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GENERAL INFORMATION & CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2007 SCHEDULE General Information..............................................1 Date Opponent Time/Result Notes ..............................................................2-5 Sept. 1 NORTHERN COLORADO W, 63-6 General Notes.............................................2-5 Sept. 8 at Louisiana Tech* W, 45-44 (OT) National Polls .........................................2 Sept. 15 at UNLV W, 49-14 WAC Standings, WAC Bowl Affiliates ............3 All-WAC Teams.........................................4 Sept. 22 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 66-10 Offense Notes ...............................................5 Sept. 29 at Idaho* W, 48-20 2007 Awards & Honors..............................5 Oct. 6 UTAH STATE* W, 52-37 Defense & Special Teams Notes .........................6 Oct. 12 at San Jose State* (ESPN) W, 42-35 (OT) Comparing the Hawai‘i Warriors & Georgia Bulldogs ....7 Oct. 27 NEW MEXICO STATE* W, 50-13 Head Coach June Jones.......................................8-9 Nov. 10 FRESNO STATE* (ESPN2) W, 37-30 Assistant Coaches ..........................................8 Nov. 16 at Nevada* (ESPN2) W, 28-26 Superlatives Under Jones ................................9 Nov. 23 BOISE STATE* (ESPN2) W, 39-27 Rosters & Pronunciation Chart ..........................10-11 Dec. 1 WASHINGTON (ESPN2) W, 35-28 Depth Charts .................................................12-13 Senior Quarterback Colt Brennan.......................14-16 Jan. 1 vs. Georgia (FOX) 7:30 pm Warrior Capsules ............................................17-25 BOLD CAPS = Home games played at Aloha Stadium 2007 Records .....................................................26 * = denotes WAC game All times local to site 2007 Statistics...............................................27-43 2007 Participation........................................30 HAWAI‘I QUICK FACTS Game-by-Game Starters & Leaders...................31 Redzone Statistics........................................32 Location: ........................................Honolulu, HI Hawai‘i Game-by-Game Statistics ....................33 Founded ....................................................1907 Opponents Game-by-Game Statistics................34 Enrollment ..............................................20,307 Individual Game-by-Game Statistics............35-36 Colors...........................Green, Black, White, Silver Individual & Team Game Highs ........................37 Nickname..............................................Warriors By the Numbers.......................................38-39 Conference .................................Western Athletic The Warriors When... ..............................38 Stadium (Capacity) ............Aloha Stadium (50,000) NCAA & WAC Rankings .............................38 Surface ................................................FieldTurf Future Schedules ...................................38 Career Record Watch ...............................39 2007 Overall Record .....................................12-0 Big Plays, More Numbers .........................39 2007 Conference Record (Place)................8-0 (1st) Home Stats.............................................40-41 Away Stats .............................................42-43 WE ARE THE “WARRIORS” The Last Time... .................................................44 When referring to the UH football team, please use the nick- 2007 Game Recaps & Statistics..........................45-50 name “Warriors.” Other UH teams go by the nickname University of Hawai‘i Football History.................51-54 “Rainbow Warriors” or “Rainbow Wahine” however, the foot- ball team prefers the nickname Warriors. Bowl Game Reviews & Recaps............................55-57 Warriors’ Bowl Game Records ................................58 All-Time Record vs. Ranked Opponents....................58 GAME NOTES University of Hawai‘i: Administration......................60 UH is 12-0 for first time in school history. University of Hawai‘i: Athletics Administration .........61 UH’s current No. 10 position in the coaches and The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.....................62-63 AP poll are the highest national ranking in school University of Hawai‘i Athletics History ....................64 history. CHECK OUT UH received first place votes in both the coaches HawaiiAthletics.com and AP polls for the first time in program history. UH is the only unbeaten team in the Football FOR ALL OF THE LATEST INFORMATION ON YOUR Bowl Subdivision. