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Hawaii Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:35:25 PST

Hawaii's bowl chances were written off weeks ago, but the Warriors are still alive with two weeks to go.

The Warriors have won three straight games to get to 5-6. They did it by beating up on the bottom of the WAC.

Now they'll face two difficult tests in their quest to reach seven wins. First up is 8-3 Navy on Saturday. After that, it's 8-3 Wisconsin. Both games are at Hawaii.

"We're still alive, baby!" coach Greg McMackin told the Honolulu Advertiser. "We're still kicking."

Among the challenges the Warriors have overcome is a mess of quarterback issues. Starter Greg Alexander was knocked out for the year Sept. 30, backup Brent Rausch was injured early in the season and never became a factor and third-stringer Bryant Moniz has missed most of two games with...

Hawaii nips San Jose State 17-10 in overtime (AP)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:59:14 PST

Backup quarterback Shane Austin threw for a career-high 299 yards and Leon Wright-Jackson scored on a 5-yard touchdown run in overtime to lift Hawaii to a 17-10 win over San Jose State on Saturday night. The Warriors (5-6, 3-5 Western Athletic), who won their third straight after a six-game losing streak, had several chances to put the Spartans away but couldn't until Wright-Jackson took a...

Hawaii defeats New Mexico State 24-6 (AP)

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:55:15 PST

Bryant Moniz threw for 294 yards before leaving the game injured at the beginning of the fourth quarter as Hawaii defeated New Mexico State 24-6. Greg Salas had a school record 16 catches for 196 yards and a touchdown. Hawaii (4-6, 2-5 Western Athletic Conference) won its second straight game and kept its bowl hopes alive.