The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors rallied from a 10-0 deficit to post a 23-20 win over Stanford on superb QB play from Micah Alejado and a clutch field goal on the final play from Kansei Matsuzawa. Matsuzawa’s 38-yard kick with no time left was the deciding factor in a competitive Week 0 battle between the teams.
Stanford Box Score
Passing
| Player | Comp. | Att. | Yards | Pass TDs | INT |
| Ben Gulbranson | 15 | 30 | 109 | 0 | 1 |
Rushing and Receiving
| Player | Rushes | Yards | Rush TDs | Rec. | Yards | Rec. TDs |
| Micah Ford | 26 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sedrick Irvin | 10 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Tabb | 4 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Ben Gulbranson | 3 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chico Holt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| CJ Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 0 |
| Caden High | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Myles Libman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Roush | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Marcus Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Defense
| Player | TFL | Sacks | INT |
| Matt Rose | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Barth | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Clay Patterson | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Kicking
| Player | XP-XPA | FG-FGA | Long |
| Emmett Kenney | 2 for 2 | 2 for 3 | 46 |
Hawaii Box Score
Passing
| Player | Comp. | Att. | Yards | Pass TDs | INT |
| Micah Alejado | 27 | 39 | 210 | 2 | 0 |
| Luke Weaver | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rushing and Receiving
| Player | Rushes | Yards | Rush TDs | Rec. | Yards | Rec. TDs |
| Cam Barfield | 6 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| Micah Alejado | 10 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landon Sims | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| Christian Vaughn | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pofele Ashlock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 69 | 1 |
| Jackson Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 59 | 1 |
| Brandon White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Nick Cenacle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Karsyn Pupunu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Devon Tauaefa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
Defense
| Player | TFL | Sacks | INT |
| Peter Manuma | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Sagapolutele | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kilinahe Mendiola-Jensen | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kicking
| Player | XP-XPA | FG-FGA | Long |
| Kansei Matsuzawa | 2 for 2 | 3 for 3 | 40 |
Scoring Summary
Stanford: Kenney 23-yard field goal, 3-0, 7:14 remaining in 1st quarter
Stanford: Aybar 0-yard fumble return (Kenney XPT), 10-0, 7:08 remaining in 1st quarter
Hawaii: Ashlock 3-yard pass from Alejado (Matsuzawa XPT), 10-7, 2:19 remaining in 1st quarter
Stanford: Kenney 46-yard field goal, 13-7, 3:39 remaining in 2nd quarter
Hawaii: Harris 19-yard pass from Alejado (Matsuzawa XPT), 14-13, 0:48 remaining in 2nd quarter
Hawaitt: Matsuzawa 40-yard field goal, 17-13, 6:25 remaining in 3rd quarter
Stanford: Ford 2-yard run (Kenney XPT), 20-17, 9:47 remaining in 4th quarter
Hawaii: Matsuzawa 37-yard field goal, 20-20, 2:01 remaining in 4th quarter
Hawaii: Matsuzawa 38-yard field goal, 23-20, 0:00 remaining in 4th quarter
Recap
Hawaii (1-0) overcame a poor start to beat Stanford (0-1) for the first time in their five meetings. After an early Stanford field goal, a special team gaffe gave the Cardinal another touchdown and a 10-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game.
But Hawaii rallied, taking the lead just before halftime on the second of QB Micah Alejado’s pair of touchdowns.
Stanford retook the lead on a short Micah Ford run early in the fourth quarter, but the Rainbow Warrior rallied late. Hawaii drove 50 yards on 10 plays to tie the game on a 37-yard field goal with 2:01 remaining. After forcing a three-and-out, Hawaii drove 52 yards to set up a game-winning 38-yard kick with no time on the clock.
Hawaii will play at Arizona next Saturday. Stanford has a week off and will travel to BYU the following Saturday, September 6, for their next game.
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