HONOLULU – – Ashton Jeanty accounted for 237 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns to lead No. 17 Boise State to a 28-7 victory over Hawaii on Saturday night.

The Broncos (5-1, 2-0 Mountain West) pushed their winning streak to four games since their narrow loss to then No. 3 Oregon on Sept. 7.

The Rainbow Warriors (2-4, 0-2) have lost four of their last five games.

Jeanty, the leading rusher in the entire Football Bowl Subdivision, had a season-high 31 carries for 217 yards. It was the third game this season that he surpassed the 200-meter mark and the fifth of his career. He also caught three passes for 20 yards.

“So proud of Ashton Jeanty, he is an absolute war daddy,” Boise State coach Spencer Danielson said.

“He’s the best player in the country. Those were tough yards. They’re the number one defense in our conference for a reason. Those guys were flying around, they had a great offensive plan and he just kept fighting, kept fighting.”

Boise State closed the first three possessions with scores. Jonah Dalmas put up field goals from 24 and 23 yards around Jeanty’s 54-yard touchdown run to put the Broncos ahead 13-0 with 7:06 left in the first half.

Jeanty found a crease behind the right side of his offensive line before bouncing it to the perimeter and heading untouched to the end zone. It was his seventh touchdown run of at least 50 yards this season. Jeanty entered the game averaging 10.9 yards per carry and 206.3 rushing yards per game.

Jeanty had 93 yards on eight carries after one quarter and had 15 rushes for 115 yards at halftime.

Hawaii’s score came with 3:24 left in the second quarter on a 28-yard touchdown pass from Brayden Schager to Tylan Hines.

“It was a very hard-fought match. I thought our guys went head to head with a really good team and when the calls are turned down and don’t go your way you lose a little bit of momentum but I’m proud of my guys in the fight and we’ll continue to try to get better,” Hawaii coach Timmy Chang said.

After a scoreless third quarter, Boise State found some breathing room with a 5-yard touchdown pass from Maddux Madsen to Jeanty a few minutes into the final period. Madsen hit Austin Bolt for a 44-yard scoring strike in the final minutes.

Madsen finished 17 of 25 passing for 217 yards.

“It was a great team win, but it wasn’t perfect. There’s a lot I like to go in and look at and clean up, but along the way, with the traveling and all that stuff, you have to find ways to win games in our conference and I’m proud of our team for that” , Danielson said.

The takeaway

Boise State: While the Broncos have been productive on offense all year, their defense has struggled at times, especially against the pass. Entering Saturday, opponents were averaging nearly 280 passing yards per game, which ranked 123rd nationally. Hawaii finished with 264 yards through the air.

Hawaii: Under first-year defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman, the Rainbow Warriors lead the Mountain West Conference in scoring defense (19.0 points per game) and total defense (309.4 yards per game). They held the Broncos to their lowest scoring output of the season.

Living in the backfield

Boise State, the nation’s leader in sacks, added to its total Saturday with eight sacks — four in each half — and had a dozen total tackles for loss. Jayden Virgil-Morgan had 2 1/2 sacks and Seyi Oladipo added a pair.

Game stoppage

The game was delayed about 15 minutes at the 7:06 mark of the second quarter when a member of the on-field officiating crew, backup judge Gregory Rattler Jr., went to the turf and had to be attended to by medical personnel. . He got up on his own, walked to an ambulance for examination and was eventually taken to a hospital.

Survey implications

With No. 16 Utah’s loss to unranked Arizona State on Friday, Boise State can expect to move up a spot or two when the AP Top 25 is released on Sunday.

Next

Boise State has 13 days off between games until it visits UNLV on Oct. 25.

Hawaii plays Washington State on Saturday in its first trip to Pullman, Washington.

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