Game Storylines 2018 Rainbow Warrior Schedule Game 4
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GAME STORYLINES GAME 4 4 First meeting between the teams since Nov. 30, 2013 in Honolulu. UH won that game 49-42 to avoid a winless season. UH has won all three games in the series, including the only meeting in West Point, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2010, a 31-28 victory. 4 UH is 3-0 after a 43-29 win over Rice last Saturday. The Warriors last opened with VS a 3-0 mark in 2007, en route to a 12-0 regular season. HAWAI‘I ARMY WEST POINT 4 Army evened its record to 1-1 following a 38-14 home-opening win over Liberty. The RAINBOW WARRIORS BLACK KNIGHTS Black Knights opened the season with a 34-14 loss to Duke. (3-0, 1-0 MW) (1-1) 4 Army head coach Jeff Monken began his coaching career as a UH graduate assis- When: Saturday, Sept. 15, 2018 tant. He coached the Rainbow Warrior slotbacks in 1989 and secondary in 1990. Time: 12:00 p.m. ET (6:00 a.m. HT) 4 The trip to West Point, N.Y., marks UH’s second-longest trek for a game on the U.S. continent (4,955 miles). The longest was last year’s trip to UMass in Amherst, Mass. Where: West Point, N.Y. (5,006). UH will play in the Eastern Time Zone for the 13th time and fourth consecu- tive year and owns a 2-10 all-time record. Stadium: Michie Stadium (38,000) 4 UH is 7-0 when scoring 40+ points under head coach Nick Rolovich, including 3-0 Television: CBS Sports Network (Spectrum Ch. 2475/HD 1247 and this season. Along with his tenure as UH offensive coordinator (2010-11), UH is 18-0 Hawaiian Telcom Ch. 83/HD 1083) with Ben Holden (play-by-play), when scoring 40+ points. Jay Feely (analyst), and Tina Cervasio (sidelines). 4 UH quarterback Cole McDonald has not thrown an interception in 120 career pass Radio: ESPN 1420 AM. Bobby Curran (play-by-play) and John Veneri attempts including 111 attempts this season. McDonald is the nation’s leader in total (analyst). Chris Hart and Gary Dickman hosts the “Countdown To offense, averaging 430.0 yards per game. He is also No. 3 in passing (388.3 ypg) and Kickoff” at 5:00 a.m. HT. Also KNUI (Maui), KPUA (Hawai‘i Island), No. 8 in passing efficiency (197.1). and KTOH (Kaua‘i) on the neighbor islands. 4 UH enters the game No. 4 nationally in passing offense (391.0 ypg), No. 15 in Video Streaming: cbssports.com scoring offense (48.3 ppg), and No. 23 in total offense (540.0 ypg). Army ranks No. Audio Streaming: ESPN1420am.com/Sideline Hawaii app 8 nationally in rushing offense (308.5 ypg). UH has allowed 196.3 rushing yards per game, which is 100th nationally. Live Stats: goarmywestpoint.com 4 UH’s 145 points through its first three games are the most to open a season since Series Information: UH leads 3-0 2007 (157; 63 vs. No. Colorado, 45 vs. La. Tech, 49 vs. UNLV). 4 UH has scored on its opening possession in all three games and have not trailed THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE at any point this season. The Warriors failed to score on their opening possession in MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY all 12 games last season. 4 TRAINING PRACTICE CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED GAME VS. UH is 13-14 all-time against the academies — 7-13 vs. Air Force, 3-0 vs. Army, 3-1 6:30-8:30 am PRACTICE PRACTICE WALK- ARMY vs. Navy. The last time UH faced two academies in the same year was 2013 (L at Players/ THROUGH 6 am HT Navy; W vs. Army). No media coaches No media No media availability available availability availability No media 4 Under Rolovich, UH is 5-8 in road games (3-3 in ’16; 1-5 in ’17; 1-0 in ’18). after availability practice 2018 RAINBOW WARRIOR SCHEDULE Date Opponent (AP/Coaches) Result/Time TV Series Notes Aug. 25 at Colorado State* W, 43-34 CBSSN CSU leads 15-10 UH led 37-7 in 3Q; McDonald 418 yds pass, 3 TD, 96 yds rush, 2 TD Sept. 1 NAVY W, 59-41 CBSSN UH leads 3-1 UH led 28-0 to open game; McDonald 428 yds pass, 6 TDs Sept. 8 RICE W, 43-29 Spectrum RU leads 5-3 UH defense forced 2 turnovers, 2 on downs; Holly 100 yds rush, 2 TD Sept. 15 at Army West Point 