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Brigham Young Cougars © |
Hawaii Warriors |
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Played November 16, 1996 at Aloha Stadium Honolulu, Hawaii |
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Teams' Belt Records
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Team |
Belt Reigns |
Overall Record |
Home Record |
Away Record |
Neutral Record |
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W |
L |
T |
PCT |
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L |
T |
PCT |
W |
L |
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PCT |
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T |
PCT |
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| Brigham Young © | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .750 | ||||
| Hawaii | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 | ||||||||
Previous Belt Meetings: None
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Final |
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Brigham Young |
14 |
3 |
14 |
14 |
45 |
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Hawaii |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
The 2-8 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors of first-year coach Fred vonAppen welcomed the 10th ranked, 10-1 Brigham Young Cougars of coach Lavell Edwards to Honolulu. The Cougars used 260 yards rushing including a 44-yard touchdown run from RB Brian McKenzie to control Hawaii in a 45-14 victory that was marred by a fight that included players & spilled into the stands. The Cougars took the lead with a 10-yard touchdown run by RB Mark Atuaia before All-WAC QB Steve Sarkisian found RB Ronney Jenkins for a 12-yard touchdown pass giving Brigham Young a 14-0 lead heading into the 2nd quarter. Hawaii's LB Stephen Gonzales intercepted Sarkisian & returned it 79 yards for a touchdown to keep the Rainbow Warriors close at 14-7 but Brigham Young's PK Ethan Pochman connected on a 25-yard field goal to keep the Cougars in front 17-7 at the half. In the 3rd quarter, Sarkisian found RB Dustin Johnson for a 23-yard touchdown pass & Hawaii got a 5-yard touchdown run from RB Carlos Shaw but the next 93 seconds secured the game for the Cougars. Jenkins scored on a 5-yard touchdown run & All-WAC DT Henry Bloomfield returned a fumble 12 yards for another score. Cougars’ All-WAC CB Tim McTyer intercepted Hawaii's QB Glenn Freitas at the Hawaii 44-yard line before McKenzie broke loose for his score on the next play. McKenzie finished with 129 yards rushing with his score while Sarkisian added 206 yards passing to his 2 touchdowns but an interception. Three Hawaii quarterbacks were held to 94 yards passing with 2 interceptions in the loss. Brigham Young finished the season 14-1; WAC Champions, ranked 5th nationally while the Rainbow Warriors finished 2-10. Hawaii would play for The Belt again in 2005.
