San Jose State holds off Hawaii football team
GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM
Hawaii’s Dae Dae Hunter was brought down by San Jose State’s Tre Jenkins in the first half.
Despite falling to score an offensive touchdown in the second half, San Jose State held on to defeat Hawaii 17-13 in the Mountain West Conference opener for both teams tonight at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex.
A low-scoring game saw the two teams combine for 22 punts just two years after they played the first-ever FBS game without a single punt.
San Jose State led 14-13 when Rico Tolefree’s forced fumble and recovery with 4:32 remaining gave the Spartans the ball on the UH 27-yard line.
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The Spartans ran clock until Matt Mercurio’s 26-yard field goal with 1:19 remaining accounted for the final points.
Hawaii got the ball one last time and drove the ball to the SJSU 21 with a seconds remaining after quarterback Chevan Cordeiro scrambled for 12 yards on fourth-and-1.
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Cordeiro’s last pass went out of the back of the end zone and fell incomplete.
The Spartans, who won the conference last year, improved to 2-1. Hawaii fell to 1-3
