Ashton Jeanty rushed for 217 yards and one touchdown on a season-high 31 carries and caught a touchdown pass to lead No. 17 Boise State to a 28-7 victory over Hawaii on Saturday night in Mountain West play in Honolulu .
Jeanty surpassed 200 yards on the ground for the third time this season and increased his national rushing total to 18. The touchdown catch was his first of the season.
The reigning Heisman Trophy runner has rushed for a nation-leading 1,248 yards on just 126 carries for the Broncos (5-1, 2-0), who beat Hawaii for the 10th time in a row.
Maddux Madsen completed 17 of 25 passes for 217 yards and two touchdowns for Boise State. Cameron Camper had a season-best seven catches for 111 yards and Austin Bolt caught a touchdown pass for the Broncos.
Boise State collected eight sacks against the Rainbow Warriors. Jayden Virgin-Morgan led the way with 2.5 and Seyi Oladipo with two.
Brayden Schager passed for 264 yards and one touchdown for Hawaii (2-4, 0-2). Tylan Hines scored a touchdown for the Rainbow Warriors.
Hawaii trailed by just six points entering the fourth quarter before the Broncos built a cushion with an 11-play, 91-yard drive that started the third quarter. Jeanty caught a 5-yard pass down the right sideline for a touchdown and Madsen threw a 2-pointer to Bolt to make it 21-7 with 12 minutes left.
Hawaii turned the ball over on downs at the Boise State 19-yard line with 5:20 left. Jeanty ran 13 yards on the next play to reach 200 for the fifth time in his career.
Moments later, the Broncos faced a fourth-and-1 and Madsen threw to Bolt, who fought off the tackle and made it a 44-yard play and a 21-point lead with 3:44 left.
Earlier, Jonah Dalmas kicked a 24-yard field goal for Boise State’s first win.
Later in the quarter, Jeanty broke free for a 54-yard touchdown run down the right sideline to give the Broncos a 10-0 lead with 5:48 left in the quarter. It was Jeanty’s eighth run of 54 yards or more this season — and he has a game-high 68 yards.
The Broncos later drove the ball 73 yards on 17 plays but the drive with 7:49 left on the clock stalled and Dalmas kicked a 23-yard field goal with 7:06 left in the half.
The Rainbow Warriors got on the board by driving 91 yards in six plays. Schager capped it off with a 27-yard touchdown pass to Hines with 3:24 left in the half.
–Field Level Media