New Mexico Scores 21 Straight to Beat Hawai'i 21-10
New Mexico threw for 94 yards, threw two interceptions and lost a fumble, and still left Hawai'i with a 21-10 win. The Lobos ran for 266 yards and that covered a lot of sins.
It did not look like that early. Hawai'i got a 27-yard field goal from Sean Olvera-Harle in the first quarter, and Micah Alejado threw a 1-yard touchdown to Titan Lacaden with 6 seconds left in the second to make it 10-0 at the half. Then the second half belonged to the visitors. Scottre Humphrey scored from a yard out with 9:43 left in the third, Toa Faavae ran 21 yards for a touchdown with 6:57 left in the fourth to put New Mexico up 14-10, and Humphrey broke a 49-yard run with 3:24 to go to make it 21-10. Hawai'i did not score in the second half. All three Lobos touchdowns came on the ground, and Hawai'i held the lead until the Faavae score.
The turnover column would say Hawai'i should have won. New Mexico gave it away three times (two interceptions and a fumble), and Hawai'i twice (an interception and a fumble). Hawai'i threw for 250 and ran for only 50, and New Mexico out-gained it 360 yards to 300 anyway. New Mexico also had three sacks to Hawai'i's two.
New Mexico goes to 5-1 and Hawai'i falls to 1-6. For fantasy, Humphrey scored 21.0 points and Faavae 20.6 with a 5-for-10, two-interception passing line, which is the kind of stat line that only works if you run for 77.