2007 Gumball 3000 collision
The Gumball 3000 Rally of 2007 ended early as the result of a traffic accident on May 2, 2007, in which two people were killed. The accident involved two vehicles, the first being a TechArt Porsche 997 Turbo that was participating in the Gumball 3000, and the second being a Volkswagen Golf. The latter was not involved in the Gumball 3000 event. Vladimir Čepunjoski, the driver of the Volkswagen, died at the scene. The passenger, Margit Čepunjoska, was rushed to hospital but died two days later as a result of the injuries sustained in the crash. The driver of the Porsche, Nicholas Morley, and co-driver, Matthew McConville, were not seriously injured.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, Gumball 3000
The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000 mile (4,800 km) international rally which takes place on public roads, which travels around the world. Although set up as a rally with no official timing, or prizes for reaching check points first, during the rally, some participants have been fined for speeding and other traffic offences by the police in countries they passed through, cars have been confiscated and the 2007 rally was canceled after a car participating in the rally was involved in a fatal collision with a non-participating vehicle. Although the organizers are careful to emphasize that it is a rally and not a race, it is sometimes referred to as a streetrace.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision
On May 2, the participants in the 2007 Rally were driving through the Republic of Macedonia on a route from the Macedonian-Greek border near Bitola to the border with Albania, near the town of Struga. The traffic accident occurred on the motorway M4, at the entrance of the town of Struga, about 10 kilometers (6 mi) from the Macedonian-Albanian border post.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision
The Porsche hit an oncoming Volkswagen Golf, which was making a left turn on to the main road from a side road and driving in the opposite direction of the Porsche. The Porsche hit the Golf head-on, and the crash pushed both vehicles off the road.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision
A video of the immediate aftermath was subsequently posted to YouTube.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision
Both the driver and the passenger in the Golf were heavily injured. The driver and the passenger of the Porsche seemed virtually unharmed, and they were immediately picked up by another Gumball 3000 participating vehicle, a BMW M6, and reported to a nearby police station where a breath test showed no alcohol was involved. They were arrested by the Macedonian police for endangering traffic. The casualties reported in the accident were the 67-year-old driver of the Golf, Vladimir Čepunjoski, who died on his way to the hospital, and his wife Margit Čepunjoska, who died in hospital from injuries sustained in the crash on May 4.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The collision
Morley was set free on bail of £17,000 and handed his passport to return home. He was requested to return to Macedonia if a court called him to attend in the future; however during that time the second fatality was confirmed by the hospital and so he was arrested again the next day in Skopje, while boarding a private jet. After this second arrest, he was detained in custody until the trial.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The trial
In court the prosecution alleged a speed of 161 km/h (100 mph) while the defense opposed this by saying that the speed of the incoming vehicle was not taken into account and that his driving speed was only 70–75 km/h.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, The trial
After the conviction verdict, Morley released a statement detailing its own expert's findings, which contradict those of the prosecution's expert. The statement also claims that the defence were denied the opportunity to present their expert's findings, which could contravene article 6 of the European convention on human rights, the right to a fair trial.


2007 Gumball 3000 collision, Aftermath
The organisers of the Gumball 3000 initially continued the rally despite the incident, in a later official statement the organisers stated that the clear details of the incident and confirmation of a fatality did not occur until some hours after the briefing, at which point the decision to cancel the remainder of the rally was made. Adidas, a sponsor to the 2007 Gumball 3000, immediately backed out as a rally sponsor and took all Gumball 3000 related merchandise off the market internationally.


2007 HINDRAF rally
The 2007 HINDRAF rally was a rally held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 25 November 2007. The rally organiser, the Hindu Rights Action Force, had called the protest over alleged discriminatory policies which favour ethnic Malays. The rally was the second such street protest after the 2007 Bersih rally in Kuala Lumpur on 10 November 2007. The rally started when a crowd estimated to be between 5,000 and 30,000 people gathered outside the Petronas Twin Towers at midnight, early Sunday morning.


2007 HINDRAF rally
At least 240 people were detained, but half of them were later released.


2007 HINDRAF rally
Hindu religious NGOs, including MHS, decided to form a special committee after the burial of Murthi according to Islamic rights, to study and make recommendations on the issues of conversions to Islam, namely grabbing of dead bodies and conversions of children. Mr.P. Waythamoorthy was made the Chairman of this special committee. However, after more cases of temple demolitions and conversions, this committee evolved and saw the formation of Hindraf in June 2007 with the involvement of religious NGO's, politicians and other Indian-based NGO's.


2007 HINDRAF rally
Hindraf prepared a memorandum on all issues of the Indian community in Malaysia, starting from the British colonial days, right up to present situation of the Indian community being considered as second rate citizens of the country. They conducted various protests and rallies. Hindraf's proposals to the PM of Malaysia to resolve various issues affecting the plantation workers. MHS made several attempts, together with other Hindu and Indian NGO's through YSS to bring both MIC President and Hindraf leaders together to have a discussion. However, these efforts failed and eventually culminated in the massive Hindraf.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Religious persecution has been formidable source of marginalization of the people of Indian origin in Malaysia. Between April to May 2006, several Hindu temples were demolished by city hall authorities in the country, accompanied by violence against Hindus. On 21 April 2006, the Malaimel Sri Selva Kaliamman Temple in Kuala Lumpur was destroyed by the City Hall authorities because of violation of construction laws.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
The president of the Consumers Association of Subang and Shah Alam in Selangor State has been helping to organize efforts to stop the local authorities in the Muslim dominated city of Shah Alam from demolishing a 107-year-old Hindu temple. The growing Islamization in Malaysia is a cause for concern to many Malaysians who follow minority religions such as Hinduism. On 11 May 2006, armed city hall officers from Kuala Lumpur forcefully demolished part of a 60-year-old suburban temple that serves more than 1,000 Hindus because iwas builtld illegally. Moreover, the demolition of the Seri Maha Mariamman Temple in Padang Jawa, Shah Alam just a few days before Deepavali which is most important Hindu festival of lights in 2007.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Not only that, an interesting case was the attempted demolition of the Sri Kaliamman Temple just outside Angkasapuri, which is the headquarters for Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).The temple was asked to evacuate for security reasons stating that it was a security risk. The President of Temple confirmed that it was authorized by a former Minister of Information that the temple which was built by the staff of RTM remain at its present location which is part of the land of Angkasapuri.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
As the leader of Hindu delegation in the committee, he enquired with the National Security Council representatives at the meeting whether the surau or the proposed site for the RM5million new mosque in the Angkasapuri compound was open for the staff only or the public as well. He stated that if the public is allowed to visit this Islamic place of worship, then how does the question of security arise when the temple is outside the compound. To this, the representative answered that it was open to the public as well. On pressing further, there were no answers and the matter was not brought up by the authorities after.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
The Hindu Rights Action Force or HINDRAF, a coalition of several NGO's, have protested these demolitions by lodging complaints with the Prime Minister of Malaysia but with no response. Many Hindu advocacy groups have protested what they allege is a systematic plan of temple cleansing in Malaysia. The official reason given by the Malaysian government has been that the temples were built "illegally". However, several of the temples are centuries old. According to a lawyer for HINDRAF, a Hindu temple is demolished in Malaysia once every three weeks.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Affirmative Action Policy is to ensure the peace and stability in the pluralist society of Malaysia. It was found to address Malay grievances. The government introduced a number of policies to improve the condition of the Bumiputeras in all sectors of life. In 1971 the New Economic Policy was launched, effectively imposing a regime of


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
positive discrimination for Malays in a variety of sectors from education and business to the bureaucracy. Later revisions of this, such as the New Development Plan (1991-2000) as well as the New Vision Policy (2000-2010), all targeted the promotion of the local Malay population. Although, the NEP was meant to eliminate poverty in rural sectors, it had bypassed the private plantation which included the rubber plantation that employed a large number of Indian labourers. Statistics clearly showed that more than 75% of Indians were in 1970 classified as low wages labourers.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
The socio-economic situation of the Indian Tamil plantation labour in particular was a major concern of the Malaysian Indian Congress(MIC). After Independence, the MIC President Tun V.T.Sambanthan had established the National Land Finance plantations that were facing fragmentation. Without government aid it was considered a gergantuan task, and plea was made to low wages, loss of jobs and homes due to the fragmentation exercise.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
On 1974 MIC Bluebook, spearheaded by the MIC President V.Manickavasagam, contained key proposals which included increase of Indian share capital, ownership and control achievement of racial balance in public employment, offer of Indian who were restricted under the Employment Act 1968 and abolish the Contract Labour


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
System, allotment of new housing and Introduction of a systematic academic scheme for Tamil schools are recommended under the Aziz Commission Report. The MIC Bluebook proposals indicate the socioeconomic grievances faced by the Indian Tamil plantation labour. The early efforts made by the MIC, none of the Bluebook recommendation were taken into consideration. Following the fragmentation and redevelopment of rubber plantation land, the mid-1980 onward witnessed the gradual urbanization of the Indian Tamil Plantation labour and the continued disregard of this particular class-based group's grievances by government policy and poverty reduction programmes. The situation was found to worsen when rubber plantation were bought over through Permodalan Nasional Berhad(PNB), a Malay trust agency. As such, the complicity between the private corporations and government established an unequal bargaining position between the plantation corporations and the Indian Tamil plantation labour.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Without adequate labour representation and political clout, the Indian Tamil plantation labour face serious socio-economic problems such as loss jobs, eviction from estate homes and forced relocation to urban squatters. By the mid-1990s, it was reported that 70.5% of Indians were employed low-waged labour in agricultural, manufacturing and industrial jobs. The forced urbanization had led to the constitution of an urban Indian underclass that as facing social and economic grievances such as urban poverty, lack of education, unemployment and social problems such as the escalation of crime among youths. The development programmes initiated under the National


