BOWL APPEARANCES 2010 SHERATON HAWAI‘I BOWL
2008 SHERATON HAWAI‘I BOWL HAWAI‘I NOTRE DAME
21 49 December 24, 2008 Aloha Stadium (45,718) Honolulu, HI H HONOLULU – Hawai‘i concluded iits 2008 campaign with a 49-21 loss t Notre Dame to iin the Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl H Christmas Eve at C Aloha Stadium. A UH finished the U yyear with a 7-7 record. Making its sixth bowl appearance in tthe last seven years, the Warriors could do little to contain the Fighting Irish who d ffinished with a 7-6 mark. The loss ended a string of three straight Hawai‘i Bowl
wins for UH dating back to 2003. Jimmy Clausen passed for 401 yards and five touchdowns to end Notre Dame’s nine-game bowl losing streak and give the Fighting Irish their first bowl win in 15 years. Clausen, who passed for 302 yards and three touchdowns in the first half, completed 22-of-26 passes en route to co-MVP honors. Clausen shared the MVP award with sophomore receiver Golden Tate, his primary target, who hauled in six passes for 177 yards. Tate caught touchdown passes of 69, 18 and 40 yards. The three touchdown receptions tied a Hawai‘i Bowl record. Senior wide receiver Aaron Bain earned bowl MVP honors for Hawai‘i after scoring two touchdowns on the day. Bain finished with career-highs in receptions (8) and yards (109). Junior quarterback Greg Alexander finished 23-of-39 for 261 yards for UH. Senior Solomon Elimimian, the school’s alltime leader in tackles, led UH with nine stops, including one sack. UH made it a 14-7 game when Bain scored on a 10-yard connection from Alexander midway through the second quarter. It was all Irish after that. Notre Dame answered right back on its next possession with a 69-yard bomb from Clausen to Tate to move its cushion to two touchdowns and begin a string of 28 unanswered points by the Fighting Irish. SCORING SUMMARY 1st 03:07 ND Hughes 2-yd run (Walker kick) 2nd 10:25 ND Grimes 14-yd pass from Clausen (Walker kick) 08:12 UH Bain 10-yd pass from Alexander (Kelly kick) 06:49 ND Tate 69-yd pass from Clausen (Walker kick) 00:01 ND Tate 18-yd pass from Clausen (Walker kick) 3rd 10:50 ND Allen 18-yd pass from Clausen (Walker kick) 07:22 ND Tate 40-yd pass from Clausen (Walker kick) 04:25 UH Bain 21-yd pass from Alexander (Kelly kick) 04:12 ND Allen 96-yd kickoff return (Walker kick) 4th 01:45 UH Washington 27-yd pass from Funaki (Kelly kick) TEAM STATISTICS FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS
ND 23 34-65 413 28-24-0 62-478
HAWAI‘I 22 19-32 326 44-28-1 63-358
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS RUSHING: Notre Dame-Hughes 17-55; Gray, J. 5-13; Allen 4-9; Aldridge 1-0; Sharpley 2-0; Clausen 2-Minus 6; Team 3-Minus 6. Hawai‘i-Kealoha Pilares 2-19; Inoke Funaki 1-15; Daniel Libre 1-12; Leon Wright-Jackson 1-1; David Farmer 1-1; Greg Alexander 13-Minus 16. PASSING: Notre Dame-Clausen 22-26-0-401; Sharpley 2-2-0-12. Hawai‘i-Greg Alexander 23-391-261; Inoke Funaki 5-5-0-65. RECEIVING: Notre Dame-Tate 6-177; Rudolph 4-78; Grimes 4-34; Hughes 3-27; Kamara 3-21; Allen 2-59; Floyd 2-17. Hawai‘i-Aaron Bain 8-109; Greg Salas 7-76; Michael Washington 6-96; Malcolm Lane 4-29; Kealoha Pilares 3-16.
