LARAMIE, Wyo. — Xazavian Valladay and Trey Smith each rushed for 85-plus yards and two touchdowns, and Wyoming cruised past Hawaii 31-7 on Friday night.
Valladay carried it 32 times for 163 yards and Smith gained 89 yards on 20 runs for Wyoming (1-1, 1-1 Mountain West), which has won nine straight home games. Levi Williams passed for 112 yards.
Valladay’s 18-yard touchdown on the opening possession was the only TD over 7 yards for either team. He added a 6-yard score, and Smith had scoring runs of 1 and 2 yards.
Chevan Cordeiro was 10-of-26 passing for 106 yards with one interception for Hawaii (1-1, 1-1). The Saint Louis (Oahu) alum is now 5-1 in six career starts.
Dae Dae Hunter scored Hawaii’s lone touchdown on a 3-yard run to pull to 10-7 in the second quarter. The Rainbow Warriors were outgained 281-123 on the ground and turned it over twice.
UH finished with 110 passing yards, its lowest total since passing for 88 yards in a loss at Boise State in 2015, and the Warriors gave up five sacks and have surrendered nine total sacks in its first two games.
Wyoming claimed the Paniolo Trophy for the 15th time in the 25 meetings between the schools.