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Development Policy(NDP) and the socioeconomic programmes under the NEP had failed to consider the socioeconomic situation of the Indian Tamil plantation labour as


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
it was outside purview of the race-basd affirmative action policy.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Political Representation. MIC is the biggest India political party and a constituent of the ruling coalition government at the centre since independence does not have


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
much political clout and has not been able to do anything substantial to improve the lot of the Indians. Indian non-governmental organizations(NGOs), community and self-help groups among the urban Indian middle class have attempted to solve the socio-economic problems faced by the former Indian Tamil plantation labour. However,


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
contemporary Indian civil society is generally divided due to differences in ideology. The class-based approach taken by community groups such as Alaigal and JERIT


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
have successfully mobilized the Indian Tamil Plantation labour to seek their legal rights against unlawful eviction from homes and to obtain adequate and fair


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
compensation for retrenchment from plantation jobs. The urban Indian middle class had lost confidence in the political elites of the MIC who was seen as having a weak


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
bargaining clout within the communal Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The race-based politics of the BN was seen to have failed in resolving the serious issues faced by


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Moreover, the unresolved Kampung Medan incident in 2001, which was reported to be a series of clashes between the Indian and Malay residents in the poorer urban


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
settlement of Kampung Medan in the state of Selangor, had deeply affected both the urban Indian underclass as well as the urban Indian middle-class. The failure of the


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
Malaysian Human Rights Commission to investigate the causes of the incident had further exacerbated the loss of confidence in the government. Indian civil society had viewed the incident as a mob attack against the Malaysian Human Rights Commission for falling to hold an inquiry on the matter. The High Court in the case took a restrictive approach in inter receptivity to public policy reference to the victims of the Kampung Medan incident as being of Indian origin and of Tamil ethnicity, the court replied that: "Whatever one uses to describe those victims, it makes not a whit of a difference. The judiciary disregarded the class based as well as the race based identity of the victims and only took into consideration the technically of legal procedural arguments. The judgement also meant that the victims of Kampong Medan did not have any further recourse to justice.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
The issue of forced religious conversion has also been at the forefront. The trigger incidents were the 2007 series of legal cases involving the custody rights of non-Muslim Indian mothers against the unilateral rights of their newly converted Muslims husbands to convert their children to Islam. The two legal battles that became a serious concern among the Indians were Shamala's case in 2003, and Subashini's case in 2007. In both of the cases, the originally Hindu husband converted to Islam and the attempted to unilaterally convert their children to Islam without the non-Muslims wife's legal permission. There are many such cases of conversion to Islam either


2007 HINDRAF rally, Background
voluntary or forced upon the ethnic Indian community, which has caused fear and apprehensions among the group.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom
On 31 August 2007, the 50th anniversary of Malaysia's independence, P. Waytha Moorthy, a HINDRAF lawyer filed a class action suit against the Government of the United Kingdom at The Royal Courts of Justice in London for US$4 trillion (US$1 million for every Malaysian Indian) for "withdrawing after granting independence and leaving us (Indians) unprotected and at the mercy of a majority Malay-Muslim government that has violated our rights as minority Indians". as guaranteed in the Federal Constitution when independence was granted.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom
The lawsuit is not only claiming 4 trillion British Pounds as compensation, it is also seeking to strike out Article 153 of the Malaysian Constitution which acknowledges the special position of Malays and the legitimate rights of other races, but is often seen as endorsement of Malay Supremacy and for the court to declare that Malaysia is a secular state and not an Islamic state as declared by former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who is partly Indian himself.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom
As the group, which represents mainly working class Indian Malaysians, could not afford the legal fees required, a petition was circulated with 100,000 signatures to be presented to Queen Elizabeth II to appoint a Queen's counsel to argue the case. The purpose of the rally was to hand over a 100,000 signature memorandum to the British High Commission in Kuala Lumpur.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Petition to the United Kingdom
HINDRAF organised the rally on Sunday, 25 November 2007 to submit the petition at the British High Commission.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Government roadblocks
Malaysian police refused to grant a permit for the rally, and set up roadblocks in Klang Valley along roads leading up to the rally to screen motorists entering the city center and identify "troublemakers". They also advised the public not to participate in the rally, and arrested three leaders of HINDRAF. Many shops around Kuala Lumpur including Suria KLCC were closed on that day in fear of trouble from the rally.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Government roadblocks
One day before the rally, police arrested three HINDRAF lawyers, P. Uthayakumar, P. Waytha Moorthy and V. Ganabatirau for sedition charges. Uthayakumar and Ganabatirau posted bail of 800 Malaysian ringgits each, but Waytha Moorthy refused bail as a sign of protest.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Government roadblocks
The police roadblocks started the week before the rally to create massive traffic jams across the city and the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. The Malaysian Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang of the DAP pointed out that this high-handed act by the police was unnecessary as it caused major inconvenience to everyone.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally
On the morning of the rally, about twenty thousand people gathered near the Petronas Twin Towers, a symbol of modern Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur, carrying life-size portraits of Elizabeth II and Mahatma Gandhi, to indicate the nonviolent nature of their protest. Five thousand members riot police dispatched to the scene used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowds. 136 people were arrested.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally
Al-Jazeera's coverage of the event showed police officers using tear gas to disperse the protesters. A few hundred protesters and three police officers were injured.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally
The protest at the Batu Caves Hindu temple resulted in minor property damages, although the Hindu temple itself was not damaged.


2007 HINDRAF rally, Rally
HINDRAF later claimed to have faxed the petition to the British High Commission staff. However, as of 28 November 2007, the British Envoy had not yet received any petition from the HINDRAF, though they did say they had received some unspecified information by fax.


2007 HKFC International Soccer Sevens
2007 HKFC International Soccer Sevens, officially known as The 2007 HKFC Philips Lighting International Soccer Sevens due to sponsorship reason, is the 8th staging of this competition. It was held on 25–27 May 2007.


2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship
The 2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship was the 44th HSBC World Match Play Championship played and the 4th time played as an official European Tour event. It was from 11 October to 14 October at The Wentworth Club. The champion received €1,443,830 (£1,000,000 or $2,042,513.20) making it the biggest first prize in golf. Each match was played over 36 holes. Ernie Els defeated Ángel Cabrera 6&4 in the final to win the tournament for the 7th time.


2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship, Qualification
1. Defending champion: Paul Casey2. World #1 from the Official World Golf Rankings as of 1 January 2007: Tiger Woods (declined invitation)3. The leading 10 available players from the "HSBC Major Tournaments Ranking" at the end of the 2007 PGA Championship on 13 August 2007: Pádraig Harrington (2), Ángel Cabrera (4), Ernie Els (6), Woody Austin (T7), Justin Rose (9), Retief Goosen (10)


2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship, Qualification
4. The leading two available European Tour members: Anders Hansen, Niclas Fasth


2007 HSBC World Match Play Championship, Qualification
*Note: These categories are listed in order. If you qualify for a high category then you are not listed under a lower category.


2007 Halmstads BK season, Squad, First-team squad
As of 1 September 2008. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, In
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, Out
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 Halmstads BK season, Transfers, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2007 Halton Borough Council election
The 2007 Halton Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Halton Unitary Council in Cheshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


2007 Halton Borough Council election, Campaign
19 of the 56 seats on the council were contested in the election including the seat of the Conservative group leader on the council, David Findon. Other candidates included the former Labour mayor, Peter Lloyd-Jones, standing in Norton North after losing his seat in the 2006 election and one British National Party candidate, Andrew Taylor, in Appleton ward.


2007 Halton Borough Council election, Campaign
The campaign saw controversy over the possibility of transferring hospital services from Halton to Warrington, with a campaigner against the move standing for the Liberal Democrats in Halton Brook against the Labour chairman of the North Cheshire Hospitals Trust.


2007 Halton Borough Council election, Results
The results saw Labour hold their majority on the council with 33 seats despite losing 2 in the election. The Labour losses were Allan Massey in Halton Brook ward and the longest serving councillor Arthur Cole in Castlefield, who lost by only 3 votes. Both seats were gained by Liberal Democrats who ended the election with 15 councillors, while the Conservatives still had 8. Overall turnout in the election was 27.33%.


2007 Hamburg Masters
The 2007 Masters Series Hamburg presented by E.ON Hanse was the 101st edition of the Hamburg Masters tennis tournament. Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal, ending Nadal's 81-match winning streak on clay. Carlos Moyà reached his first Masters Series semifinal in three years, after languishing well outside the top-20 at the start of the year. Lleyton Hewitt was also a surprise semi-finalist pushing Nadal to three sets. This was Hewitt's first masters semi-final since Indian Wells in 2005. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan won the doubles title.


2007 Hamburg Masters
As the penultimate event before the 2007 French Open, it was now believed that Federer represented a significant threat to Nadal's reign as the King of Clay. Federer himself said that he had found the formula to beat Nadal on clay. However, Nadal was able to retain his French Open crown in four sets.


