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Brayden Schager scores four touchdowns in Hawaii's win over Nevada


Brayden Schager scores four touchdowns in Hawaii's win over Nevada

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager dove into the end zone for his fourth rushing touchdown early in the fourth quarter against Nevada at Ching Complex tonight.

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Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager jumped into the end zone for his fourth rushing touchdown early in the fourth quarter against Nevada at the Ching Complex tonight.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii running back Landon Sims overcomes Nevada defender Caine Savage.

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Hawaii running back Landon Sims overcomes Nevada defender Caine Savage.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager dove into the end zone for his fourth rushing touchdown early in the fourth quarter against Nevada at Ching Complex tonight.

JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM Hawaii running back Landon Sims overcomes Nevada defender Caine Savage.

Hawaii quarterback Brayden Schager scored four touchdowns and the Hawaii football team earned its first win over an FBS opponent this season with a 34-13 win over Nevada tonight at Ching Complex.

9,538 spectators watched Schager become the first Rainbow Warrior to score four touchdowns in a game since Alex Green in 2010. He tied the record for a quarterback with Glenn Freitas, who did it twice in 1995, and Ivin Jasper, who did it once in 1993.

Hawaii (3-5, 1-2 Mountain West), which entered the game averaging less than 100 yards per game on the ground this season, rushed for a season-high 242 yards on 42 attempts.

Schager finished the game with 120 rushing yards on 19 carries and Landon Sims added 82 yards on nine attempts, an average of more than 9 yards per carry.

Hawaii had scored three touchdowns in its first seven games of the season. The first two wins this season came against FCS members Delaware State and Northern Iowa.

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Nevada (3-6, 0-3), playing without starting quarterback Brandon Lewis, was held to 94 yards.

Chubba Purdy, the younger brother of San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback Brock Purdy, started the game for the Wolf Pack and went 13-for-18 for 155 yards and a touchdown with one interception.

AJ Bianco, a graduate of Saint Louis School, also played QB and was 13 of 21 for 131 yards with a 10-yard TD pass to Marcus Bellon in the fourth quarter.

Bellon finished the game with six catches for 111 yards.

Schager finished the game completing 14-for-25 passes for 153 yards and one interception.

Hawaii coach Timmy Chang improved to 3-0 against his former team. Cam Stone forced a fumble that was recovered by Meki Pei, and Nalu Emerson added an interception to give UH two takeaways in the fourth quarter. Emerson also had a sack.

Next up for UH is a road game at Fresno State next Saturday.


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