{"id":36071,"date":"2018-09-02T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T13:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/02\/rainbow-warriors-smash-navy\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:28:51","slug":"rainbow-warriors-smash-navy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/09\/02\/rainbow-warriors-smash-navy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Warriors smash Navy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HONOLULU \u2014 According to his coach, Cole McDonald has his priorities in order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite it being just his second career start, McDonald turned in another glowing performance Saturday night. The sophomore threw for 428 yards and six touchdowns on 30-of-41 passing and Hawaii used a quick start en route to a 59-41 win over Navy<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s just hard work, it\u2019s his desire and it should come down to those two things and he\u2019s either worrying about his hair, or he\u2019s doing football,\u201d Rolovich said of McDonald, who has passed for 846 yards and nine touchdowns without an interception this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of stuff outside of school, football and his sweet hair that he worries about \u2014 and the kid is competitive. The kid is a confident competitor that nothing flusters him and sometimes he makes me angry, but that\u2019s because I think he can be even better than he was tonight and when he sees the film he\u2019ll understand that,\u201d Rolovich said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Rainbow Warriors (2-0) scored on their first six possessions and racked up 522 total yards, while the Midshipmen (0-1) dropped their first season opener since 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Ursua (10 catches for 167 yards), Cedric Byrd (11 for 90) and JoJo Ward (6 for 161) each caught two touchdown passes from McDonald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolovich praised the unselfishness of the trio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve got more than those three guys that, from the pit of their hearts, believe in the system and believe in helping each other get open. . You can\u2019t just be a super athlete in this offense without giving up some of yourself for the greater good of the team,\u201d Rolovich said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hawaii defensive lineman Maxwell Hendrie scoops up a blocked Navy punt and runs it in for a touchdown during the first half of an NCAA college football game on Saturday in Honolulu. (Eugene Tanner\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Freddy Holly III\u2019s 1-yard TD run, the first of his career, gave Hawaii a 14-0 first-quarter lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Navy turned it over on downs on its ensuing drive, Ward pulled down a 34-yard scoring strike from McDonald five plays into the second quarter on fourth-and-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the quarter, on fourth-and-1, McDonald faked a handoff to Holly before lofting a deep pass down the right sideline to a wide-open Ursua, who had his seventh game with at least 100 receiving yards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That stretched the lead to 35-7, but Navy answered with Malcom Perry’s 75-yard TD run one play later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Meskell\u2019s 23-yard field goal on the final play of the first half closed out a 24-point second quarter for Rainbow Warriors and gave them a 38-14 lead at the intermission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy scored twice \u2014 on a pair of Zach Abey<\/a> TD runs \u2014 in a span of 85 seconds midway through the third quarter to pull within 38-28, but McDonald tossed a 31-yard TD pass to Byrd early in the fourth to make it a 17-point cushion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abey scored on runs of 3, 1, 7 yards and 2 yards and Perry rushed for 108 yards on 17 carries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navy had 441 total yards, including 326 rushing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hawaii is now 3-1 all-time against Navy. All three of its wins in the series have come in Honolulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\t