2007 Hamburg Masters, Finals, Doubles
Bob Bryan /  Mike Bryan defeated  Paul Hanley /  Kevin Ullyett 6–3, 6–4


2007 Hamburg Masters – Doubles
The Men's Doubles at the 2007 Hamburg Masters was won by Bob and Mike Bryan, who defeated Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett in the final.


2007 Hamburg Masters – Singles
Roger Federer defeated Rafael Nadal in the final, 2–6, 6–2, 6–0 to win the title at the 2007 Hamburg Masters. With the win, Federer ended Nadal's record streak of 81 consecutive wins on clay, the longest single-surface win streak in the Open Era. It was Nadal's first loss on clay in over two years.


2007 Hamburg Masters – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top 8 seeds received a bye into the second round.


2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season
The 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the third and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Vince Martino in his first year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. Hamburg won the first championship in team history by defeating the Frankfurt Galaxy 37–28. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.


2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Personnel, Roster
The Sea Devils try a kick in the 2007 season


2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Honors
Throughout the course of the 10-week regular season, eight players earned player of the week accolades: Adam Anderson (special teams, Week 7), Casey Bramlet (offense, Week 4), Gary Gibson (defense, Week 4), Byron Hardmon (defense, Week 5), Ben Ishola (national, Weeks 2 and 8), Justin Jenkins (offense, Week 3), Scott McCready (national, Weeks 1, 4 and 10), and Rich Parson (special teams, Week 3).


2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Honors
After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europa League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Hamburg had eight players selected. The selections were:


2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season, Honors
Head coach Vince Martino was named NFLEL Coach of the Year after leading his team to a first title game appearance in team history. Additionally, quarterback Casey Bramlet earned World Bowl MVP honors.


2007 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season
The 2007 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season was the 50th season for the team in the Canadian Football League and their 58th overall. The Tiger-Cats finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and missed the playoffs.


2007 Hansol Korea Open
The 2007 Hansol Korea Open was a women's tennis tournament and was held from September 24–30, 2007, in Seoul, South Korea. It was a WTA Tour Tier-IV event.


2007 Hansol Korea Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2007 Hansol Korea Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2007 Hansol Korea Open, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received entries as alternates into the doubles main draw:


2007 Hansol Korea Open, Finals, Doubles
Chuang Chia-jung /  Hsieh Su-wei defeated  Eleni Daniilidou /  Jasmin Wöhr 6–2, 6–2This was Chuang Chia-jung's second consecutive title with Hsieh Su-wei.


2007 Hansol Korea Open – Doubles
The Women's Doubles Tournament at the 2007 Hansol Korea Open took place between September 24 and September 30 on outdoor hard courts in Seoul, South Korea. Chuang Chia-jung and Hsieh Su-wei won the title, defeating Eleni Daniilidou and Jasmin Wöhr in the final.


2007 Hansol Korea Open – Singles
Eleni Daniilidou was the defending champion but lost to Maria Kirilenko in the semifinals. Venus Williams won in the final 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 against Maria Kirilenko.


2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion
2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia, gas pipeline explosion occurred just after midnight on 18 November 2007 at a natural gas pipeline near Haradh gas plant and at a distance of thirty kilometers (eighteen miles) off the Hawiya gas plant in eastern Saudi Arabia. The plant and the pipeline are operated by Saudi Aramco, the country's national oil company, and contract workers were linking a new pipe to the line at the time of the explosion.


2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion
According to first reports, twenty-eight workers, including five Aramco employees, died in the explosion. Their nationalities were not specified by the company, nor the number of the injured. According to diplomatic sources, most of the dead were Asian workers along with at least one Lebanese national. According to Arab News, King Fahd Hospital in Al-Ahsa had received 10 non-Saudi workers who were injured.


2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion
However, the next day, as a special technical panel set up by Saudi Aramco continued its probe yesterday to determine the reason for the blast and the subsequent fire, it was announced that the death toll had risen to 38. The death toll was later determined as 34, three of whom were identifiable, while a special fatwa from the Senior Ulema Council of Saudi Arabia had to be obtained to allow the bodies charred beyond recognition, some of whom were Muslims and some of whom non-Muslims, to be buried together.


2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion
There was no immediate suggestion of a terrorist link to the incident and the incident was affirmed as being purely maintenance-related by Aramco.


2007 Haradh, Saudi Arabia gas pipeline explosion
Haradh and Hawiya plants, opened 2002-2003, are among Saudi Arabia’s major gas-processing plants, in the desert near the Ghawar Field, the world’s largest, south of Dhahran.


2007 Harlequins Rugby League season
The 2007 Harlequins Rugby League season was the twenty-eighth in the club's history and their twelfth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Brian McDermott, competing in Super League XII, finishing in 7th place and reaching the Quarter-finals round of the 2007 Challenge Cup.


2007 Harlequins Rugby League season, Super League XII table
1Bradford deducted 2 points for breaching of salary cap rules.


2007 Harlow District Council election
The 2007 Harlow District Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Harlow District Council in Essex, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2007 Harlow District Council election, Background
After the last election in 2006 the Conservatives had 12 seats, Labour 11 and the Liberal Democrats 10. However, in January 2007 John Goddard left the Conservative group to sit as an independent, meaning that going into the 2007 election both the Conservative and Labour parties had 11 councillors.


2007 Harlow District Council election, Background
12 seats were contested at the election, with 2 seats being available in Church Langley ward after Sam Warren stood down from the council.


2007 Harlow District Council election, Election result
The Liberal Democrats lost 2 seats to fall to 8 councillors, 1 each to the Conservative and Labour parties, who both finished with 12 councillors. The closest result came in Toddbrook ward where Labour held the seat with a 15-vote majority over the Conservatives, while both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat group leaders, Andrew Johnson and Chris Millington won seats in Church Langley and Bush Fair wards respectively. Overall turnout at the election was 34.75%, down from 36.93% in 2006.


2007 Harlow District Council election, Election result
Following the election a coalition between Labour and the Liberal Democrats continued to run the council.


2007 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008, Little Parndon and Hare Street
A by-election was held in Little Parndon and Hare Street on 25 October 2007 after the death of Labour councillor Jack Jesse. The seat was held for Labour by the former council leader Michael Danvers with a majority of 196 votes over the Conservatives.


2007 Harlow District Council election, By-elections between 2007 and 2008, Toddbrook
A by-election was held in Toddbrook ward on 25 October 2007 after the death of Labour councillor Roy Collyer. The seat was gained for the Conservatives by David Carter with a majority of 15 votes over Labour.


2007 Harrogate Borough Council election
The 2007 Harrogate Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Harrogate Borough Council in North Yorkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the Conservatives ran the council, but without a majority, with 27 seats, compared to 22 Liberal Democrats and 5 independents. 20 seats were contested in the election, with 1 of the seats being a by-election in Marston Moor ward after the resignation of the Conservative councillor. Both the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were defending 9 seats in the election, while independents held 2.


2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Campaign
The election saw the British National Party contest 15 of the 20 seats, more than Labour who only contested 9 seats, and up from only 1 in 2006. The leader of the British National Party Nick Griffin visited Ripon during the campaign, with the party campaigning against migrant workers, such as those from Poland, who they said were "undercutting British workers" by working for low wages. For the first time the United Kingdom Independence Party also contested 2 seats in the election.


2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw no party win a majority on the council after the Liberal Democrats gained 2 seats from the Conservatives. The Liberal Democrats gained Bilton and Knaresborough King James from the Conservatives, but the Conservatives remained the largest party on the council with 25 seats compared to 23 for the Liberal Democrats.


2007 Harrogate Borough Council election, Election result
The balance on the council was held by 6 independents, after independents won all 3 seats contested in Ripon. This included gaining Ripon Spa by 171 votes from Liberal Democrat Paul Freeman, who had held the seat for 16 years. No other party won any seats, with the British National Party coming no better than third in every seat they contested, despite having 15 candidates.


2007 Hart District Council election
The 2007 Hart Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


2007 Hart District Council election, Election result
The results saw the council remain without any party having a majority. The Conservatives remained the largest party with 15 seats despite losing 1 seat to the Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH). Christopher Axam gained Fleet Courtmoor for the CCH after winning 828 votes, compared to 758 for the Conservatives. This meant the CCH had 6 seats on the council, while the Liberal Democrats held the seats they had been defending to remain with 12 councillors. Overall turnout in the election was 35.85%.


2007 Hart District Council election, Election result
Following the election a Conservative bid to take control of the council failed with the existing Liberal Democrat, Community Campaign (Hart) and Independent coalition continuing after a 20-15 vote.


2007 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2007 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Under 14th-year head coach Tim Murphy, the Crimson compiled an 8–2 record and went undefeated in Ivy League play, winning the conference championship.


2007 Harvard Crimson football team
The team was ranked 21 in the Final poll standings for the FCS football season.


2007 Harvard Crimson football team
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.


2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
The 2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy is the third edition of the invitational tournament hosted by Brunei. The tournament take place in Brunei from 3–12 March 2007. Eight teams from the ASEAN Football Federation participate in the tournament for under the age of 22.


2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Thailand emerged as the champion after beating Myanmar by 5–4 in the final penalty shoot-out, while both Cambodia and Malaysia shared the third place.


