The UMass defense has some work to do

As mentioned earlier the Minutemen had no answer for wide receiver John Ursua. He was constantly getting separation from defensive backs, and the tweet above pretty much tells the story of the Minutemen secondary.

Hawaii quarterback Dru Brown had his way most of the time and finished completing 25 of 38 attempts with 391 yards passing and 3 touchdowns against one interception.

The Minutemen did a decent job against the run, holding Hawaii running back Diocemy Saint Juste mostly in check. Saint Juste started out good early but finished the game with only 78 yards on 23 carries for a 3.4 yard average.

Overall UMass held Hawaii to only 112 yards on 35 carries for a paltry 3.2 yards per carry. Hawaii did manage two rushing touchdowns in short yardage situations, but other than a 29 yard run by Brown the Minutemen limited big plays from the running game.