Sept. 17, 2006
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HONOLULU (AP) -Colt Brennan threw for 296 yards and two touchdowns while running in another score as Hawaii defeated UNLV 42-13 on Saturday night.
Davone Bess caught 10 passes for 124 yards and a touchdown and Nate Ilaoa ran for 104 yards and two scores for the Warriors (1-1), who racked up 583 yards of total offense, including 359 in the first half.
The Warriors raced to a 42-0 lead behind Brennan's hot hand. He was 24-of-35 before coming out of the game, along with the rest of Hawaii's offensive starters, late in the third quarter.
Brennan completed his first nine attempts for 106 yards and two touchdowns as Hawaii scored on its first two drives. Bess and Ryan Grice-Mullen each caught 7-yard touchdown passes to put Hawaii up 14-0.
Brennan later scored on a 1-yard sneak, capping an eight-play, 93-yard drive that gave Hawaii a 28-0 lead at the half.
Grice-Mullen had seven catches for 111 yards - his second-straight 100-yard receiving game.
An 8-yard scoring run by Ilaoa pushed the Warriors' lead to three-touchdowns. He also had a 7-yard TD run in the third that made it 42-0.
The Rebels (1-2) finally got on the scoreboard with 3:51 in the third quarter on David Peeples' 1-yard run, making it 42-7.
UNLV also scored late in the game on a 15-yard pass from backup Shane Steichen to Rodelin Anthony. The extra point was blocked.
The loss was UNLV's 11th straight on the road. The Rebels haven't won an away game since beating Brigham Young 24-20 on Oct. 8, 2004.
UNLV quarterback Rocky Hinds, who sprained his right knee in the first half of last week's game, struggled to find his targets.
He was 13-of-37 for 166 yards with one interception. The transfer from Southern California was harassed all night by Hawaii's defense, which had three sacks and several hurries.
On UNLV's first play of the second half, Hinds threw an errant pass that was intercepted by safety Leonard Peters, who took it 33 yards for a touchdown that gave Hawaii a 35-0 lead.
Instead of punting or attempting a long field goal, UNLV failed to convert four fourth-down attempts in the first half.