2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:


2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy, Team statistics
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships
The 2007 Hastings Direct International Championships was a women's tennis tournament played on grass courts at the Eastbourne Tennis Centre in Eastbourne in the United Kingdom that was part of Tier II of the 2007 WTA Tour. It was the 33rd edition of the tournament and was held from 16 June through 23 June 2007. Justine Henin won the tournament.


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships, Finals, Doubles
Lisa Raymond /  Samantha Stosur defeated  Květa Peschke /  Rennae Stubbs 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Svetlana Kuznetsova and Amélie Mauresmo were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles
Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur won in the final 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3 against Květa Peschke and Rennae Stubbs.


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships – Doubles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships – Singles
The Singles competition of the 2007 Hastings Direct International Championships was part of the 33rd edition of the Eastbourne International tennis tournament, Tier II of the 2007 WTA Tour. Justine Henin was the defending champion and won in the final 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2) against Amélie Mauresmo.


2007 Hastings Direct International Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


2007 Havant Borough Council election
The 2007 Havant Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.


2007 Havant Borough Council election, Background
Before the election the Conservatives had 30 councillors, while both the Labour party and the Liberal Democrats had 4 seats. There was no election in the 4 Leigh Park wards in 2007 and as a result Labour was not defending any of their 4 seats on the council, while the Conservatives were defending 8 of the 10 seats that were contested.


2007 Havant Borough Council election, Election result
The Conservatives won 9 of the 10 seats contested, taking 1 seat from the Liberal Democrats. This took the Conservatives to 31 seats on the council, which the Conservative council leader David Gillett said he believed was "the largest Conservative majority on the south coast". The only seat not won by the Conservatives was in Bedhampton where the Liberal Democrats held on by a majority of 319 votes. Overall turnout at the elections was 35.2%.


2007 Hawaii Bowl
The 2007 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl was a post-season college football bowl game between the Boise State University Broncos from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) and the East Carolina University Pirates from Conference USA (C-USA). This sixth edition of the Hawaii Bowl, sponsored by Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, was played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on December 23, 2007. The game was the final competition of the 2007 football season for each team and resulted in a 41–38 East Carolina victory, even though sportsbooks favored Boise State to win by 10 1⁄2 points. Many experts believed East Carolina to be big underdogs to Boise State, which had defeated the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl. The 2007 Hawaiʻi Bowl paid $750,000 to each team's conference in exchange for their participation.


2007 Hawaii Bowl
The game was expected to be an offensive shootout. Boise State averaged 42.4 points during the 2007 season, while East Carolina averaged 31. That expectation turned out to be justified as East Carolina took a 31–14 lead in the first half. The Broncos fought back in the second half, however, tying the score at 38 late in the fourth quarter after East Carolina's Chris Johnson fumbled the ball, allowing Bronco defender Marty Tadman to recover the ball and return it 47 yards for a touchdown.


