HONOLULU — Chevan Cordeiro passed for three touchdowns, Dedrick Parson ran for two scores and Hawaii beat Portland State 49-35 on Saturday night in the first football game played on school campus.
The 9,000-seat retro-fitted Clarence T.C. Ching Complex will be the program’s home until the New Aloha Stadium Entertainment District is completed. It was Hawaii’s first home game outside of Aloha Stadium since Dec. 7, 1974 when the Rainbow Warriors hosted Arizona State at Honolulu Stadium, which had served as the team’s home field from 1926-74.
Cordeiro threw touchdown passes to Nick Mardner, Jared Smart and Aaron Cephus, Calvin Turner scored on a wild winding 38-yard run — on which he crossed over into Hawaii territory before racing down the left sideline into the end zone — and Parson ran for a 17-yard TD as the Rainbow Warriors scored touchdowns on their first four possessions to take a 28-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Parson added a 2-yard TD run in the third quarter and Dae Dae Hunter, who finished with 128 yards rushing, scored on a 59-yard run in the fourth for Hawaii (1-1).
Davis Alexander threw for 400 yards and three touchdowns for Portland State (0-1), but much of that came after the Rainbow Warriors had the game well in hand.
Cordeiro finished 18-of-25 passing with one interception and had 66 yards rushing.
Portland St. 0 7 21 7 — 35
Hawaii 28 7 7 7 — 49
First Quarter
HAW—Mardner 23 pass from Cordeiro (Shipley kick), 10:36.
HAW—C.Turner 38 run (Shipley kick), 6:26.
HAW—Smart 20 pass from Cordeiro (Shipley kick), 5:41.
HAW—Parson 17 run (Shipley kick), :22.
Second Quarter
PRST—Talalemotu 38 pass from Alexander (C.Williams kick), 14:54.
HAW—Cephus 4 pass from Cordeiro (Shipley kick), :20.
Third Quarter
PRST—M.Walker 1 run (C.Williams kick), 10:03.
HAW—Parson 2 run (Shipley kick), 7:19.
PRST—team 23 pass from Alexander (C.Williams kick), :20.
PRST—Shakir 3 fumble return (C.Williams kick), :12.
Fourth Quarter
HAW—Hunter 59 run (Shipley kick), 9:58.
PRST—Bennett 11 pass from Alexander (C.Williams kick), 1:13.
PRST HAW
First downs 23 26
Total Net Yards 478 573
Rushes-yards 27-77 49-275
Passing 401 298
Punt Returns 0-0 3-19
Kickoff Returns 3-48 5-54
Interceptions Ret. 1-11 2-10
Comp-Att-Int 23-47-2 17-24-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-7 4-20
Punts 5-46.2 3-41.333
Fumbles-Lost 3-2 4-3
Penalties-Yards 3-21 3-20
Time of Possession 28:57 30:48
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Portland St., M.Walker 11-58, Malary 4-13, J.McGee 7-10, Alexander 4-1, (Team) 1-(minus 5). Hawaii, Hunter 16-128, Cordeiro 18-66, C.Turner 4-43, Parson 11-38.
PASSING—Portland St., Alexander 23-47-2-401. Hawaii, Cordeiro 17-24-1-298.
RECEIVING—Portland St., Chase 6-105, Kelly 5-109, Bennett 5-96, Talalemotu 2-59, M.Walker 2-(minus 6), (Team) 1-23, J.McGee 1-9, McCorley 1-6. Hawaii, Mardner 4-97, Smart 4-96, C.Turner 4-75, Edwards 2-19, Cephus 2-3, Hunter 1-8.