GAME STORYLINES GAME 12 Saturday’s match-up is for the West Division title and would put the winner in the Mountain West Championship game. A win by UH would give both teams a 5-3 record in league play. Nevada could also finish at 5-3 however Hawai‘i would own the tie-breaker over both teams. VS UH has not appeared in the MW Championship game since joining the league in 2012. SDSU appeared and won the championship in both 2015 & ’16. HAWAI‘I (RV/#25) SAN DIEGO STATE RAINBOW WARRIORS AZTECS A win by UH would also give the Rainbow Warriors eight wins in consecutive sea- (7-4, 4-3 MW) (8-2, 5-2 MW) sons for the first time since 2006-07, which was also the last time UH was bowl eli- gible in consecutive seasons. Hawai‘i is bowl eligible for the third time in four seasons When: Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 under head coach Nick Rolovich. Time: 6:00 p.m. HT SDSU (8-2, 5-2 MW) leads the overall series 21-10-2, including a 11-6-2 advan- Where: Honolulu, HI tage in games played in Honolulu. The Aztecs have won the last three meetings at Aloha Stadium. The teams met every year from 1980-98 as members of the Western Stadium: Aloha Stadium (50,000) Athletic Conference and only twice from 1999 to 2011, until UH joined the MW in ’12 Television: Spectrum Sports PPV (Spectrum Ch. 255/HD 1255 and The Aztecs are bowl eligible for the 10th consecutive year and are coming off a Hawaiian Telcom Ch. 969). Robert Kekaula (play-by-play), Rich Miano 17-7 victory over Fresno State last Friday. Both of SDSU’s losses this season were by (analyst), and Scott Robbs (sidelines). six points or less (6 by Utah State, 4 by Nevada). Radio: ESPN Honolulu (1420AM/92.7FM). Bobby Curran (play-by- play), John Veneri (analyst), and Mark Veneri (sideline). Chris Hart SDSU is allowing only 13.7 points per game this season, which ranks No. 8 nation- and Gary Dickman hosts the “Countdown To Kickoff” at 4:00 p.m. HT. ally. Only two of SDSU’s opponents scored 20+ points or more. Comparatively, UH is KRKH (Maui), KPUA (Hawai‘i Island), and KTOH (Kaua‘i). No. 21 nationally in scoring offense at 35.8 points per game and have scored at least 20 points in every game this season. Video Streaming: Live outside the state of Hawai‘i via Facebook The Warriors are averaging 212.3 rushing yards per game in their last four games Audio Streaming: ESPNHonolulu.com/Sideline Hawaii app with 12 rushing touchdowns. SDSU has not allowed 200 yards in a game and has Live Stats: HawaiiAthletics.com held its opponents to under 100 yards rushing in 8 of 10 games. The Aztecs have also allowed only 6 rushing TDs all season and ranks No. 2 nationally allowing only Series Information: SDSU leads 21-10-2 65.8 rushing yards per game. The most yards of total offense the Aztecs have allowed this season is 376 versus UNLV. UH’s fewest yards of total offense this season is 395 versus Washington. The THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE Aztecs rank No. 8 nationally with an average of 270 yards allowed per game while UH MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY is 10th nationally with an average of 491.9 yards of total offense per game. TRAINING CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED GAME VS. Receivers Cedric Byrd and JoJo Ward are on the verge of 1,000-yard receiving PRACTICE/ PRACTICE/ PRACTICE/ WALK- SDSU Players/ Players/ No media THROUGH 6:00 pm HT seasons. Byrd needs 102 yards while Ward needs 120 yards to become the first UH No media coaches coaches availability teammates to reach that mark in the same season since Greg Salas (1,889) and availability available available No media Kealoha Pilares (1,306) in 2010. after after availability practice practice 2019 RAINBOW WARRIOR SCHEDULE Date Opponent (AP/Coaches) Result/Time TV Series Notes Aug. 24 ARIZONA W, 45-38 CBSSN UA leads 5-1 AZ QB Tate stopped at 1-yd line to end game; Byrd 14 rec, 224 yd, 4 TD Sept. 7 OREGON STATE W, 31-28 Spectrum OSU leads 7-4 UH erases 14-point 1st half deficit; Meskell 28-yd FG w/2:17 left Sept. 14 at Washington (#23/21) L, 20-52 Pac-12 Networks UW leads 4-2 UW led 38-0 before UH scored 20 unanswered; Reed 2 rush TDs Sept. 21 CENTRAL ARKANSAS (HC) W, 35-16 Spectrum UH leads 2-0 UH led 28-0 midway thru 2Q; McDonald 300 yds. passing, 