2007 Hawaii Bowl
The game remained tied until the final moments as East Carolina's Ben Hartman made a 34–yard game-winning field goal as time expired. The attendance of 30,467 was the largest crowd to attend a Hawaiʻi Bowl game that did not feature the host school. Boise State's loss dropped them to a final 2007 record of 10–3, while East Carolina's final-game win earned them a record of 8–5.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process
The Hawaiʻi football team normally receives an automatic bid to the game unless the team is selected to participate in a BCS game or is not bowl eligible. If either of those events happen, the WAC selects its next-highest ranked team to compete in the game. In 2007, Hawaiʻi was selected to play on January 1, 2008 in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia, marking just the second time since the creation of the Hawaiʻi Bowl that Hawaiʻi would not participate. The only previous time that Hawaiʻi failed to make an appearance was in 2005, when the Warriors finished their season with a 5–7 record and were not eligible for a bowl game.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process
Conference USA fields the other team in the Hawaiʻi Bowl. The Liberty Bowl has the first selection of C-USA teams, and GMAC Bowl picks second. After those two are picked, the conference provides a team for the Hawaiʻi Bowl and three other bowls. In 2007, the University of Central Florida accepted the bid to compete in the Liberty Bowl, Tulsa accepted the bid to compete in the GMAC Bowl, leaving East Carolina to be selected by the Hawaiʻi Bowl on December 1, 2007.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process
Boise State was undefeated in conference play going into the final game of the regular season, and suffered just one out-of-conference loss. In that final game, BSU lost 39–27 to undefeated Hawaiʻi. Following the game, the Broncos decided to travel to Hawaiʻi, rather than play at home in the Humanitarian Bowl, which is located at Boise's home stadium in Boise, Idaho and features a matchup between a WAC team and one from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Boise ended its regular season 10–2 overall and 7–1 in conference play.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Selection process
East Carolina, meanwhile, had been in first place in the C-USA's East Division with just two games remaining. A loss to Marshall University in that second-to-last game, however, put ECU into second place in its division, and thus out of competition for the Conference USA Championship. After winning against conference foe Tulane in the final game of the season, the Pirates decided to travel to the Hawaiʻi Bowl. East Carolina ended the regular season 7–5 overall, and 6–2 in conference play.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup
On December 1, 2007, Hawaiʻi Bowl representatives announced East Carolina and Boise State as the competitors in the 2007 edition of the game. It would be the first time in history that the two teams had ever met. Two weeks after the announcement, Boise State's top wide receiver Jeremy Childs, cornerback Keith McGowen, and linebacker Ben Chandler were declared out for the game after violating team rules. In an online contest held by ESPN.com in the weeks leading up to the game, 98% of the participants voted that Boise State would beat East Carolina. Participants also gave 32 out of 32 "confidence points" on average, indicating the highest possible confidence in the predicted outcome.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Boise State offense versus East Carolina defense
Boise State came into the game averaging 42.75 points and 475.67 yards per game, the fourth and twelfth highest totals in college football. Senior quarterback Taylor Tharp led the offense by more than 3,000 yards and 28 touchdowns, headed into the 2007 Hawaiiʻ Bowl. On the ground, the Broncos were led by junior running back Ian Johnson, who had 17 touchdowns and 1,030 yards in the regular season. Wide receiver Jeremy Childs also was a potent threat on offense, averaging 87.08 receiving yards per game, and backup running back D.J. Harper rushed for 41.44 yards per game on average. Johnson and Childs both earned First Team All-WAC honors, and Tharp was named to Second Team All-WAC. Offensive tackle Ryan Clady was the team's only All-American, and promised to do a good job protecting Taylor Tharp on the offensive line.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, Boise State offense versus East Carolina defense
East Carolina had been shaky on defense. ECU ranked 98th in total defense and 115th in passing defense, giving up an average of 436.42 yards per game. Despite that fact, the Pirates did well in the turnover battle, gaining 27 turnovers while losing just 13–a margin of +14–good enough for ninth in the country. In addition, the ECU defense ranked eleventh nationally in tackles for loss. Defensive linemen Zack Slate and C.J. Wilson and defensive back Van Eskridge took C–USA All–Conference second team honors.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, East Carolina offense versus Boise State defense
Boise State faced the nation's top all-purpose yards leader, All-American Chris Johnson. Johnson racked up an average of 212.67 all-purpose yards per game during the 2007 season, making him a potent threat on offense. Taking snaps for the offense were quarterbacks Patrick Pinkney and Rob Kass. Pinkney had a passer rating of 131.58, while Kass had a comparable rating of 122.94. The top receiver for the Pirates was Jamar Bryant, who averaged 3.5 catches for 52.17 yards per game. In addition to Chris Johnson, who was named to the C–USA All–Conference second team, offensive lineman Josh Coffman received C–USA All-Conference second team honors.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Pre-game buildup, East Carolina offense versus Boise State defense
The Broncos' defense, meanwhile, was ranked number one in the WAC in total defense, scoring defense, rushing defense, and pass defense. The team's defense ranked number two in the conference in pass efficiency defense, turnover margin, and sacks. Defensive lineman Nick Schlekeway and defensive back Marty Tadman both received All–WAC first team honors and promised to pose difficulties for the Pirates' offensive front.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
The 2007 Hawaiʻi Bowl kicked off on December 23, 2007 at 8:00 p.m EST in front of an estimated crowd of 30,467, which was the largest crowd in Hawaiʻi Bowl history for a game not featuring the Hawai'i football team. The game was nationally televised on ESPN, and was watched by an estimated average of 1.6 million people, good enough for a television rating of 1.47. East Carolina had to travel 4,861 miles (7,823 km) one way, making it the longest bowl trip of the season for any team during the 2007 bowl season.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary
Boise State, meanwhile, traveled 2,835 miles (4,562 km) to Hawaiʻi. Due to the distance involved, East Carolina fans wishing to support their school, but unable to travel to the game, bought 2,709 tickets for troops stationed in Hawaiʻi as a show of support. The weather at kickoff was mostly cloudy with winds from the northeast at 13 miles (21 km). The temperature was 77 °F (25 °C). For the officiating crew, the referee was Terry Leyden, umpire was Kevin Matthews, and the linesman was Bob Bahne. The line judge was Bart Longson, the back judge was Joe Johnston and the field judge was Ed Vinzant. The side judge was Craig Falkner.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
East Carolina won the pre-game coin toss and deferred the ball until the second half, allowing Boise State to receive the ball to begin the game. The Broncos received the opening kickoff at their 4–yard line and went three-and-out. Following the Broncos' punt, East Carolina began its first possession of the game on its 43–yard line. The offense marched to the 19–yard line of Boise State, but was stopped on third down. ECU kicker Ben Hartman was sent into the game and made a field goal from 36 yards away.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
East Carolina kicked the ball to Boise State's Austin Smith and he returned the kickoff 89 yards for a touchdown. The touchdown and extra point made the score 7–3 and gave Boise State its only lead of the game.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
The next two drives for each team ended in punts. On East Carolina's third drive, Chris Johnson rushed on the first play 68 yards for a touchdown. With the point after, East Carolina lead 10–7. The next Boise State drive ended in a three and out, and the Broncos kicked the ball away. The Pirates marched down the field 55 yards, but the quarter ended before ECU had a chance to score.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, First quarter
At the end of the first quarter, East Carolina led Boise State 10–7.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
ECU began the second quarter on Boise's 30–yard line, and quarterback Patrick Pinkney continued the Pirates' drive with a 14–yard rush. After three more successful plays, Dominique Lindsay rushed 3 yards for a touchdown. Kicker Ben Hartman converted the point after, which made the score 17–7 ECU.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
The Broncos' first drive of the second quarter was halted after a holding penalty and an incomplete pass denied BSU a chance for a first down. Boise was forced to kick the ball away once more. The Pirates' second drive of the quarter began at their 26–yard line. ECU needed just four plays to march 74 yards down the field for a touchdown. On the drive, Chris Johnson rushed for 46 yards and threw an 18–yard pass for a touchdown. After the touchdown and the extra point kick, ECU led 24–7.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
Boise State's first play after the post-touchdown kickoff was intercepted by Pirates' defender Travis Williams. Despite the turnover, East Carolina was unable to attain a first down, and went three-and-out before punting. On Boise's second play of the new drive following the punt, the team earned its first first down of the game. The Broncos continued the drive by going 69 yards in eight plays, culminating in a touchdown. The series included five complete passes and two rushes. With the score, The Broncos had closed the gap to ten points: 24–14 East Carolina.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Second quarter
East Carolina started their series on their 41–yard line. A substitution infraction on ECU and an incomplete pass forced ECU to punt the ball away. On the Broncos' fourth drive of the second quarter, the team began with three complete passes for 18 yards. On the fourth play, however, BSU's Titus Young fumbled the ball away. Pirates' defender Jay Ross recovered the fumble, and ECU had another chance on offense before the end of the first half. East Carolina ran five plays for 38 yards. With the clock running down, ECU elected to kick a field goal. The kick was good, and made the score 31–14 ECU. Boise State had one final chance on offense, and Boise Quarterback Taylor Tharp went two-for-four, but ran out of time before coming into field goal range.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
Because Boise State had received the opening kickoff, East Carolina received the ball to open the second half. ECU completed seven rushes and four passes for 74 yards in five minutes and 53 seconds. On the last play of the drive, Brandon Simmons rushed three yards for a touchdown, and ECU increased its lead to 38–14.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
To begin its first series of the second half, Boise State returned the post-touchdown kickoff 55 yards. Two quick plays later, Boise quarterback Taylor Tharp completed a pass to Jeremy Avery for a touchdown, cutting East Carolina's lead to 17 points, 38–21.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
After the punt, the Pirates were unable to obtain a first down. Three plays netted only two yards, and ECU was forced to punt the ball away. On the ensuing drive, Boise State completed three first downs on the series. BSU kicker Kyle Brotzman, converted a 31 yard field goal and the Broncos shrank the ECU lead further. The series went 40 yards in nine plays. It took the team two minutes and 37 seconds to score.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
East Carolina took the kickoff on the 39–yard line, after a Boise player illegally touched the ball on the 39. Pinkney threw an incomplete pass to start the drive, and after two more plays failed to convert the first down, ECU was forced to punt the ball away. After a touchback, Boise State began at its 20–yard line. The Broncos completed three plays for 11 yards before the third quarter ended.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Third quarter
At the end of the third quarter, East Carolina led Boise State 38–24.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
BSU started the fourth quarter by throwing two incomplete passes. Tharp then completed two passes for a combined 39 yards before Pirates' defender J.J. Milbrook intercepted Tharp's fifth pass of the quarter. Milbrook returned the interception 27 yards. The Pirates completed one first down but failed to convert the interception into points. Kicker Matt Dodge came into the game, ostensibly to punt the ball away. In a trick play, he rushed the ball instead, picking up the first down. Despite the trick play's success, the Pirates were not able to gain another first down.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On fourth down, Dodge came out again, and this time punted the ball 47 yards for a touchback. The Broncos began the second drive of the fourth quarter by going 80 yards in nine plays for a touchdown. It took just three minutes and 59 seconds and BSU only three first downs. Boise had now cut the Pirates' lead to 38–31.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On the next drive, ECU brought in a new quarterback, Rob Kass. Kass was initially successful, and gained a few first downs. The Boise State defense stiffened, however, and ECU was forced to punt the ball away. After a touchback, Boise State began on its 20–yard line. Running back Jeremy Avery rushed for four yards on the first play. On the third play, Tharp completed a pass for nine yards for a first down. Tharp then passed three straight times for 32 yards and two first downs. On subsequent plays, Tharp rushed for six yards and passed for another six to convert BSU's third first down of the drive. Three plays later, however, the Broncos' Titus Young fumbled the ball for the second time in the game, and as before, ECU recovered, seemingly sealing the victory.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
After a Boise State unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, ECU began at their 39–yard line, needing only to rush the ball to keep the clock moving in order to secure the win. On the second rush by Chris Johnson, however, he fumbled the ball. The fumble was recovered by Broncos' defender Marty Tadman at the ECU 47–yard line and returned all the way for a touchdown. After the PAT, Boise State tied East Carolina 38–38. The fumble and touchdown turned what had been an inevitable ECU victory into a tie game.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
Boise kicked the ball deep, hoping to stop the Pirates' offense and force overtime. Following the kick, ECU began at its own nine–yard line. The Pirates began the drive with one minute and 16 seconds left in the game. Dominique Lindsay rushed for two yards before Rob Kass completed a pass to Jamar Bryant for 39 yards, enough for a first down near midfield. The Pirates' continued to move forward, passing for short yardage and rushing for short gains that kept the clock moving, but advanced the ball closer to field goal range.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Game summary, Fourth quarter
On the third to the last play, Kass rushed for seven yards, and ECU took a timeout with 15 seconds left. Rob Kass lost one yard while moving the ball towards the center of the field in order to set up a game-ending kick. ECU took its last timeout, again stopping the clock. With four seconds remaining on the clock, ECU kicker Ben Hartman converted a 34–yard field goal to take the lead and the win, 41–38, as time ran out.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics
East Carolina running back Chris Johnson finished the game with 223 rushing yards, 32 receiving yards, and 153 return yards for a total of 408 all-purpose yards. That mark broke the NCAA bowl record for all-purpose yards previously set by Alabama's Sherman Williams against Ohio State in the 1995 Citrus Bowl. On the basis of his record-setting performance, Johnson was named the game's Most Valuable Player. On the opposite side of the ball, Boise State tailback Jeremy Avery had a solid, if unspectacular, outing. He produced 69 rushing yards, 43 receiving yards, 41 kick–return yards, and caught a 25–yard touchdown pass. Both Johnson and Avery received the Most Valuable Player award for their respective teams.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics
Boise State committed four turnovers, compared with East Carolina's one. The Broncos fumbled the ball away twice and threw two interceptions. Despite the disparity in turnover margin, the teams were strikingly similar in several statistical categories, indicating the closeness of the game: Each team earned seven points off the turnovers. Both teams committed 50 yards in penalties; the Pirates had seven penalties to the Broncos' four. In addition, both teams earned 22 first downs.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Boise State University had 368 total offensive yards during the game. About 73% of BSU's total offense came through the air, as quarterback Taylor Tharp passed for 270 yards. The remaining 98 yards came on the ground from five different rushers. Running back Jeremy Avery ran for a team-high 69 yards on 10 carries, while running back D.J. Harper had the only Boise State rushing touchdown of the game.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Tharp's 30 completions were caught by eight different receivers. Austin Pettis led the team with nine catches for 89 yards, and his total accounted for one–third of the team's receiving yards. Two receivers, Jeremy Avery and Ryan Putnam, accounted for all of the team's receiving touchdowns. Avery had four catches for 43 yards, while Putnam had one catch for three yards.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Taylor Tharp's two interceptions were the second-most he had thrown in a game during 2007, and brought his season interception total to 11. He completed 30 of 44 pass attempts, a completion percentage of 68.2%. His 270 yards were 13 yards more than his season average of 257 yards. With only two passing touchdowns, Tharp tied for his third-worst passing game in 2007, faring worse only in the win against Weber State, loss to Washington, win against Fresno State, and loss to Hawaiʻi. Tharp was sacked once by Pirates' defensive lineman C.J. Wilson for a seven yard loss.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Boise State's defense had a hard time stopping the East Carolina offense, especially in the first half. The Pirates' 31 points were the most scored all year by East Carolina in the first half. Leading the Broncos' defense was safety Marty Tadman. Tadman had seven solo tackles, three assisted tackles, and recorded a defensive touchdown after recovering Chris Johnson's fumble late in the fourth quarter. Linebacker Kyle Gingg also starred on defense, recording seven solo tackles, one assisted tackle, and one tackle for a one-yard loss. A total of 23 players recorded at least one tackle.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Kyle Brotzman handled all the kicking duties for Boise State, punting the ball four times for 169 yards. His longest punt was 52 yards, and one kick was downed inside the Pirates' 20 yard line. His only field goal was a 31–yard kick that came with three minutes and 11 seconds left in the third quarter. Brotzman kicked off seven times for 384 yards, averaging 54.9 yards per kick with no touchbacks. Marty Tadman had BSU's only punt return for −1 yard. The Broncos' special teams had more luck on kickoff returns. Three players had kickoff returns.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Austin Smith returned four kickoffs for 173 yards. His 89–yard return for a touchdown in the first quarter was the team's longest of the game and gave Boise State its only lead of the game. Jeremy Avery returned two kicks for 41 yards, and Titus Young returned one kick for 52 yards.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, Boise State statistical recap
Boise State controlled the time of possession only during the fourth quarter, when the Broncos scored 14 points to tie the game. Overall, however, Boise State only controlled the ball for 26 minutes and 16 seconds, in comparison to East Carolina's 33 minutes and 44 seconds.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap
Almost 70% of the Pirates' rushing offense came from running back Chris Johnson, and the rushing offense itself consisted of two–thirds of East Carolina's total offensive effort. Six additional rushers contributed 99 yards on the ground. The longest rush of the game–68 yards–came from Johnson. Quarterback Patrick Pinkney played much of the game, completing 12 passes in 19 attempts. Pinkney threw for 118 yards and one touchdown, but the longest pass came from the Pirates' second quarterback, Rob Kass. Kass threw a 36–yard pass in the fourth quarter to keep the Pirates' game-winning drive alive. The pass was Kass's only completion out of three attempts. Almost one–third of East Carolina's total offense came from the air.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap
Ben Hartman and Matt Dodge both contributed to East Carolina's kicking game. Dodge punted the ball seven times for 302 yards. His longest was a 61–yard kick, and he had four touchbacks. Hartman and Dodge shared kickoff duty. Dodge had four kickoffs, compared with Hartman's three. Dodge averaged 60.5 yards per kick, while Hartman averaged 57 yards. In addition, Hartman added six points to the scoreboard from field goal attempts. He was two for two, with the second field goal attempt being the game-winner in the fourth quarter. Dwayne Harris handled all punt returns. He fielded two punts, returning them for a total of five yards. Kickoff-return duty was handled by Chris Johnson. He returned six kickoffs for 153 yards, with his longest return consisting of 39 yards.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap
East Carolina's defense managed a strong performance statistically and in real terms. The most obvious examples of this were the two interceptions and two forced fumbles. On the first play of the second drive of the second quarter, Boise State quarterback Taylor Tharp threw an interception to defensive back Travis Williams. Williams also recorded eight solo tackles—the second-highest total for the Pirates–and a forced fumble. The other interception came from defensive back J.J. Milbrook, who also boasted three solo tackles, tying him for fifth–best on the team.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap
Linebacker Jeremy forced the final Broncos turnover, gaining the ball and four yards on the play. In addition to his forced fumble, Chambliss recorded four solo tackles. The Pirates' defense as a whole only gave up three yards in the first quarter and did not allow a first down until halfway through the second quarter.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, Final statistics, East Carolina statistical recap
That strong defensive effort limited the Broncos' third–down conversion rate to 50%. Until the fourth quarter, BSU was just two for seven on third–down attempts. On offense, the Pirates fared slightly better, going six for fifteen on third downs.


