HONOLULU - The University of Hawaii football team lost its fourth straight game and remained winless against the Football Bowl Subdivision with a 35-23 loss to New Mexico on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium.
The Lobos ran for 332 yards and had 452 yards of total offense in earning their first win outside of the borders of New Mexico since 2007.
Kasey Carrier rushed for 161 yards and a pair of touchdowns for New Mexico (4-3, 1-1 Mountain West Conference).
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Mike Edwards heads upfield on the way to scoring on a third-quarter kickoff return.
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The Warriors (1-5, 0-3) pulled to within 28-23 with 9 minutes, 49 seconds left on a 1-yard touchdown run by John Lister, but the Lobos got an insurance touchdown on B.R. Holbrook's 5-yard run.
Hawaii's only victory this season is over Lamar, a member of the Championship Subdivision.
New Mexico scored on each of its first three possessions to build a 21-0 lead in the second quarter.
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MWC STANDINGS
| Conference | Overall | |||||||
| Nevada | 3 | 0 | 146 | 89 | 6 | 1 | 287 | 200 |
| Boise St. | 2 | 0 | 52 | 39 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 88 |
| Fresno St. | 2 | 1 | 90 | 67 | 4 | 3 | 247 | 160 |
| SDSU | 2 | 1 | 130 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 267 | 187 |
| Air Force | 2 | 1 | 105 | 86 | 3 | 3 | 200 | 166 |
| UNLV | 1 | 1 | 75 | 77 | 1 | 6 | 187 | 252 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 1 | 64 | 55 | 4 | 3 | 206 | 198 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 2 | 55 | 63 | 1 | 5 | 165 | 195 |
| Hawaii | 0 | 3 | 61 | 156 | 1 | 5 | 125 | 254 |
| Colorado St. | 0 | 3 | 42 | 108 | 1 | 6 | 110 | 218 |
Saturday's Results
Nevada 42, UNLV 37
Boise St. 20, Fresno St. 10
San Diego St. 38, Colorado St. 14
Air Force 28, Wyoming 27
New Mexico 35, Hawaii 23
Saturday, Oct. 20 (HST)
UNLV at Boise St., 9:30 a.m.
New Mexico at Air Force, 1 p.m.
Wyoming at Fresno St., 4:30 p.m.
San Diego St. at Nevada, 4:35 p.m.
Hawaii got a 51-yard touchdown pass from Sean Schroeder to Scott Harding and 49-yard field goal by Tyler Hadden to trail 21-10 at halftime.
Cole Gautsche's 76-yard third-quarter touchdown run put New Mexico ahead 28-10. Mike Edwards answered on the ensuing kickoff with a 100-yard return for a touchdown.
Hawaii has been outscored 252-71 against FBS opponents this season, and has allowed an average of 233.7 yards per game overall.
Schroeder finished the game 20-for-42 passing for 272 yards. The Warriors gained 391 yards overall.
New Mexico ..... 14 ....... 7 ..... 7 ..... 7-35
Hawaii ................ 0 ..... 10 ..... 7 ..... 6-23
First Quarter
NM-Carrier 23 run (Adams kick), 11:58.
NM-Edwards 6 run (Adams kick), 5:51.
Second Quarter
NM-Carrier 1 run (Adams kick), 12:24.
Haw-Harding 51 pass from Schroeder (Hadden kick), 5:55.
Haw-FG Hadden 49, :16.
Third Quarter
NM-Gautsche 76 run (Adams kick), 4:52.
Haw-Edwards 100 kickoff return (Hadden kick), 4:40.
Fourth Quarter
Haw-Lister 1 run (pass failed), 9:49.
NM-Holbrook 5 run (Adams kick), 3:49.
A-31,632.
......................................... NM ........ Haw
First downs ....................... 24 ............ 21
Rushes-yards ............ 62-332 .... 27-119
Passing .......................... 120 ......... 272
Comp-att.-int. ............. 8-13-0 .. 20-42-0
Return yards ...................... 2 ............. 4
Punts-avg. ................. 4-33.8 ..... 2-56.5
Fumbles-lost ................... 2-0 ......... 4-3
Penalties-yards ............. 5-40 ....... 5-52
Time of possession ..... 38:32 ..... 21:28
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-New Mexico, Carrier 35-161, Gautsche 5-104, Pressley 7-20, Holbrook 6-15, Wiggins 1-10, Kirk 1-8, Solomon 1-8, Bundy 1-6, Edwards 1-6, Anaya 1-(minus 1), Clayton 1-(minus 2), Team 2-(minus 3). Hawaii, Gregory 13-99, Lister 9-27, Harding 2-(minus 2), Schroeder 3-(minus 5).
PASSING-New Mexico, Holbrook 7-12-0-109, Gautsche 1-1-0-11. Hawaii, Schroeder 20-42-0-272.
RECEIVING-New Mexico, Reed 2-24, Edwards 1-36, Clayton 1-33, Biren 1-11, Carrier 1-9, Solomon 1-7, Thomas 1-0. Hawaii, Stutzmann 6-73, Gant 4-46, Harding 3-80, Lister 3-25, Moleni 1-16, Bright 1-15, Ostrowski 1-14, Hall 1-3.