12:00 p.m. ET CBSSN UH leads 3-0 UH has won all 3 meetings including 31-28 win in 2010 in West Point Sept. 22 DUQUESNE (Homecoming) 6:00 p.m. Spectrum First Meeting Earliest Homecoming Game in school history Sept. 29 at San José State* 4:00 p.m. PT Spectrum UH leads 20-19-1 UH has won 7 of last 8 games played in San José since 1999 Oct. 6 WYOMING* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum WYO leads 14-9 Pokes re-claimed Paniolo Trophy w/28-21 OT win in Laramie last season Oct. 13 at BYU TBA ESPN Networks BYU leads 22-8 UH 0-9 all-time in Provo; BYU has won 10 of last 11 overall in series Oct. 20 NEVADA* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum NEV leads 13-9 UH’s 2016 victory in HNL snapped Pack’s 5-game series win streak Oct. 27 at Fresno State* TBA ESPN Networks FS leads 27-22-1 UH has 5 wins in Fresno since 2002 including 14-13 victory in 2016 Nov. 3 UTAH STATE* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum USU leads 9-6 USU has won 4 straight in series after UH won 5 of 6 from 2005-10 Nov. 17 UNLV* 6:00 p.m. Spectrum UH leads 15-12 UNLV claimed inaugural Island Showdown Trophy last season in LV Nov. 24 at San Diego State* TBA ESPN Networks SDSU leads 21-9-2 UH finishes season on road for just 2nd time all-time (’14 at FRES) BOLD CAPS = Home games played at Aloha Stadium All times local to site * = Mountain West game 2018 Hawai‘i Football Weekly Release 1 HawaiiRainbowWarriorsFootball @HawaiiFootball RainbowWarriorsFootball GENERAL NOTES HAWAI‘I VS. ARMY (SEPT. 15) OPPONENT COMPARISON POST GAME NOTES VS. RICE 4 UH’s first win over Rice in the last three meetings (losses in 2014 HAWAI‘I OPPONENT CATEGORY ARMY OPPONENT and 2004). 145 104 Scoring 52 48 4 48.3 34.7 Points Per Game 26.0 24.0 UH evened the series record to 2-2 in games played in Honolulu. 78 69 First Downs 46 40 4 UH improved to 32-22 all-time against Conference USA squads. 93 113 Rushing Attempts 121 58 447 589 Rushing Yards 617 294 4 UH has won 10 of its last 11 non-conference home games. 4.8 5.2 Yards Per Rush 5.1 5.1 4 UH is 6-1 in non-conference home games under Rolovich with its 149.0 196.3 Rushing Yards Per Game 308.5 147.0 only loss against BYU to close out 2017. 5 6 Rushing TDs 5 3 79-112-0 60-97-2 Pass Comp.-Att.-Int 12-29-0 32-54-1 4 UH scored a touchdown on the opening drive for the third straight 1173 921 Passing Yards 258 504 week. 391.0 307.0 Passing Yards Per Game 129.0 252.0 13 8 Passing TDs 2 3 4 UH has scored 40+ points in three straight contests. The last time 205 210 Total Offensive Plays 150 112 that happened was the conclusion of the 2010 regular-season. (vs. San 1620 1510 Total Offense 875 798 Jose State, at New Mexico State, vs. UNLV). 540.0 503.3 Total Offense Per Game 437.5 399.0 4 UH went a perfect 4-of-4 in the red zone vs. Rice and are a perfect 4-2 5-1 Fumbles-Lost 5-2 3-3 15-of-15 on the year. 17-130 19-192 Penalties-Yards 14-169 10-57 43.3 64.0 Penalty Yards Per Game 84.5 28.5 4 UH has scored in 11 of 12 quarters this season. 6-41 5-47 Sacks By- Yards 3-21 1-13 4 UH did not commit a single turnover against Rice and has commit- TOP RETURNING PLAYERS ted just two turnovers in three games. HAWAI‘I ARMY 4 Sophomore Zach Wilson (DB) and junior college transfer Derek Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD Thomas (DE) each made their first career starts. Thomas recorded Fred Holly III 50 250 5.0 3 Calen Holt 13 171 13.2 1 one tackle while Wilson had three tackles and recorded his first career Cole McDonald 27 125 4.6 2 Darnell Woolfolk 24 118 4.9 2 interception to end Rice’s final drive of the game. Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD Cole McDonald 78 111 1165 13 Kelvin Hopkins Jr. 12 28 258 2 UH-ARMY SERIES HISTORY Series Information: 4th Meeting All-Time Results Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD Overall Series Record: UH leads 3-0 Date Result H/A Cedric Byrd 27 319 11.8 5 Camden Harrison 3 92 30.7 1 in Honolulu: UH leads 2-0 11/30/13 W, 49-42 H John Ursua 26 423 16.3 5 Kell Walker 3 77 25.7 0 in West Point: UH leads 1-0 9/11/10 W, 31-28 A First Meeting: Nov.