2007 Hawaii Bowl, After-effects
The win by East Carolina knocked #24 Boise State out of the final AP Poll of the year. This was the first time BSU was not ranked in the AP Poll top 25 since October 28, 2007. Because of his impressive performance, Chris Johnson was invited to the 2008 Senior Bowl. After the game, East Carolina finished the season 8–5, the highest win total since 2000. This also marked Coach Skip Holtz's first Bowl win. Boise State finished the season 10–3. This marked Coach Chris Petersen first post-season loss.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team
The 2007 Hawaii Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2007 NCAA Division I-Bowl Subdivision college football season.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team
The 2007 Warriors, led by record-setting senior quarterback Colt Brennan, carried a school-record 13-game winning streak, dating back to the end of the 2006 season, into the 2008 Sugar Bowl. The 2007 season marked the first undefeated regular season in school history, ending in defeat in the Sugar Bowl. The Warriors claimed their third-ever WAC championship in 2007 with a victory over defending conference champion Boise State. The championship was the school's first ever outright conference championship in football. Brennan went on to set more career records in the FBS, and the Warriors became the third team outside the BCS conferences and second from the WAC to receive an invitation to play in the Bowl Championship Series.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, 2006 season recap
The 2006 Warriors tied the school record for most victories in a season with 11, with their only losses coming against Alabama in Tuscaloosa, an undefeated Boise State team that played in the Bowl Championship Series, and an Oregon State program that won ten games and finished the season nationally ranked. The Warriors finished in second place in the Western Athletic Conference behind Boise State and returned to the Hawaii Bowl after missing out on postseason play in 2005 due to a losing record. The Warriors defeated the Arizona State Sun Devils in the bowl game by a score of 41–24 to round out one of the school's most successful football seasons ever.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle
Waves were made in Hawaii during the months leading up to Spring practice. With the departures of Defensive Coordinator Jerry Glanville and Special Teams Coach Darrel "Mouse" Davis (the father of the run and shoot offense), the Warriors' most anticipated season took a slight detour.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle
On March 1, 2007, Glanville chose to accept the Head Coach position at Portland State University. It became apparent that he was seriously considering the position after staying in Portland an extra four days following his official interview. To harden the blow, Glanville offered Davis the Offensive Coordinator job at PSU. Davis was also the head coach for PSU in the '70s and '80s, where his run-and-shoot offense gained national attention.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle
The silver lining on the dark cloud was that Davis wasn't the only one to benefit and there was another member of the coaching staff who prospered from this particular move. With two vacancies on the coaching staff, it made it possible for Offensive Line Coach Dennis McKnight to be promoted from an unpaid Graduate Assistant, to a salary-earning full-time assistant coach.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle
As for the other open position to be filled, it was believed that because of his experience and tremendous recruiting accomplishments, defensive line coach Jeff Reinebold was the obvious choice to become the next Defensive Coordinator. But shortly after Glanville's departure, talk of former Hawaii defensive coordinator Greg McMackin surfaced as a candidate for the job he held in 1999, June Jones' first season as Hawaii head coach. With the impressive, hard-hitting, 3–4 blitzing defense that Glanville put on the field in 2006 setting the standards ever-so-high, whoever was to inherit the job had big shoes to fill.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Assistant coach shuffle
The answer to whether Hawaii should remain a punishing 3–4 defense under Reinebold or return to a heavily blitzing 4–3 defense under McMackin that contributed to the biggest turnaround in NCAA college football history became slightly clearer when McMackin made an appearance as an "observer" to the first spring practice. The final confirmation came on April 5, when it was officially announced that Greg McMackin was named the defensive coordinator for Hawaii. Although his time at Hawaii was short, Glanville left a lasting impression on the fans as well as the players.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan threw for 416 yards and six touchdowns in only the first half as the 23rd-ranked University of Hawai`i football team opened up the 2007 campaign with a 63–6 victory over Northern Colorado, Saturday night, at Aloha Stadium.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
The Warriors found the end zone early and often tallying 28 points in the first and led 42–0 at the half. UH scored only once in the third quarter on an 80-yard punt return for a TD by Michael Washington. The Bears finally got on the board with 10:22 remaining in the fourth as quarterback Mike Vlahogeorge took a quarterback draw and scampered five yards for the score. UH's Keenan Jones blocked the point after. UH's Malcolm Lane then took the ensuing kickoff and sprinted 94 yards to make it 56–6.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
The UH defense picked off a pass and five plays later QB Inoki Funaki found Greg Salas for a 24-yard scoring strike to go up by 57, 63–6. Brennan moved into a tie for sixth place on the NCAA career passing TD list with 99, sharing the spot with USC's Matt Leinart. He trails the No. 1 slot occupied by former BYU standout Ty Detmer by 22. "Feels great to be back and the fans were awesome", Brennan said. "We had a great practice yesterday and knew in the hotel today that something felt right.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Northern Colorado (Big Sky)
I'm surrounded with a lot of veteran talent and that makes you better on offense and as a football player. They came out just like we had planned for. We were very prepared. I know that with our offensive line, they have a lot of motivation. I have a lot of trust in them." The defense limited the Bear offense to a mere 182 yards of total offense. Brennan was on fire in the first half, setting a new school record for completions in the first quarter (19) and half (34). He also broke his own record of passing yards in a half, finishing with 416 yards, 27 more than his previous mark of 389 set in last year's Hawai'i Bowl. Brennan also tied school marks for touchdowns in a quarter (4) and half (6).


