University of Hawaii QB Sean Schroeder threw for 150 yards and 3 touchdowns against Lamar. Sean Nakamura | SL

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University of Hawaii RB John Lister carries the ball against Lamar. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Lamar QB Ryan Mossakowski is pressured by Hawaii's Ho'oikaika Cavaco-Amoy. Sean Nakamura | SL

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University of Hawaii Warrior players, band and cheerleaders make their way to the stadium. Sean Nakamura | SL

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University of Hawaii RB Stirling Jackson eludes a Lamar tackler. Sean Nakamura | SL

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Sat, Sep 15, 2012 @ Aloha Stadium [ 6:00 pm ]

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Lamar

2

Hawaii

54

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Lamar	0	0	0	2	2
Hawaii	7	21	13	6	54

• Pass
• Rush
• Rec

Sean Schroeder 150 yd 3 TD

Ryan Mossakowski 83 yd

John Lister 55 yd 2 TD

Darrell Harris 37 yd

Trevor Davis 85 yd 1 TD

Cory Soto 22 yd

HALAWA - Special teams proved to be a huge factor in the Saturday night victory for the Warriors over Lamar. What started off as a tight defensive standoff at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium turned into a 28-0 shutout by halftime. Hawaii would rack up 369 yards of offense in the 54-2 blowout win over the visiting Cardinals Saturday night.

"It was nice to play well in all three phases of the game," said Warriors' coach Norm Chow. "I think our special teams did a terrific job."

Bouncing back from a loss two weeks ago to USC, Hawaii came up with four scores from special teams, five scores by the offense, and allowed only two points on the scoreboard.

"We wanted to execute and show people what we've been working on," said Warriors' cornerback Mike Edwards. "We just wanted to come out and execute in all three phases of the game."

The first score for Hawaii would come off a Lamar dropped punt recovered by Will Gregory at the 9:25 mark of the first quarter. Set up inside the Cardinal red-zone, Warriors quarterback Sean Schroeder would find sophomore Trevor Davis for a 16 yard score.

"I really felt the run game helped us out a lot," said Davis. "Brought the safeties down, which really opened up our passing game."

The second score would occur after a toss from Schroeder to a wide open Davis again. The 50 yard gain on the play would set up sophomore running back John Lister for a leaping 7 yard score. Leafs score would come at the 8:10 mark of the second quarter. Lister would also score late in the fourth with a three yard run. Lister would finish the night with ten carries and 55 yards and two touchdowns. The two scores for Lister would be his first scores of his college career.

"Offense was efficient enough," said Chow. "We still made some mistakes early that we can't afford to do. Overall a nice performance."

Schroeder would throw his second touchdown of the quarter with an 8 yard connection with senior Darius Bright. That score would put Hawaii up 21-0 with 3:51 to go until the half.

The final score before the half for the Warriors would come off a blocked Cardinal punt. The punt would be recovered and returned 21 yards by freshmen cornerback Ne'Quan Phillips with 2:07 until halftime.

"Feels great. Two starting corners right now able to score on special teams," said Edwards. "It's a great feeling."

The Warriors would out on fire in the second half, starting right from the opening kickoff to start the third.  Edwards would field the kick and find himself navigating and maneuvering his way through the Lamar defenders for a 95 yard score.  The kick return by the junior cornerback would be the first kickoff return for a touchdown of over 90 yards since the Warriors 2008 season.

"We wanted to just come out here and play," said Edwards. "We got to continue to work but one thing we know for sure is that we can get it done."

Special teams would continue to rack up the points in the third, this time coming off the leg of Tyler Hadden. The sophomore would drill a 32 yarder coming at the 4:27 mark of the third and a 31 yarder with 49 seconds left to go until the fourth. Hadden would finish the night 2/3 in field goals.

"Great game for us on offense defense and special teams," said Paipai Falemalu, who finished the night with five tackles and one sack. "It was great to see all three phases clicking."

Schroeder would score his final touchdown of the night towards the start of the fourth quarter, connecting with junior Chris Gant for a 9 yard score, Warriors would go up 48-0. Sean Schroeder would finish the night 15 of 23 for 130 yards and three touchdowns.
Felt good. It feels great to get the win. Good team victory," said Schroeder. "(About the receivers) Unbelievable. They're great. Makes my job easy to put the ball into those kind of playmakers."

The Cardinals would find a glimmer of success late in the fourth quarter. A fumbled snap on point after attempt from a Lister touchdown would result in a scoop and score for Lamar. The Cardinal's Adrian Guillory would pick up the fumbled ball and race his way down to the other end zone for a safety.  That would be the high point of the Cardinals, as that was their only scoring play. Lamar would finish the night with only 127 yards of total offense and picking up only two first downs in the loss Saturday night.

"Kind of a cheap way to bust up a shut out," laughed Schroeder. "Tough gritty team, I'm pretty sure they'll do well in their conference and moving forward," he continued.

Before the game had started, the Warriors started a new tradition for the football team called the "Warrior Walk". The team would gather, along with the band and the cheerleaders, and march into the stadium. Along the way they would greet fans and show themselves to the public before going onto the field. This tradition is not so new to Schroeder, who was familiar with the walk during his time playing for Duke.

"It was a great way to start the day," said Schroeder. "I know we did it at Duke. Definitely didn't get the type of support we got today so it really pumps you up before the game."

The Warriors improve to 1-1 on the season under new head coach Norm Chow and will face Nevada on September 22nd back at Hawaiian Airlines Field at Aloha Stadium.