University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

SERIES INFORMATION: Hawai‘i and Ohio State met for the first time with OSU moving to a 1-0 record after the 38-0 win.
Attendance: 107,145, which is the largest crowd UH has ever played before, surpassing the previous high of 92,138 at Alabama in 2006.
Hawai‘i Captains: Ben Clarke, Lance Williams, Rigoberto Sanchez and Max Wittek
Coin Toss: UH won the toss with a call of heads and elected to receive in the first half. OSU defended the south goal to start
Debuts for UH: Dejaun Buler (Jr.), Melvin Davis (Fr.), Malachi Mageo (Fr.), Devan Stubblefield (Fr.)
First Time Starters at UH: (Off): Paul Harris (RB),
Def: Jeremy Castro (LB)
 
Team Notes:

• The Hawai‘i program record moves to 535-427-25 (.555), and 89-154-3 (.368) on the road.
• After snapping a 19-game losing streak in nationally-televised contests in the opener, UH is now 19-60-2 (.246) in 81 opportunities.
• Since 2003, UH has 10 wins since teams from the Power 5 conferences, and are now 6-13 against teams from the Big Ten (1-3 away).
• With the loss, UH now holds a record of 10-39 (.204) all-time against nationally ranked teams, and is 0-4 in four meetings against a team ranked No. 1 overall.
• The loss moves UH’s record against Ohio-based teams to 4-5 and the Rainbow Warriors are now 0-2 when playing in Ohio.
• UH is 1-7 all-time when playing in the Eastern Time Zone, with the lone win in 2010 with a 31-28 victory at Army West Point.
• This is the second time in the Norm Chow era that Hawai‘i opens with a 1-1 start, the last in 2012.
• Hawai‘i was last shut out in 2012 in a 47-0 loss at BYU.
• A UH fumble was returned for a touchdown last by Utah State’s Devin Centers last season on 11/1.
• The last time UH did not pass for 100 yards was Oct. 31, 1998 at UTEP.
  • UH held its second consecutive opponent beneath 200 yards passing.
• First play from scrimmage was a pass to Dylan Collie down the right hash, which accounted for 29 of UH’s 35 yards in the opening half.
• In the first half, UH produced only 89 yards of total offense but had no negative plays in the half.
• In the first half, OSU held the time of possession at a rate of 19:33 versus UH’s 10:27, including holding a 12:47 to 2:13 advantage in the first quarter
• Columbus native and Marion-Francis High School graduate Paul Harris led the UH rushing effort, with 46 yards on 14 carries for a 3.3 YPC average.
• Despite allowing 232 yards of offense from Ohio State, UH held the Buckeyes to only two scores in the first half, one of which was provided by a short field opportunity.
• At the half, linebacker Benetton Fonua had accumulated 10 tackles, making it two consecutive games of a double-digit first half tackler. Fonua finished with 12 tackles.