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)
Gerard Lewis batted down a two-point conversion to preserve a thrilling come-from-behind victory for the 20th ranked University of Hawai`i as the Warriors edged Louisiana Tech, 45–44, in overtime, Saturday night in the Western Athletic Conference season opener for both teams in front of 22,135 at Joe Aillet Stadium. Jason Rivers' 6-yard reception and Dan Kelly's extra-point kick proved to be just enough. Tech took their opening possession and countered with Dustin Mitchell going in from two yards out. Then the Bulldogs went for the win, but Lewis knocked down the 2-point pass attempt.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)
The Bulldogs went up 14–0 in the first quarter on a 2-yard run by Patrick Jackson. Then Jackson broke free for a 16-yard scamper with 4:03 left in the quarter. The Warriors pulled to within seven when Leon Wright-Jackson scooted 47 yards up the middle with 1:43 remaining. Hawai`i then knotted up the score when quarterback Colt Brennan plunged across from 1 yard out with 10:11 left in the second. Tech took a 21–14 lead into the half when Daniel Porter broke free from the line for an 18-yard run.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)
The Warriors struck first in the third quarter as Brennan found Ryan Grice-Mullen all alone for a 64-yard scoring strike. Tech reclaimed the lead in the third on a 42-yard field goal by Danny Horwedel. UH took its first lead of the game with 2:04 remaining in the third when Brennan connected with Grice-Mullen on a 17-yard pass. After the UH defense held, a muffed handoff between Brennan and Wright-Jackson gave the Bulldogs back the ball late in the third.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)
Tech then drove 33 yards on three plays, capped by a 3-yard touchdown pass by Zac Champion to Josh Wheeler to recapture the lead, 31–28. The Warriors regained the lead, 35–31, on a Brennan 19-yard scoring strike to Davone Bess with 8:35 left in the game. Tech converted a fourth and 1 from its 22 when Dennis Morris broke free for 21 yards to the UH 1. Morris then carried it across for the 1-yard score to give the Bulldogs a 38–35 lead.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Louisiana Tech (WAC)
Brennan finished with career-highs of 43 completions and 61 attempts for 548 yards and five touchdowns (four passing and one rushing). Brennan was 11 yards from his own school mark of 559 set during last year's Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl against Arizona State. Rivers finished the game with a school-record 14 receptions for 176 yards.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)
The 22nd-ranked University of Hawai`i football team ran its record to 3–0 on the season with a convincing 49–14 victory at UNLV in a non-conference game, Saturday night, in front of a sold out Sam Boyd Stadium.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)
Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan was responsible for five touchdowns – three rushing and two passing. The senior quarterback, who played only the first three quarters, threw for 298 yards, completing 26 of 32 passes. Brennan snapped his 14-game 300+ yard passing streak, dating back to the UNLV match-up a year ago. A crowd of 38,125 witnessed the Rebels (1–2) draw first blood manufacturing a 13-play, 79-yard drive, capped by a 6-yard run by Frank Summers. UH responded with 42 unanswered points – 21 in the first half – to take a 14-point lead into halftime.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)
The first two scores were 1-yard rushing touchdowns by Brennan. It was the quarterback's first multiple touchdown game on the ground. The third score was a 13-yard TD pass from Brennan to Ryan Grice-Mullen. The Warriors kept the momentum in the second half. UH took the ball on its opening drive in the third and went 73 yards in seven plays before Brennan ran the option right and plunged over from 3 yards. In the series, Brennan completed an 11-yard pass to Leon Wright-Jackson to give him his 29th consecutive 200+ yard passing game, breaking the NCAA record.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)
The old mark of 28 was held by Texas Tech's Kliff Kingsbury. Hawai`i added two more scores in the quarter – a 2-yard TD pass from Brennan to Jason Rivers and a 40-yard interception return by Ryan Mouton – to give the Warriors a 42–7 lead heading into the fourth. UNLV added a late score on a 31-yard touchdown run by Omar Clayton.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, UNLV (MWC)
UH capped the scoring with its only touchdown in the fourth quarter as Tyler Graunke connected with Malcolm Lane on an 81-yard reception.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)
The 18th-ranked University of Hawai`i football team capitalized on a 28-point third quarter to knock off Charleston Southern, 66–10, Saturday night in a non-conference game in front of 37,723 at Aloha Stadium. The Warriors improved to 4–0 for the first time since the 1988 season.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)
UH scored on its opening possession when Tyler Graunke connected with C.J. Hawthorne on a 28-yard pass. Graunke got the starting nod when head coach June Jones held out Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan for precautionary reasons. Graunke finished the game, completing 22-of-36 attempts for 285 yards and three scores. The junior had career-highs in completions, attempts, yards, and touchdowns. The Bucs tied it at 5:14 in the first when Eli Byrd hit Dee Brown on a 57-yard catch-and-run in the first quarter.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)
UH responded and scored 10 seconds into the second quarter when freshman Kealoha Pilares scooted 16 yards up the middle. The Warriors tacked on another seven late in the quarter as Graunke scrambled six yards for the score. Charleston Southern's Nick Ellis kicked a 48-yard field goal to draw within 21–10 at the half. It was all UH in the second half as the Warriors reeled off 45 straight points to turn an 11-point halftime lead into a 56-point rout. UH's Ryan Mouton took the second half kickoff 90 yards to the house. One minute later, linebacker Adam Leonard picked off Ellis' pass and returned it 36 yards for the touchdown. Graunke then hit receivers Davone Bess for a 19-yard score and Hawthorne on a 35-yard TD pass to close out the quarter.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Charleston Southern (Big South)
UH tacked on 17 more in the fourth quarter behind backup quarterback Inoke Funaki. The sophomore from Kahuku High School hit Aaron Bain for a two-yard scoring reception with 13:16 left in the fourth quarter. Dan Kelly booted a 28-yard field goal at the 8:57 mark and Funaki then hit Michael Washington on a 19-yarder to wrap up the scoring.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)
The 17th-ranked University of Hawai`i football team kept its undefeated streak intact with a 48–20 victory over Idaho Saturday, in front of 13,807 at the Kibbie Dome.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)
UH ran its record to 5–0 on the season and 2–0 in Western Athletic Conference play. The Vandals fell to 1–4 and 0–1. It is the first time UH had begun the season 5–0 since 1981. The win is the ninth WAC win in a row, setting a new school record. Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan, who sat out last week's win at home against Charleston Southern, threw for 369 yards and three touchdowns on 30-of-45 passing. He also threw five interceptions, tying a school mark.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)
Brennan extended his streak of consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass to 30 games. He has also thrown two or more TD passes in a game in 22 straight games. In three career games versus Idaho, Brennan has 11 touchdown passes and 1,048 yards passing. Hawai`i got on the board first as Brennan hooked up with Davone Bess on a 13-yard scoring strike. Idaho tied it at seven on an Eddie Williams 18-yard run. The Warriors then reeled off 31 unanswered points to take control of the game.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)
With 4:47 left in the first quarter, UH linebacker Adam Leonard picked off a pass and took it to the house. It was Leonard's second straight interception return for a touchdown in the last two games. Brennan then connected with Malcolm Lane on a 41-yard touchdown pass. Later in the quarter, Brennan hit Bess with a 24-yard scoring pass. Dan Kelly hit a 39-yard field goal and defensive back Myron Newberry returned an interception 76 yards to give UH a 38–7 lead. Idaho's Tino Amancio booted a 50-yard field goal with 36 seconds left before the half.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)
But UH got a 21-yard kickoff return from Brashton Satele to the UH 49-yard line. Brennan then went to work completing four-straight passes to set up a 25-yard field goal by Kelly as time expired in the half. Brennan scored the lone touchdown in the third quarter taking it in from 1-yard out. Idaho added 10 points in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring. UH did not score in the fourth quarter for the first time in 22-straight quarters.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Idaho (WAC)
UH receiver Bess posted season-highs in yards (162) and receptions (12). Linebacker Leonard led all Warrior defensive men with 10 total tackles.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
The 15th-ranked University of Hawai'i football team won a shootout over Utah State, 52–37, Saturday night in a Western Athletic Conference match-up at Aloha Stadium. The Warriors improve to 6–0 and 3–0 in the WAC this season. UH quarterback Colt Brennan completed 19-of-25 for 219 yards and one touchdown before leaving the game early in the second half. The senior got dinged up on UH's final possession of the first half and succumbed to backup Tyler Graunke.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
Graunke led the Warriors to a touchdown at the end of the first half and directed UH downfield on three drives in the second half. The junior from Tucson, Ariz., finished the game 9-of-11 for 246 yards and three touchdowns, including one rushing. "I wasn't expecting to go in that early, but I was definitely mentally ready", Graunke said. "I took my fair share of reps during the week. Lately, I have not been feeling like me, it is taking me 1–2 series to get going, but tonight I got it going from the very first play.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
That start (Charleston Southern) gave me a lot of confidence. We executed very well and the receivers were just amazing. I knew I was over the goal line (on his second quarter touchdown) and that play gave us a lot of momentum heading into the second half." The game featured big plays for both teams. Each team returned a kickoff for a touchdown and UH had three drives of three plays or less while USU had a one play drive.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
Utah State (0–6, 0–2) got on the scoreboard on the game's opening possession with a 20-yard field goal by Peter Caldwell. The Warriors responded with an eight-play, 81-yard drive, culminating on a Kealoha Pilares touchdown from a yard out. That lead was short-lived as USU's Kevin Robinson returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards giving the Aggies the lead back at 10–7. UH knotted the game at 10 after Dan Kelly's 54-yard field goal, the fifth longest in school history.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
After Caldwell's 36-yard field goal gave the Aggies the lead temporarily at 13–10, Malcolm Lane's 87-yard return on the ensuing kickoff, put the Warriors on top for good, 17–13. Following an Aggie punt, UH marched downfield and Brennan found Davone Bess on a 22-yard scoring strike. After UH's Josh Leonard recovered a USU fumble, Hawai'i drove the field for another touchdown. Graunke subbed in for Brennan and crossed the goal line with five seconds left giving UH a 31–13 halftime lead.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
On their opening possession of the second half, the Aggies drove downfield on a 12 play drive and an eight-yard run by Derrvin Speight. Graunke connected with C.J. Hawthorne on two plays, including a 36-yarder for a 38–20 UH lead. Graunke drove the Warriors again and found David Farmer on a 20-yard shuffle pass giving UH a 45–27 lead. On USU's next possession, Leon Jackson found Kevin Robinson on a 77-yard pass and catch but the Warriors responded just as quickly as Graunke connected with Rivers on a 72-yard reception. Junior linebacker Soloman Elimimian led the Warrior defense with a career-high 20 tackles.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Utah State (WAC)
"Everyone played well", Elimimian said. "I just utilized my speed tonight and tried to go from sideline to sideline. I'd give the Defense a "C" tonight. We definitely could have played better, 37 points are just too much. Guys can't do what they want to do, it's a team concept. Teams like Utah State are much tougher to beat than a ranked team because they played with nothing to lose."


