GAME THREAD: NCAAF: WASHINGTON (4-8) at HAWAII (11-0)

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 21 7 28
HAWAII (11) 7 14 21 HALFTIME

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, JAKE LOCKER 8 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 3:37.
WASHINGTON 7-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 6:30.
WASHINGTON 14-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 2 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 9:37.
WASHINGTON 21-0
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 7 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 4:43. WASHINGTON 21-7
2ND QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, PAUL HOMER 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 7:52.
WASHINGTON 28-7
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 3 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 10:49. WASHINGTON 28-14
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 13 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 14:39. WASHINGTON 28-21</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 21 14:52 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 21 12:45 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 21 8:15 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

HONOLULU (Ticker) -- Hawaii's offense appeared to feel thepressure of a nation watching it strive for perfection. Asusual, Colt Brennan stepped up late to make sure his team dideverything it could to secure a Bowl Championship Series berth.

Brennan threw for 442 yards and five touchdowns - orchestratinga comeback from a large first-half deficit - to lead 11th-rankedHawaii to a 35-28 victory over Washington on Saturday.

With their win over the Huskies, the Warriors (12-0) completedtheir first perfect regular season in school history and madetheir claim for inclusion to a BCS bowl game as the owners ofthe lone perfect record in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Brennan completed a 21-point comeback when he hit Jason Riversfor a 40-yard TD strike to knot the score at 28-28. It was thetandem's fourth touchdown connection of the night.

The senior signal-caller then gave the Warriors their only leadof the game at 35-28, tossing his final TD pass of the contestto Ryan Grice-Mullen from five yards out with 44 secondsremaining.


Despite having just 30 seconds to work with to send the gameinto overtime, Washington quarterback Jake Locker hit tight endMichael Gottlieb for 25 yards and Marcel Reece down the leftsideline for 49 yards to move the ball to the Hawaii 6.

However, Locker was dropped for a two-yard loss on the next playand after a Huskies' timeout, the quarterback was interceptedby defensive back Ryan Mouton in the end zone to seal the winfor the Warriors.


While Hawaii was able to win its NCAA-best 13th consecutivegame, the Warriors' inability to hold onto the ball early madethe going much tougher than most imagined as they fumbled onthree of their first four possessions.


Despite turning just one of those three first-quarter turnoversinto points, the Huskies held a commanding 21-0 advantage afterthe opening period because of a strong running game thatcompiled 131 yards and three TDs on 22 carries in the game'sfirst 15 minutes.


Facing their largest deficit of the season, Hawaii chipped awayat the Washington's 21-point lead with its first drive of thesecond quarter, as it completed a 10-play, 83-yard drive whenreceiver Jason Rivers caught Brennan's 127th career TD pass tocut the Huskies' lead to 21-7.


After a one-yard TD plunge from Washington fullback Paul Homerrestored the three-score lead at 28-7 with 7:08 left in thesecond period, Brennan and Rivers connected two more times fromthree and 13 yards out before intermission - the last one with21 seconds remaining in the half - to trim the Huskies' lead to28-21.


Early in the third period, Brennan - who finished 42-of-50 - setanother school record when he completed his 20th consecutivepass to Rivers. Coincidentally, his first completion of thatstreak with less than a minute remaining in the first period wason the last of the Warriors' three first-quarter fumbles.

Louis Rankin rushed for 149 yards on 22 carries for the Huskies(4-9).

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF END, 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 21 7 0 28
HAWAII (11) 7 14 0 21 END, 3RD QTR

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, JAKE LOCKER 8 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 3:37.
WASHINGTON 7-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 6:30.
WASHINGTON 14-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 2 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 9:37.
WASHINGTON 21-0
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 7 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 4:43. WASHINGTON 21-7
2ND QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, PAUL HOMER 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 7:52.
WASHINGTON 28-7
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 3 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 10:49. WASHINGTON 28-14
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 13 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 14:39. WASHINGTON 28-21
3RD QUARTER: NONE</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 21 14:16 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 21 9:24 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD HAWAII
JASON RIVERS 40 YD PASS FROM COLT BRENNAN
(DANIEL KELLY KICK)

WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 28 8:01 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 28 4:31 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 28 3:34 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 28 1:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 28 0:56 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF TD HAWAII
RYAN GRICE-MULLEN 5 YD PASS FROM COLT BRENNAN
(DANIEL KELLY KICK)

WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 35 0:44 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 35 0:12 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 21 7 0 0 28
HAWAII (11) 7 14 0 14 35 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, JAKE LOCKER 8 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 3:37.
WASHINGTON 7-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 6:30.
WASHINGTON 14-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 2 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 9:37.
WASHINGTON 21-0
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 7 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 4:43. WASHINGTON 21-7
2ND QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, PAUL HOMER 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 7:52.
WASHINGTON 28-7
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 3 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 10:49. WASHINGTON 28-14
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 13 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 14:39. WASHINGTON 28-21
3RD QUARTER: NONE
4TH QUARTER: HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 40 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 6:59. WASHINGTON 28-28
HAWAII - TD, RYAN GRICE-MULLEN 5 YD PASS
FROM COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL
KELLY KICK), 14:16. HAWAII
35-28</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NCAAF
WASHINGTON 28
HAWAII (11) 35 FINAL</div>

 

HONOLULU (Ticker) -- Hawaii's offense appeared to feel thepressure of a nation watching it strive for perfection. Asusual, Colt Brennan stepped up late to make sure his team dideverything it could to secure a Bowl Championship Series berth.

Brennan threw for 442 yards and five touchdowns - orchestratinga comeback from a large first-half deficit - to lead 11th-rankedHawaii to a 35-28 victory over Washington on Saturday.

With their win over the Huskies, the Warriors (12-0) completedtheir first perfect regular season in school history and madetheir claim for inclusion to a BCS bowl game as the owners ofthe lone perfect record in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision.

<div class="pre">"What a win! It hasn't soaked in yet," Hawaii coach June Jones</div>said. "(The team) was committed to getting a win tonight. Theyplayed hard and I can't be more proud of them. It'sunbelievable. The (regular season) could not have endedbetter."


Brennan completed a 21-point comeback when he hit Jason Riversfor a 40-yard TD strike to knot the score at 28-28. It was thetandem's fourth touchdown connection of the night.

Rivers finished with a season-high 14 receptions for 167 yards.

"I think (Washington) keyed on Davone (Bess) and Ryan(Grice-Mullen), which meant I was going to be the man open mostof the night," Rivers said. "I got a lot of short routes andmade the best of them. They just kept leaving me open. I'mjust so happy."


Brennan then gave the Warriors their only lead of the game at35-28, tossing his final TD pass of the contest to RyanGrice-Mullen from five yards out with 44 seconds remaining.

"I had called a run play, but Colt said that he knew(Washington) would be in man and wanted to call a 'go' route, sowe went with it," Jones said.


"Coach Jones trusted me on that last call," Brennan said. "Itold coach 'we got 'em' so I changed it to a pass play because Iknew they were going to be in man. I've got the most talentedreceiving corps in the nation. People can't play usman-to-man."


Despite having just 30 seconds to work with to send the gameinto overtime, Washington quarterback Jake Locker hit tight endMichael Gottlieb for 25 yards and Marcel Reece down the leftsideline for 49 yards to move the ball to the Hawaii 6.

However, Locker was dropped for a two-yard loss on the next playand after a Huskies' timeout, the quarterback was interceptedby defensive back Ryan Mouton in the end zone to seal the winfor the Warriors.


While Hawaii was able to win its NCAA-best 13th consecutivegame, the Warriors' inability to hold onto the ball early madethe going much tougher than most imagined as they fumbled onthree of their first four possessions.


Despite turning just one of those three first-quarter turnoversinto points, the Huskies held a commanding 21-0 advantage afterthe opening period because of a strong running game thatcompiled 131 yards and three TDs on 22 carries in the game'sfirst 15 minutes.


Facing their largest deficit of the season, Hawaii chipped awayat the Washington's 21-point lead with its first drive of thesecond quarter, as it completed a 10-play, 83-yard drive whenreceiver Jason Rivers caught Brennan's 127th career TD pass tocut the Huskies' lead to 21-7.


After a one-yard TD plunge from Washington fullback Paul Homerrestored the three-score lead at 28-7 with 7:08 left in thesecond period, Brennan and Rivers connected two more times fromthree and 13 yards out before intermission - the last one with21 seconds remaining in the half - to trim the Huskies' lead to28-21.


"I think the turning point in the game was the third TD (toJason Rivers)," Jones said. "That's when I knew we were goingto win."


