UNLV 21, Hawai'i 6 · Box Score

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Final · Week 1 · Sat, Sep 5, 2026

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	1	2	3	4	T
UNLV	7	7	0	7	21
HAW	0	3	3	0	6

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The final, key stats and each team's top performer.

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Team stats

UNLV		HAW
18	First downs	20
364	Total yards	294
116	Passing yards	176
8-18	Comp-Att	17-43
6.4	Yards per pass	4.1
248	Rushing yards	118
43	Rushes	33
5.8	Yards per rush	3.6
7-15	3rd down	9-20
0-2	4th down	1-2
6-59	Penalties-yards	6-59
0	Turnovers	1
0	Fumbles lost	0
0	Interceptions thrown	1
27:55	Time of possession	32:05
5	Sacks	1
7	Tackles for loss	3
5	QB hurries	1
6	Passes defended	5
0	Defensive TDs	0
—	Kick return yards	11
0	Punt return yards	0
0	Passing TDs	0
3	Rushing TDs	0
3	Kicking points	6

Advanced stats

UNLV		HAW
+0.07	EPA per play	-0.08
38%	Success rate	33%
1.42	Explosiveness	1.25
+0.32	Rushing EPA per play	+0.12
40%	Rushing success rate	52%
-0.41	Passing EPA per play	-0.07
37%	Passing success rate	24%
43%	Standard downs success	36%
20%	Passing downs success	29%
3.74	Line yards per rush	3.70
1.40	Second-level yards	1.79
1.49	Open-field yards	0.79
12%	Stuff rate	17%
50%	Power success	60%
18%	Havoc caused	13%
4	Scoring chances	4
3.50	Points per chance	1.50
Own 28	Avg. starting field position	Own 24
5	Explosive plays	1
96%	Postgame win expectancy	4%

Offense unless noted. EPA, success rate, explosiveness and the rushing numbers leave out garbage time. The better number in each row is bold. Hover or tap-and-hold a stat for what it means.

Scoring summary

Q19:33
UNLVTD
(09:32) Shotgun #11 J.Arnold rush middle for 7 yards gain to the Hawaii00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 09:33 #32 R.Villela kick attempt good (H: #26 M.Choules, LS: #47 T.Jacobson)
Drive: 8 plays, 80 yds
7-0
Q214:09
Hawai'iFG
(14:11) #98 S.Olvera-Harle field goal attempt from 39 yards GOOD (H: #47 G.Heil, LS: #33 J.Mowrey), clock 14:09
Drive: 11 plays, 46 yds
7-3
Q21:33
UNLVTD
(01:38) Shotgun #11 J.Arnold rush middle for 2 yards gain to the Hawaii00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 01:33 #32 R.Villela kick attempt good (H: #26 M.Choules, LS: #47 T.Jacobson)
Drive: 8 plays, 74 yds
14-3
Q31:32
Hawai'iFG
(01:35) #98 S.Olvera-Harle field goal attempt from 33 yards GOOD (H: #47 G.Heil, LS: #33 J.Mowrey), clock 01:32
Drive: 14 plays, 74 yds
14-6
Q44:51
UNLVTD
(04:56) Shotgun #9 J.Thomas rush middle for 50 yards gain to the Hawaii00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 04:51, 1ST DOWN #32 R.Villela kick attempt good (H: #26 M.Choules, LS: #47 T.Jacobson)
Drive: 1 plays, 50 yds
21-6

Score shown UNLV-HAW.

Player stats

Passing

Player	C/Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	QBR
Jackson Arnold	8/18	116	6.4	0	0	81.5

Rushing

Player	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Jai'Den Thomas	20	143	7.2	1	50
Jackson Arnold	16	89	5.6	2	17
Jaylon Glover	5	16	3.2	0	8
Alex Orji	1	2	2.0	0	2
Team	1	-2	-2.0	0	0

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long
Keyan Burnett	3	55	18.3	25
Kayden McGee	1	44	44.0	44
Taeshaun Lyons	2	11	5.5	6
Velltray Jefferson	1	8	8.0	8
Jai'Den Thomas	1	-2	-2.0	0

Defense

Player	Sacks	TFL	PD	QB Hur	Tot	Solo
Tre Fulton	1	1	0	0	12	8
Kamuela Ka'aihue	0	0.5	0	0	9	5
Jake Pope	0	0	0	1	6	2
Quandarius Keyes	0	0	1	1	5	3
Tony-Louis Nkuba	0	0	1	0	4	4
Lucas Conti	0	1.5	0	1	3	2
Kal-El Togafau	2	2	0	0	2	2
Kenji Scanlan	1	1	0	0	2	2
Denver Harris	0	0	0	0	2	2
Landyn Cleveland	0	0	0	0	2	2
Blesyng Alualu-Tuiolemotu	0	0	0	0	2	1
Elias Rudolph	1	1	0	0	1	1
Avery Helm	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dee Crayton	0	0	1	0	1	1
Cam Santee	0	0	0	0	1	1
Joshua Tuchek	0	0	0	0	1	1
Mumu Bin-Wahad	0	0	1	0	0	0
Andre Porter	0	0	2	1	0	0
Mohamed Altayeb	0	0	0	1	0	0

Interceptions

Player	Int	Yds	TD
Quandarius Keyes	1	0	0

Kicking

Player	FG	Pct	Long	XP	Pts
Ramon Villela	0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punting

Player	No	Yds	Avg	TB	In 20	Long
Matthew Choules	6	272	45.3	1	2	64

Punt returns

Player	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
DeAngelo Irvin Jr.	1	0	0.0	0	0