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I TEAMS UH’s 12 wins this season is a single-season high. UH has won its last three bowl games, dating back UH SPORTS MEDIA RELATIONS WHAT’S AN ‘OKINA to 2003. Q: Derek Inouchi, Media Relations Director Ever wondered what that punctuation mark in UH has finished a season unbeaten five times in (Football contact) the word Hawai‘i is? its history (1917, 1919, 1924, 1925). E-mail: [email protected] A: In the Hawaiian language, it’s called an ‘okina, UH has a 13-game win streak, the longest nation- Cell: (808) 783-3693 which translated literally in English means separator. ally and longest in school history. Markus Owens, Asst. Media Relations Director Phonetically it its referred to as a glottal stop, UH has won 22 of its last 23 games overall. (Football contact) similar to the sound that would be made in the UH leads the nation in scoring average (46.2). E-mail: [email protected] English oh-oh. UH currently owns a school-record 15-game WAC win Cell: (808) 428-6807 The ‘okina is actually a letter in the Hawaiian Office: (808) 956-7523 Fax: (808) 956-4470 language and typed out looks like a backwards streak. Address: 1337 Lower Campus Rd., Honolulu, HI 96822 apostrophe. Wide receiver Jason Rivers leads the nation with a Athletics Website: www.HawaiiAthletics.com The practice of the UH Sports Media Relations 49-game consecutive streak of at least one reception. Colt Brennan Website: colt.hawaiiathletics.com office is to use the ‘okina in all Hawaiian words in which they occur. 2008 ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL: HAWAI‘I VS. GEORGIA 1 GAME NOTES BCS STANDINGS (Dec. 2, 2007) GENERAL NOTES Rk School (1st Place Votes) Record Avg. LW 1 Ohio State 11-1 .959 3 BCS BOUND In the final Bowl Championship Series (BCS) standings of 2007, UH is No. 10, its highest posi- 2 LSU 11-2 .939 7 tion of the season, awarding the Warriors a berth in one of the five BCS bowl games, the Sugar Bowl. In the 3 Virginia Tech 11-2 .870 6 other polls, the Warriors are No. 10 in the USA Today Coaches poll, the Associated Press poll and the Harris Poll. 4 Oklahoma 11-2 .857 9 5 Georgia 10-2 .839 4 CRASHING THE PARTY With its invitation to the Sugar Bowl, Hawai‘i becomes the third team from 6 Missouri 11-2 .776 1 a non-BCS conference, and the second WAC team, to make it into a BCS bowl game. All three teams went 7 USC 10-2 .764 8 into their bowl game with undefeated records. Utah, of the Mountain West Conference, qualified for 8 Kansas 11-1 .759 5 the Fiesta Bowl in 2004 after reaching a No. 6 BCS ranking. Utah defeated Pittsburgh 35-7. Last year, 9 West Virginia 10-2 .663 2 fellow WAC member Boise State went to the Fiesta Bowl after finishing the regular season with a No. 8 10 Hawai‘i 12-0 .647 12 BCS ranking. The Broncos defeated Oklahoma, 43-42, in an epic overtime battle. 11 Arizona State 10-2 .620 13 12 Florida 9-3 .613 10 LAST TEAM STANDING UH is the last remaining undefeated team in the Football Bowl 13 Illinois 9-3 .460 15 Subdivision (formerly Division I-A). Kansas (11-1) had won its first 11 games before falling to 14 Boston College 10-3 .459 11 15 Clemson 9-3 .384 16 Missouri on Nov. 24. UH is just the eighth WAC team to ever finish a regular season undefeated, 16 Tennessee 9-4 .325 14 with four teams also winning their bowl games to close their seasons without a loss. Arizona State 17 Brigham Young 10-2 .303 19 accomplished the feat in 1970 (11-0) and 1975 (12-0); Brigham Young finished 13-0 in 1984 en 18 Wisconsin 9-3 .292 18 route to a national championship; and Boise State had an unblemished 13-0 mark last season. 19 Texas 9-3 .252 20 Three teams, Wyoming in 1967 (10-1), Brigham Young in 1979 (11-1) and Boise State in 2004 (11- 20 Virginia 9-3 .235 NR 1) all went undefeated through the regular season, but lost their bowl games. LEFT OUT WITHOUT A LOSS Since the Bowl Championship Series standings started in 1998, 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL (Dec. 2, 2007) teams have ended the regular season undefeated, with Hawai‘i being the 18th. Of those 18, five teams Rk School (1st Place Votes) Record Points LW 1 Ohio State (50) 11-1 1,578 3 have gone undefeated without being invited to the national championship game. The first two were 2 LSU (11) 11-2 1,519 5 Tulane in 1998 and Marshall in 1999, with neither qualifying to play in a BCS bowl. Auburn finished 3 Oklahoma (1) 11-2 1,423 9 undefeated and third in the BCS standings in 2004, going to the Sugar Bowl, while Boise State finished 4 Georgia (1) 10-2 1,421 4 undefeated and eighth in the 2006 BCS standings, going to the Fiesta Bowl. 5 Virginia Tech (1) 11-2 1,380 6 6 USC 10-2 1,346 8 THE STREAK CONTINUES UH’s current 13-game win streak, dating back to 2006, is the 7 Missouri 11-2 1,195 1 longest in the nation. It also broke the previous school-record of 11 set during the 1980-81 sea- 8 Kansas 11-1 1,164 7 sons. In addition, the Warriors own a 15-game WAC win streak, the longest in school history. 9 Florida 9-3 1,071 10 10 Hawai‘i (1) 12-0 1,050 11 BRENNAN MAKES THE SHOW Quarterback Colt Brennan was named one of the four finalists