Brayden Schager threw two touchdown passes as Hawaii defeated Nevada 27-14 on Saturday. AP file photo

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Brayden Schager threw two touchdown passes to Pofele Ashlock, Matthew Shipley kicked a pair of 50-yard field goals and the University of Hawaii football team knocked off Nevada 27-14 on Saturday.

In addition to winning its first Mountain West Conference game of the season, UH (3-7, 1-4 MWC) handed second-year head coach Timmy Chang his first career road win at the place where he served as an assistant coach for five previous seasons. The Rainbow Warriors had dropped their last 10 road contests — their last win on the road was Nov. 27, 2021 at Wyoming.

Shipley gave Hawaii the lead, Dalen Morris followed with a 1-yard touchdown run and Schager connected with Ashlock for a 26-yard touchdown — all in the second quarter — as Hawaii took a 17-0 lead into halftime.

Sean Dollars had two short touchdown runs in the third quarter for Nevada (2-7, 2-3), but Schager answered the first score with a 5-yard scoring toss to Ashlock and the Rainbow Warriors led 24-14 heading to the final quarter. Shipley’s second long field goal came early in the fourth quarter and capped the scoring.

Schager completed 21 of 38 passes for 203 yards for Hawaii. He also rushed for 49 yards on 11 carries. Ashlock finished with nine catches for 87 yards, and Kamehameha Schools Maui graduate Karsyn Pupunu had one catch for 11 yards for UH.

AJ Bianco, a Saint Louis School alum from Lahaina, completed 5 of 15 passes for 76 yards with an interception for the Wolf Pack. He also had 63 yards rushing on 15 carries as Nevada managed just 236 yards of offense.

UH next hosts Air Force on Saturday.

Hawaii 0 17 7 3–27

Nevada 0 0 14 0–14

Second Quarter

HAW–FG Shipley 50, 12:55.

HAW–Morris 1 run (Shipley kick), 3:54.

HAW–Ashlock 26 pass from Schager (Shipley kick), :17.

Third Quarter

NEV–Dollars 2 run (Talton kick), 9:27.

HAW–Ashlock 5 pass from Schager (Shipley kick), 7:13.

NEV–Dollars 7 run (Talton kick), 2:45.

Fourth Quarter

HAW–FG Shipley 50, 12:41.

A–15,540.

HAW NEV

First downs 16 14

Total Net Yards 339 236

Rushes-yards 35-136 41-124

Passing 203 112

Punt Returns 3-16 2-13

Kickoff Returns 1-22 0-0

Interceptions Ret. 1-24 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 21-38-0 6-24-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-6 6-31

Punts 8-37.625 7-46.714

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 10-92 5-35

Time of Possession 33:10 26:50

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING–Hawaii, Sims 11-65, Schager 11-49, Bryant-Lelei 5-14, Vaipulu 3-9, Morris 3-1, (Team) 2-(minus 2). Nevada, Bianco 15-63, Dollars 16-55, B.Lewis 5-11, Badolato-Birdsell 1-(minus 2), Bell 4-(minus 3).

PASSING–Hawaii, Schager 21-38-0-203. Nevada, Bianco 5-15-1-76, B.Lewis 1-9-0-36.

RECEIVING–Hawaii, Ashlock 9-87, McBride 4-52, Cenacle 4-37, Pupunu 1-11, Nishigaya 1-9, Perry 1-8, C.Hines 1-(minus 1). Nevada, Campbell 4-88, Zeidler 1-21, Jackson 1-3.

MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.