San José State Holds Off Hawaii 20-16
Hawaii outgained San José State 438 yards to 324, threw for 341, and still lost. The reason is on the turnover line: two interceptions for Hawaii, none for the Spartans. That is how you end up 1-4.
San José State scored first and all of its touchdowns in the first half. Luke Weaver found Kamaehu Kopa-Kaawalauole from 10 yards out and Carson Clark from 12 in the second quarter, and the Spartans led 14-0 at the break. Then Hawaii woke up. Sean Olvera-Harle kicked field goals of 44 and 24 yards, and Micah Alejado hit Devin Alves on a 58-yard touchdown pass to make it 14-13 with 3:20 left in the third. Trajan Sinatra answered with a 24-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the quarter, and San José State went into the fourth leading 17-13.
Olvera-Harle's third kick, from 44 yards early in the fourth, cut it to 17-16 with 11:52 to go. Then the points stopped for a long while. Sinatra put the game away with a 30-yard field goal with 1:15 left. San José State never trailed and Hawaii never led.
The Spartans are 3-2. Hawaii is 1-4. Flip those two interceptions and this is the sort of game Hawaii wins on yardage alone, but nobody pays out on that.
Hawaii did have its moments. Alejado completed 23 of 35 for 341 yards, and the 58-yard touchdown to Devin Alves was the biggest play of the second half. It was the interceptions that kept the Rainbow Warriors from getting over the hump, and San José State's defense had three sacks to Hawaii's two.
Fantasy owners got most of their points from the losing side: Alejado had 23.2 and Alves 21.1, both season highs. Weaver was close behind with 20.8.