Wrong place, wrong time for the UC Davis football team.
An already daunting trip for the FCS Aggies was made a whole lot worse with Hawaii in "revenge mode" following its 20-point loss at UNLV a week earlier.
The end result was a painful 56-14 defeat at Aloha Stadium, the worst UC Davis has had this year.
Just how bad did it get? At one point late in the second quarter, the Warriors had more points (49) than the Aggies had yards (47).
While Hawaii scored touchdowns on all seven first-half drives, the Aggies made one first down and didn’t take a snap in Hawaii territory.
UC Davis crossed over the 50 to the UH 49 on third down, but a delay-of-game penalty pushed the Aggies’ punt attempt back onto their own side of the field.
Hawaii had 21 first downs to the Aggies’ one and outgained UC Davis 486 to 51.
"I didn’t expect this, to be honest," said Aggies coach Bob Briggs, whose team was coming off a 31-3 victory over San Diego. "I thought we’d be better."
The Aggies played a road game against an FBS team for the second time this year with worse results than in a season-opening 48-14 loss at Arizona State.
The Sun Devils, who have since gone on to beat ranked USC and Missouri teams, threw for 124 yards fewer than Hawaii quarterback Bryant Moniz had in the first half.
Moniz tied an NCAA record with seven touchdown passes before halftime.
Comparing the UH quarterback to ASU junior Brock Osweiler, Biggs called Moniz "(better) athletically and … a better thrower.
"We had him trapped a couple of times and he was able to elude the pressure and make big plays that kept drives going when I thought we had a chance to get him."
Nick Aprile, who scored UC Davis’ first touchdown at ASU, did the same against the Warriors, capping off the Aggies’ first drive of the second half with a 1-yard plunge.
UC Davis played significantly better in the second half, holding UH scoreless in the third quarter after Jonathan Perkins blocked a UH field-goal attempt.
The heavy onslaught of throws kept Aggies safety Earnest Sayles III busy. He finished with a game-high 15 tackles.
"We saw what they had on tape and didn’t perform the way we needed to," Sayles said. "It was a good, explosive offense that we went up against. … We came out and competed in the second half and it’s a good steppingstone for us."
The Aggies have a bye next week before a busy October that includes a road game at Southern Utah, which beat UNLV 41-16 on Saturday.