2011 WARRIOR FOOTBALL
HAWAI‘I TULSA
35 62 December 24, 2010 Aloha Stadium (43,673) Honolulu, HI
H HONOLULU – A turnover-riddled H Hawai‘i team fell to Tulsa, 62-35, in the S Sheraton Hawai‘i Bowl Christmas B Eve at Aloha E SStadium. The Warriors finished W tthe season with a 110-4 mark. Tulsa scored 24 points off of six UH turnovers in the first half, including U ttwo interception returns for touchdowns. U UH limited the dangerous Tulsa offense to just 94 yards and five first downs in the first half but the Golden Hurricane took advantage of an error-prone Warrior offense to stake a 27-14 halftime lead, a lead they would not relinquish. Hawai‘i ended the game with a 550-531 advantage in yards, but still lost handily while giving up their most points since a 63-17 loss to No. 1 USC in 2005. Tulsa All-American Damaris Johnson earned bowl MVP honors for Tulsa (10-3) after racking up 326 all-purpose yards. Johnson tallied 94 yards rushing, 101 receiving and 127 in returns en route to setting a new NCAA career mark in all-purpose yardage. Meanwhile, playing his final game as a Warrior, senior Greg Salas recorded 13 catches for a career-high 214 yards and two touchdowns. Curnelius Arnick had two interceptions, including a 54-yard touchdown return in the second quarter to lead a Tulsa defense that recorded five interceptions. Both offenses got into gear in the second half and the Warriors cut the Golden Hurricane lead to just six points on two occasions in the third quarter. However Tulsa pulled away with a pair of touchdowns—a Johnson 67-yard run and a Thomas Roberson 47-yard reception—to take a 20-point lead into the fourth quarter. SCORING SUMMARY 1st 12:29 TLS Singleton 3-yd run (Fitzpatrick kick) 01:29 TLS Fitzpatrick 42-yd field goal 2nd 12:54 UH Austin 1-yd run (Enos kick) 11:08 TLS Flanders 54-yd interception return (Fitzpatrick kick) 09:34 TLS Arnick 54-yd interception return (Fitzpatrick kick) 02:20 UH Salas 18-yd pass from Moniz (Enos kick) 00:16 TLS Fitzpatrick 28-yd field goal 3rd 07:28 UH Salas 5-yd pass from Moniz (Enos kick) 06:57 TLS Owens 15-yd pass from Kinne (Fitzpatrick kick) 05:47 UH Green 1-yd run (Enos kick) 04:57 TLS D. Johnson 67-yd run (Fitzpatrick kick) 03:12 TLS Roberson 47-yd pass from Kinne (Fitzpatrick kick) 4th 09:27 UH Pollard 33-yd pass from Moniz (Enos kick) 07:00 TLS Singleton 3-yd run (Fitzpatrick kick) 01:16 TLS D. Johnson 9-yd pass from Kinne (Fitzpatrick kick)
FIRST DOWNS RUSHES-YARDS (NET) PASSING YDS (NET) Passes Att-Comp-Int 32-17-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS
TLS 18 31-188 343 56-30-5 63-531
UH 28 27-71 479 83-550
RUSHING: Tulsa-Johnson 5-98; Clay 4-62; Singleton 3-8; Carter 1-8; Watts 3-7; Kinne 13-4; Douglas 1-2; Team 1-minus 1. Hawai`i-Green 13-31; Moniz 11-26; Heun 2-13; Austin 1-1. PASSING: Tulsa-Kinne 17-31-0-343; Cole 0-1-0-0. Hawai`i-Moniz 24-47-4-411; Austin 6-9-1-68. RECEIVING: Tulsa-Johnson, D. 4-101; Johnson, T. 2-71; Roberson 2-63; Clay 2-38; Ownes 2-23; Watts 2-14; Johnson 1-17; Williams 1-12; Carter 1-4. Hawai`i-Salas 13-214; Pollard 8-129; Stutzmann 3-23; Ostrowski 2-72; Blount 2-13; Green 1-20; Dimude 1-8.
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