Early in the third period, Brennan - who finished 42-of-50 - setanother school record when he completed his 20th consecutivepass to Rivers. Coincidentally, his first completion of thatstreak with less than a minute remaining in the first period wason the last of the Warriors' three first-quarter fumbles.

Louis Rankin rushed for 145 yards on 21 carries for the Huskies(4-9).


"We just didn't make one more play," Washington coach TyroneWillingham said. "That's a very talented offense (we played)."

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 14 7 0 0 21
HAWAII (11) 0 14 0 14 28 FINAL

WASHINGTON-TD, J Locker 8 YD RUN (R Perkins KICK) 3:37 1st
Qtr
WASHINGTON-TD, L Kravitz 1 YD RUN (R Perkins KICK) 6:30 1st
Qtr
WASHINGTON-TD, L Kravitz 2 YD RUN (R Perkins KICK) 9:37 1st
Qtr
HAWAII-TD, J Rivers 7 YD PASS FROM C Brennan (D Kelly
KICK) 4:43 2nd Qtr
WASHINGTON-TD, P Homer 1 YD RUN (R Perkins KICK) 7:52 2nd
Qtr
HAWAII-TD, J Rivers 3 YD PASS FROM C Brennan (D Kelly
KICK) 10:49 2nd Qtr
HAWAII-TD, J Rivers 13 YD PASS FROM C Brennan (D Kelly
KICK) 14:39 2nd Qtr
HAWAII-TD, J Rivers 40 YD PASS FROM C Brennan (D Kelly
KICK) 6:59 4th Qtr
HAWAII-TD, R Grice-Mullen 5 YD PASS FROM C Brennan (D
Kelly KICK) 14:16 4th Qtr


WASHINGTON HAWAII
First downs 21 27
Rushed-yards 50-261 23-96
Passing yards 142 442
Sacked-yards lost 1-3 4-14
Return yards 12 52
Passes 9-18-1 42-50-0
Punts 6-41 2-48
Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-3
Penalties-yards 5-30 6-45
Time of possession 29:26 30:34


Individual Statistics

RUSHING: WASHINGTON-Louis Rankin 21-145, Jake Locker 15-76, Anthony
Russo 2-15, Brandon Johnson 5-13, Carl Bonnell 1-6, Luke Kravitz 3-3,
Marcel Reece 1-3, Paul Homer 2-0. HAWAII-Daniel Libre 10-82, Kealoha
Pilares 2-20, Jason Laumoli 1-4, David Farmer 1-0, - Team 1-MINUS 1,
Colt Brennan 8-MINUS 9.

PASSING: WASHINGTON-Jake Locker 9-17-142- 1, Carl Bonnell 0-1-0- 0.
HAWAII-Colt Brennan 42-50-442- 0.

RECEIVING: WASHINGTON-Marcel Reece 2-62, Anthony Russo 3-38, Michael
Gottlieb 1-25, Paul Homer 1-10, Corey Williams 1-6, Louis Rankin 1-1.
HAWAII-Jason Rivers 14-167, Ryan Grice-Mullen 10-121, Daniel Libre
6-61, Davone Bess 5-49, C.J. Hawthorne 4-25, Kealoha Pilares 3-19.


Att: 50,000</div>

 

NCAAF: WASHINGTON at HAWAII

<div class="pre">NCAAF FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
WASHINGTON 21 7 0 0 28
HAWAII (10) 0 21 0 14 35 FINAL

SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: WASHINGTON - TD, JAKE LOCKER 8 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 3:37.
WASHINGTON 7-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 6:30.
WASHINGTON 14-0
WASHINGTON - TD, LUKE KRAVITZ 2 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 9:37.
WASHINGTON 21-0
2ND QUARTER: HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 7 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 4:43. WASHINGTON 21-7
WASHINGTON - TD, PAUL HOMER 1 YD RUN (RYAN
PERKINS KICK), 7:52.
WASHINGTON 28-7
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 3 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 10:49. WASHINGTON 28-14
HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 13 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 14:39. WASHINGTON 28-21
3RD QUARTER: NONE
4TH QUARTER: HAWAII - TD, JASON RIVERS 40 YD PASS FROM
COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL KELLY
KICK), 6:59. WASHINGTON 28-28
HAWAII - TD, RYAN GRICE-MULLEN 5 YD PASS
FROM COLT BRENNAN (DANIEL
KELLY KICK), 14:16. HAWAII
35-28</div>