New Mexico State 45, Hawaii 26
Associated Press
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Star Thomas had 144 yards rushing and a touchdown on 11 carries, Jamoni Jones scored on runs of 3 and 2 yards and New Mexico State beat Hawaii 45-26.
New Mexico State coach Jerry Kill replaced Doug Martin, who went 25-74 overall and had one season with more than three wins (7-6 in 2017), got his first win with the Aggies (1-4).
Dedrick Parson capped Hawaii's game-opening eight-play, 75-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown run with 11:55 left in the first quarter. Thomas tied the score with a 27-yard TD run about 3 minutes later, Gavin Frakes scored on a 20-yard run and Thomas' first TD run made it 21-7 with 14:57 left in the second quarter.
Hawaii answered with a nine-play, 90-yard drive but settled for a 23-yard field goal by Matthew Shipley. Jones scored from 2 yards out, Frakes threw a 1-yard TD pass to Thomas Whitford and Ahmonte Watkins added a 1-yard touchdown run to make it 42-10 midway through the third quarter.
Brayden Schager completed 22 of 40 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown for Hawaii (1-4).
New Mexico State finished with 353 yards rushing on 42 attempts.
| Scoring Summary |
| First Quarter |
Hawaii | NMSt |
| Hawaii |
TD |
11:55 |
Dedrick Parson 1 yd run (Matthew Shipley kick) |
7 |
0 |
| NMSt |
TD |
9:00 |
Star Thomas 27 yd run (Brett Money kick) |
7 |
7 |
| NMSt |
TD |
3:58 |
Gavin Frakes 20 yd run (Brett Money kick) |
7 |
14 |
| Second Quarter |
Hawaii | NMSt |
| NMSt |
TD |
14:57 |
Jamoni Jones 3 yd run (Brett Money kick) |
7 |
21 |
| Hawaii |
FG |
10:34 |
Matthew Shipley 23 yd FG |
10 |
21 |
| NMSt |
TD |
3:41 |
Jamoni Jones 2 yd run (Brett Money kick) |
10 |
28 |
| NMSt |
TD |
0:16 |
Thomaz Whitford 1 yd pass from Gavin Frakes (Brett Money kick) |
10 |
35 |
| Third Quarter |
Hawaii | NMSt |
| NMSt |
TD |
7:02 |
Ahmonte Watkins 1 yd run (Brett Money kick) |
10 |
42 |
| Hawaii |
TD |
1:46 |
Jalen Walthall 16 yd pass from Brayden Schager (Matthew Shipley kick) |
17 |
42 |
| Fourth Quarter |
Hawaii | NMSt |
| Hawaii |
FG |
10:55 |
Matthew Shipley 30 yd FG |
20 |
42 |
| NMSt |
FG |
6:53 |
Brett Money 26 yd FG |
20 |
45 |
| Hawaii |
TD |
1:28 |
Dedrick Parson 1 yd run (failed 2pt pass) |
26 |
45 |
| Team Stats |
| |
Hawaii |
New Mexico State |
| First downs |
23 |
19 |
| Rushing |
8 |
14 |
| Passing |
11 |
4 |
| Penalty |
4 |
1 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency |
4-16, 25% |
6-11, 55% |
| 4th down efficiency |
4-5, 80% |
1-1, 100% |
| Rushes-Yards |
37-150 |
45-357 |
| Passing Yards |
261 |
81 |
| Return Yards |
4 |
38 |
| Completions-Attempts-Int |
22-39-0 |
8-15-1 |
| Sacks-Yards Lost |
1--4 |
0-0 |
| Punts |
4 |
2 |
| Punts-Average |
36.8 |
52 |
| Fumbles Lost |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Penalties - Yards |
6-39 |
8-69 |
| Time of Possession |
32:47 |
27:13 |
| Hawaii Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| B. Schager |
22 |
39 |
261 |
1 |
0 |
| New Mexico State Passing |
| Player |
Cmp |
Att |
Yds |
TDs |
Int |
| G. Frakes |
8 |
14 |
81 |
1 |
1 |
| D. Pavia |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| New Mexico State Interceptions |
| Player |
Int |
Yards |
| Hawaii Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| M. Shipley |
4 |
147 |
36.8 |
| New Mexico State Punting |
| Player |
Punts |
Yards |
Avg |
| J. Carlson |
2 |
104 |
52.0 |
| Hawaii Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| D. Scott |
1 |
4 |
4.0 |
| New Mexico State Punt Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| L. Dixon |
2 |
38 |
19.0 |
| Hawaii Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| J. Perdue |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| New Mexico State Kick Returns |
| Player |
Ret |
Yards |
Average |
| Hawaii Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
| New Mexico State Missed FG |
| Player |
Length |
