Record-breaking senior Chandler Jones made the big play to get San Jose State rolling.

A bevy of talented freshmen took over from there.

Jones’ 61-yard touchdown reception late in the first quarter woke up the Spartans and three different first-year players found the end zone after that in San Jose State’s 37-27 win over Hawaii on Saturday night at Aloha Stadium.

A familiar name to Hawaii fans, and not in a good way, Jones set a school record with his 19th career touchdown reception, moving past Edell Shepherd to sit all alone at the top.

Two years ago, Jones became the second player in NCAA history to score a touchdown rushing, receiving and on a fumble recovery in the same game.

It came in a 28-27 win over UH.

"That was Chandler just being Chandler," quarterback David Fales said. "He’s our experienced receiver and he knows the situation and knew we needed a big play to give (us) a chance."

San Jose State trailed 14-3 when Fales hooked up with Jones on the touchdown.

It ignited a 31-0 Spartans run that featured scores by three different freshmen, including receiver Tyler Winston, who had just one catch before last night.

Filling in for injured receivers Noel Grigsby and Jabari Carr, who have more than 350 career receptions combined, Winston had a game-high six catches for 159 yards.

"He’s shown in practice he can do it," first-year San Jose State coach Ron Caragher said. "David had the confidence in him to make plays and they got it done."

Fales completed only 16 passes, but averaged nearly 20 yards a completion.

Winston was his big-play guy, catching passes of 53, 40 and 23 yards.

His 27-yard touchdown reception late in the third quarter gave the Spartans a comfortable 34-14 cushion.

"(Tyler) is a guy with so much potential, and you just look at him tonight, he made some crazy plays," Fales said. "He’s just got to understand his potential and how big he is … definitely excited for him and what he’s going to be able to do the rest of the season."

The Spartans may have saved their season with their first win at Aloha Stadium since 2008.

Following last year’s 11-win campaign, San Jose State had lost three of its first four games, including a 40-12 thumping nine days ago at home against Utah State.

SJSU played in its third different time zone in as many weeks.

"I know we’ve played good teams … and I just told the guys it’s going to click," said Caragher, who served as head coach at San Diego for six years before taking the SJSU job. "It was nice to see execution tonight. That was a big difference."

Freshmen were responsible for 414 of San Jose State’s 534 total yards.

SJSU’s top three rushers were all first-year guys, led by Tim Crawley’s 93 yards on 21 carries.

Jarrod Lawson added 89 rushing yards and a touchdown, averaging 7.4 a carry, and Thomas Tucker chipped in with 48 yards on 12 carries.