:04 UH D. Kelly 43-yd field goal 12:21 ASU R. Torain 12-yd run (J. Ainsworth kick) 10:25 ASU M. Jones 4-yd pass from R. Carpenter (J. Ainsworth kick) 05:16 UH D. Bess 21-yd pass from C. Brennan (D. Kelly kick) 02:01 UH J. Rivers 79-yd pass from C. Brennan (D. Kelly kick) TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS
HAWAI‘I 32 27-121 559 42-33-1 69-680
ASU 18 36-200 191 26-13-0 62-391
RUSHING: Hawai‘i-N. Ilaoa 18-97; C. Brennan 7-15; R. Mauia 2-9. ASU-R. Torain 18-160; D. Nance 7-21; S. DeWitty 3-17; K. Herring 3-9; R. Carpenter 5-minus 7. PASSING: Hawai‘i-C. Brennan 33-42-1-559. ASU-R. Carpenter 13-26-0-191. RECEIVING: Hawai‘i-J. Rivers 14-308; R. Grice-Mullen 8-111; D. Bess 5-65; N. Ilaoa 4-56; C. Mock 1-15; I. Sample 1-4. ASU-M. Jones 5-72; S. DeWitty 2-35; R. Torain 2-28; B. Smith 1-37; C. McGaha 1-8; B. Miller 1-8; Z. Miller 1-3.
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SCORING SUMMARY 1st 09:42 UGA K. Moreno 17-yd run (B. Coutu kick) 04:20 UH D. Kelly 41-yd field goal 00:57 UGA K. Moreno 11-yd run (B. Coutu kick) 2nd 09:36 UGA B. Coutu 52-yd field goal 08:00 UGA S. Bailey 11-yd pass from M. Stafford (B. Coutu kick) 3rd 08:57 UGA M. Howard 0-yd fumble recovery (B. Coutu kick) 01:40 UGA T. Brown 1-yd run (B. Coutu kick) 4th 14:32 UGA B. Coutu 45-yd field goal 10:32 UH R. Grice-Mullen 16-yd pass from T. Graunke (D. Kelly kick) TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS
HAWAI‘I 20 18--5 311 57-35-4 75-306
UGA 19 40-160 175 27-14-1 67-335
RUSHING: Hawai‘i-K. Pilares 7-26; D. Libre 1-7; D. Farmer 1-0; C. Brennan 9-minus 38. Georgia-T. Brown 19-73; K. Moreno 9-61; A.J. Bryant 1-20; K. Lumpkin 3-7; B. Southerland 3-4; M. Stafford 2-0; TEAM 3-minus 5. PASSING: Hawai‘i-C. Brennan 22-38-3-169; T. Graunke 13-19-1-142. Georgia-M. Stafford 14-23-1-175; J. Cox 0-4-0-0. RECEIVING: Hawai‘i-J. Rivers 10-105; D. Bess 7-53; R. Grice-Mullen 6-37; C.J. Hawthorne 4-73; D. Libre 3-15; D. Farmer 2-17; K. Pilares 2-8; J. Laumoli 1-3. Georgia-M. Massaquoi 5-54; K. Durham 3-48; K. Moreno 2-26; S. Bailey 2-18; M. Moore 1-17; T. Chandler 1-12.
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