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Colorado State at Hawaii - POSTGAME NOTES
10/1/2017 2:35:00 AM | Football
Colorado State at Hawai'i – POSTGAME NOTES
Sept. 30, 2017 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii
Colorado State 51, Hawai'i 21
Sept. 30, 2017 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, Hawaii
Colorado State 51, Hawai'i 21
- The Rams won their first Mountain West opener since 2011. CSU is now 57-47-7 in conference-opening contests.
- CSU has won the last seven games in its series with Hawaii, dating back to 1995 when both schools were members of the WAC. Overall, CSU holds a 15-9 record against Hawaii.
- CSU's 610 yards of offense were its most under Head Coach Mike Bobo, and the second time in three games the Rams have topped 600 yards. The 610 yards were the 10th most in program history. Tonight's game was the third this season that the Rams have totaled more than 500 yards Under Coach Bobo and offensive coordinator Will Friend, the Rams have exceeded 500 yards of total offense 12 times (4 in 2015, 5 in 2016, 3 in 2017).
- The Rams' 10.34 yards per play (59-610) is the third-highest single-game figure in school history. The No. 2 average of 11.1 came last Nov. 19 vs. New Mexico, giving the Rams two of the top three yards-per-play figures in school history in their last 8 games.
- With his 4 touchdowns, CSU QB Nick Stevens moved into second all-time in passing TDs at CSU. He now has 53 TDs in his career, passing Moses Moreno (51) for second. Stevens is now 11 TDs away from the Rams' career leader, Garrett Grayson (64). Stevens has also now thrown for multiple TDs in 11 of his last 12 outings, dating back to last season.
- Stevens also threw for 351 yards (on 18-of-22 passing, 81.8%, 7th-best in CSU history), moving him into sixth in career passing yards at CSU (6,334). He passed Bradlee Van Pelt (6,271) and Anthoney Hill (6,309), and is now 3 yards from tying Caleb Hanie (6,337) for fifth.
- Stevens completed his final 12 pass attempts, going 12-for-12 from the beginning of the second quarter onward.
- CSU scored TDs on its first 3 possessions of the game for the first time since doing the same at San Diego State on Nov. 26, 2016. The Rams scored on each of their five full possessions (TD, TD, TD, FG, TD) of the first half. CSU last scored on its first five drives at New Mexico on Nov. 16, 2013 (TD, TD, FG, TD, TD).
- CSU's defense started the game by forcing three 3-and-outs as the Rams built a 21-0 lead. The last time CSU forced a trio of 3-and-outs to open a game was on Nov. 5 of last year against Fresno State (the Rams shutout the Bulldogs 37-0).
- WR Michael Gallup had 8 catches for 212 yards. It was the second 200-yard game of his career (213 at Air Force last year). The yardage total was the seventh-highest in program history. In addition, he eclipsed the 100-yard plateau for the third time this season and the ninth time of his career.
- Gallup became the second Ram to have a 200-yard receiving performance against the Rainbow Warriors – Greg Primus had 256 in 1991.
- RB Dalyn Dawkins had 130 yards on 17 carries. It was his first 100-yard game of the season and 10th of his career. It was also the first 100-yard rushing performance by any Ram this season. RB Izzy Matthews added a season-high 95 yards and a pair of TDs on the ground, including a 66-yard TD run in the fourth quarter (the longest run of his career).
- Dawkins' 130 yards were the second-most ever by a Ram against Hawaii (Kapri Bibbs had 137 in 2013).
- Stevens completed a pass to Gallup for 76 yards late in the first half, with Gallup stepping out of bounds at the 4-yard line as he stretched to dive for the pylon. The play set up an Izzy Matthews TD run. The 76-yard play was:
- CSU's longest play from scrimmage this year.
- Gallup's longest career reception.
- Stevens' longest career completion.
- The longest play from scrimmage by CSU since Nov. 28, 2014 (Garrett Grayson 76-yard pass to Xavier Williams).
- The last play from scrimmage to gain more yards by CSU was Kapri Bibbs' 85-yard run vs. Nevada on Nov. 9, 2013. The last pass play by CSU that was longer was a 79-yard connection from Billy Farris to Dion Morton on Sept. 20, 2008.
- WR Detrich Clark set personal highs in receiving yards (74) and receiving TDs (2). His only two catches of the game were for TDs, on 36- and 38-yard receptions across the middle.
- The Rams ran only 59 plays in the game. CSU had averaged 79.5 plays per game over its first four. The Rams posted 10. 3 yards per play.
- CSU was 8-of-11 (72.7 %) on third downs, after starting the game 6-for-6. The Rams have converted over 50 percent of their third down opportunities in all five of their games this season.
- In the first quarter, CSU outgained Hawaii 175-15 and was 3-for-3 on third downs.
- CB Anthony Hawkins led the Rams defense with 6 tackles. LB Evan Colorito collected the Rams' lone sack.
- CSU forced one turnover – LB Max McDonald forced a fumble of Hawaii WR Dylan Collie, which was recovered by LB Josh Watson at the 7:20 mark of the fourth quarter.
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