Stanford Beats Hawaii 37-27 After Late Lead Change
Hawaii led 27-23 with 4:06 to play and lost by 10. Stanford scored 14 points in the final 2:54, and the two touchdowns came 29 seconds apart.
It had not looked close for most of the game. Micah Ford ran in a 2-yard score in the first quarter, Davis Warren threw a 6-yarder to Atticus Joseph, a safety made it 16-7, and Ford's second 2-yard run made it 23-7 with 9:51 left in the third. Then Hawaii scored 20 straight points: Sitani Mikaele ran 5 yards for a score and Tama Uiliata ran in the two-point conversion, Micah Alejado threw 11 yards to Tama Uiliata (the two-point try failed), and Alejado threw 29 yards to Devon Rice with 4:06 left (the extra point failed too).
Ford got Stanford back in front with a third 2-yard run with 1:41 left. Then Tevarua Tafiti returned a fumble 31 yards for a touchdown with 1:12 left. Take away that return and it is 30-27 Stanford, still a Stanford win and a much tenser one.
Stanford outgained Hawaii 468 yards to 325, with Warren throwing for 310. Hawaii ran 22 times for 46 yards, and Alejado threw 51 times for 272. Stanford sacked Hawaii twice, and Hawaii lost the one fumble. Hawaii's Tama Uiliata caught eight passes for 62 yards and a score, and Kainoa Carvalho added five for 72. Jonanthony Hall had two catches for 81 yards for Stanford, which is 40.5 a grab.
Stanford is 1-0 and Hawaii 0-1. Ford ran 25 times for 99 yards and three touchdowns, a very good fantasy line for 29 points.