Tulsa
Hawaii
Football Falls To Hawaii, 36-15
10/20/2001 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct 20, 2001
By DANNY M. BOYD
Associated Press Writer
TULSA, Okla - Nick Rolovich passed for 324 yards and three touchdowns to lead Hawaii to a 36-15 victory over Tulsa on Saturday.
The win was the third straight for Hawaii (4-2, 3-2 Western Athletic Conference), all behind Rolovich, who started for the injured Timmy Chang.
The Warriors, second nationally in passing coming in, have won three consecutive conference games for the first time since 1992.
Tulsa (1-5, 0-4 WAC) dropped its fifth in a row and hurt its chances of its first winning season in a decade.
Rolovich spread the ball around as Ashely Lelie had 85 yards receiving and Craig Stuzmann 77 for the Warriors.
Josh Blankenship was 16-of-32 for 121 yards for Tulsa, connecting with All-WAC receiver Donald Shoals for 79 yards.
Hawaii led 26-7 at the half. Rolovich threw a 44-yard touchdown pass to Lelie and the Warriors went up 33-7. Justin Ayat kicked a 55-yard field goal to end scoring for Hawaii.
Backup quarterback James Kilian ran it from the 2 for Tulsa and Montiese Culton caught the 2-point conversion to finish scoring.
Rolovich had 212 yards in the first half.
Hawaii's Mark Tate took the opening kickoff 80 yards before Sherman Steptoe shoved him out of bounds on the Tulsa 20. But Hawaii had to settle for a 38-yard Ayat field goal.
Shoals grabbed a Blankenship on a 25-yard score and Tulsa led 7-3 at 7:39 in the first quarter.
Thero Mitchell ran in from the 5 for Hawaii and Abraham Elimimian tackled Tulsa punter Casey Lipscomb in the end zone for a safety and Hawaii took a 12-7 lead.
Rolovich amassed 89 passing yards on the next drive, hitting Lelie from 12 yards out for a score. He later connected with Justin Colbert on a 14-yard pass play.