4 TD Sept. 28 at Nevada* W, 54-3 ESPN2 UN leads 14-10 First win in Reno since ’07; largest MW win ever; 3rd largest road win Oct. 12 at Boise State* (#14/14) L, 37-59 ESPN2 BSU leads 13-3 Broncos turned 3 UH fumbles into 21 points and 31-7 lead Oct. 19 AIR FORCE* L, 26-56 CBSSN AF leads 14-7-1 UH outscored 28-6 in the 2nd half; AFA regains Kuter Trophy Oct. 26 at New Mexico* W, 45-31 Spectrum UH leads 15-10 First win over UNM since ’91; largest halftime road lead 35-3 ever Nov. 2 FRESNO STATE* L, 38-41 Spectrum FS leads 29-22-1 FS game-winning FG as time expired after UH scored 14 straight Nov. 9 SAN JOSÉ STATE* W, 42-40 Spectrum UH leads 22-19-1 Cordeiro 309 yds pass, 55 yds rush, 5 total TDs in 2nd career start Nov. 16 at UNLV* W, 21-7 Spectrum UH leads 17-12 First win in Vegas since ’07; McDonald 2 rushing TDs Nov. 23 SAN DIEGO STATE* (RV/25) 6:00 pm Spectrum SDSU leads 21-10-2 UH pulled off 31-30 OT win in San Diego last season Nov. 30 ARMY WEST POINT 7:30 pm CBSSN UH leads 3-1 Army held off UH, 28-21, in West Point last season BOLD CAPS = Home games played at Aloha Stadium All times local to site * = Mountain West game 2019 Hawai‘i Football Weekly Release 1 HawaiiRainbowWarriorsFootball @HawaiiFootball RainbowWarriorsFootball GENERAL NOTES HAWAI‘I VS. SAN DIEGO STATE (NOV. 23) OPPONENT COMPARISON UNLV POST-GAME NOTES UH maintained possession of the Island Showdown Trophy with its HAWAI‘I OPPONENT CATEGORY SDSU OPPONENT second straight win over UNLV. 394 371 Scoring 204 137 UH snapped a five-game losing streak at Sam Boyd Stadium with its 35.8 33.7 Points Per Game 20.4 13.7 first win at UNLV since in 2007. 283 248 First Downs 202 143 The visiting team won for just the 2nd time in the last 11 meetings. 318 379 Rushing Attempts 430 271 1663 2167 Rushing Yards 1418 658 UH gained its seventh win and bowl eligibility for the third time 5.3 5.8 Yards Per Rush 3.3 2.4 under head coach Nick Rolovich. 151.2 197.0 Rushing Yards Per Game 141.8 65.8 UH is bowl eligible in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 17 26 Rushing TDs 9 6 going to three straight bowl games from 2006-08. 300-476-15 211-361-9 Pass Comp.-Att.-Int 191-301-5 199-329-12 The win secured a non-losing MW record for the third time under Rolovich. 3748 2578 Passing Yards 1946 2042 340.7 234.4 Passing Yards Per Game 194.6 204.2 UH allowed 235 yards, the second-lowest of the season (203 at Nevada) 32 21 Passing TDs 11 9 UH won a game without throwing a touchdown pass for the first 794 740 Total Offensive Plays 731 600 time since a 14-13 win at Fresno State on Nov. 19, 2016. 5411 4745 Total Offense 3364 2700 UH scored its third defensive touchdown this season on Cortez 491.9 431.4 Total Offense Per Game 336.4 270.0 Davis’ 43-yard interception return in the third quarter. All three touch- 17-12 9-4 Fumbles-Lost 6-2 15-6 downs have come off of interceptions. 78-715 75-652 Penalties-Yards 63-515 53-424 UH had a field goal blocked for the first time since 2014 when Ryan 65.0 59.3 Penalty Yards Per Game 51.5 42.4 Meskell’s 35-yard attempt in the third quarter was blocked. 13-52 15-96 Sacks By-Yards 23-134 18-152 The win gives the Warriors a winning road record in MW play for the STATISTICAL LEADERS third time in four seasons and an overall winning road record (3-2) for HAWAI‘I SDSU the first time since 2010. Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD Rushing Att. Yd. Avg TD The last time UH defeated both Nevada and UNLV on the road in Miles Reed 129 659 5.1 6 J. Washington 131 450 3.4 2 the same season was 2007. Since then, UH had lost 10 straight to Cole McDonald 75 396 5.3 6 Chance Bell 81 359 4.4 2 those teams until defeating Nevada, 54-3, on Sept. 28 in Reno. Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD Passing Comp. Att. Yds TD Cole McDonald 246 381 3007 25 Ryan Agnew 191 301 1946 11 UH-SDSU HISTORY Series Information: 34th Meeting Last 10 Results Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD Receiving Rec. Yds Avg TD Overall Series Record: SDSU leads 21-10-2 Date Result H/A Cedric Byrd II 79 898 11.4 9 Kobe Smith 48 580 12.1 4 in Honolulu: SDSU leads 11-6-2 11/24/18 W, 31-30 ot A Jared Smart 61 710 11.6 2 Jess Matthews 37 412 11.1 0 in San Diego: SDSU leads leads 10-4 10/28/17 L, 7-28 H First Meeting: Nov.