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
The 16th ranked University of Hawai`i football team rallied past San Jose State, 42–35, in overtime in a Western Athletic Conference contest in front of 20,473 at a rain-drenched Spartan Stadium. Jason Rivers caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Colt Brennan in the first overtime for its second come-from-behind victory this season. Defensive back Myron Newberry sealed the win intercepting SJSU quarterback Adam Tafralis in the end zone on the final drive.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
Hawai`i improves to 7–0 on the season and 4–0 in WAC play, while San Jose State falls to 3–4 and 2–1. With the win, UH extends its win streak to eight and keeps its hope for a BCS bid alive. The Warriors also extended their WAC win streak to 11 games. Heisman Trophy candidate Brennan completed 44-of-75 passes for 545 yards and four TD passes. He also was picked four times during the game.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
It was the third time this season a trio of receivers went for at least 100 yards or more led by Ryan Grice-Mullen's 14 catches for 175 yards. Bess and Rivers posted 140 and 138 yards, respectively. It was the first time this season UH failed to score at least 45 points and but kept its streak of 17-straight games scoring 32 points or more. UH opened the scoring after linebacker Adam Leonard picked off a Spartan pass and returned it 28 yards to the SJSU 35 yard line.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
Brennan then connected on 4-of-6 passes to set up a Kealoha Pilares 6-yard rush to give UH a 7–0 lead. Hawai`i then manufactured a 12-play drive, 86-yard drive culminating with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Brennan to Grice-Mullen. San Jose State cut the deficit in half when Dwight Lowery returned a Tim Grasso punt 84 yards just before the end of the first half. SJSU's Lowery then picked off Brennan's first attempt of the third quarter and returned it 24 yards to knot it up at 14 apiece.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
The Spartans took their first lead of the game with 5:25 left in the third when Tafralis hit Kevin Jurovich on a 16-yard pass. The play capped a five-play, 65-yard drive after SJSU took over on downs when Brennan was stopped on a fourth and 1 quarterack sneak. It is the first time since the Louisiana Tech game that UH has trailed at all in the second half. SJSU extended its lead to 28–14 with Tafralis hitting Jurovich on a 68-yard scoring strike with 2:32 remaining in the third.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
UH didn't waste any time, marching down the field 67 yards in one minute and 18 seconds. The TD cut into SJSU's lead with Brennan tossing a 34-yard strike to C.J. Hawthorne to pull to within seven, 28–21. The TD gave Brennan the NCAA record for touchdowns responsible for in a 3-year span. SJSU took the ensuing kickoff and traveled 65 yards on eight plays with James T. Callier taking the pitch and going around the right side for an 8-yard TD.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
UH scored with 3:53 left in the fourth quarter when Davone Bess caught an 11-yard over the shoulder catch from Brennan. SJSU took over but James T. Callier coughed up the ball after a huge blow from linebacker Blaze Soares with Leonard recovering the fumble with 2:56 left in the game. It took the Warriors only two minutes and 25 seconds to drive down the field 45 yards with Brennan taking the option and going across the right side for a 2-yard run to tie the game with 31 seconds left, 35–35. The Spartans had one last chance to score before the end of regulation, but the UH defense held strong as time expired.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, San Jose State (WAC)
Defensively, Leonard led the charge with 11 tackles, two for a loss, one fumble recovery and one interception. Solomon Elimimian and Jacob Patek recorded eight and seven tackles, respectively.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
The 14th-ranked University of Hawai`i football team defeated New Mexico State, 50–13, Saturday night, in a Western Athletic Conference game in front of a season-high 41,218 on Homecoming at Aloha Stadium. Hawai`i improves to 8–0 on the year and 5–0 in the WAC, while New Mexico State falls to 4–5 and 1–3. The 8–0 start marks the best for UH since 1973 and are one of only five undefeated teams in the country.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
Heisman Trophy candidate Colt Brennan became the school's all-time career touchdown leader after throwing six against the Aggies. He has 119 in his career and surpassed Timmy Chang's previous mark of 117. In addition, Brennan ranks second all-time in NCAA and WAC history and trails former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer's record of 121. "I was obviously happy with the result, but we're going to have to play better the next few games", UH head coach June Jones said. "Colt was not at his best tonight, but six touchdowns is still pretty good.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
I hope the week off gets him and the team healthy and ready for Fresno." After tossing an interception on his first pass attempt, Brennan drove the Warriors 65 yards in five plays, hitting Jason Rivers on a 16-yard touchdown pass to put UH on top 6–0. Place kicker Dan Kelly missed the extra-point attempt, snapping his streak of 50 straight this season and 69 consecutive over the past two years. Brennan finished the game completing 29-of-46 for 425 yards. He surpassed the 400-yard mark for the fourth time this season and the 17th time in his career.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
"What I learned last year is that don't pay any attention to records or stats", Brennan said. "This offense and this team is not about that but about the 'W' – that is our mentality." Hawai`i struck again in the first quarter as Brennan found Ryan Grice-Mullen on a fade route in the left corner of the end zone to put UH up 13–0. In the second quarter, Myron Newberry returned a short NMSU punt 29 yards to the Aggie 12 to set up a 27-yard field goal by Kelly.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
The UH defense held the Aggies on a fourth-and-three at the UH 47, then two plays later Brennan hooked up with Grice-Mullen down the right sideline for a 42-yard score to make it 23–0. The Aggies' Paul Young added a 34-yard field goal as UH went into the locker room with a 23–3 halftime lead. NMSU scored on its opening possession of the second half, marching 58 yards on 11 plays, capped by a 41-yard field goal by Young.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
UH took the ensuing kickoff and drove 61 yards in five plays with Brennan completing a 23-yard scoring pass to Davone Bess. The TD pass by Brennan was his 117th of his career, tying him with Chang. The Aggies reached the end zone for the first time on their next possession as Chase Holbrook hit Wes Neiman on a 19-yard score. Brennan became UH's all-time leader on the Warriors' next possession when he hit Grice-Mullen on an 11-yard score.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
Brennan then orchestrated a 10-play, 95-yard drive with 6:56 left in the fourth quarter, connecting with Bess on a 12-yard pass play for a 43–13 Warrior lead. UH defensive back JoPierre Davis picked off Holbrook late in the fourth quarter and returned it 57 yards for the final margin. Grice-Mullen finished the game with a career-high 195 yards receiving while Bess tied the UH mark for career touchdowns after reaching the endzone twice. He now has 38, tying him with former UH quarterback Michael Carter and receiver Chad Owens.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, New Mexico State (WAC)
"If you ask me during the game, I never know the numbers" Grice-Mullen said. "I may know how many touchdowns. My objective is to just go out and play the game and get a win. We've been in the system 3 or 4 years now with the same quarterback and things are becoming second nature and go out and have fun."


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
The University of Hawai`i moved to 9–0 for the first time since the 1925 season with a 37–30 victory against Fresno State in a Western Athletic Conference game in front of 49,047 fans at Aloha Stadium. Quarterback Colt Brennan tied two NCAA Division I career touchdown records in the game.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
Brennan tied Brigham Young's Ty Detmer for most career touchdown passes (121) and most career touchdowns responsible for (135) with two passing and one rushing scores against the Bulldogs. The Warriors (9–0, 6–0 WAC) are one of only two undefeated teams remaining in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I). UH extended their win streak to 10 games, tied with Kansas for the longest current streak in the country. Lightning struck quickly as Brennan hit wide receiver Jason Rivers on a 67-yard post pattern on the third play of the game to put the Warriors up 7–0.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
Brennan finished the game completing 28-of-39 passes for 396 yards and two touchdowns before leaving the game in the fourth quarter. "I'm glad we could get the win", head coach June Jones said. "We started off pretty good and then got ourselves in a football game. (Colt) is fine. He'll be ready for the next game." On UH's next possession, Brennan drove the offense down the field 83 yards on eight plays, capped by a 33-yard run by Leon Wright-Jackson. Brennan called his own number on UH's third possession from three yards out to lead 21–0.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
However, Bulldog A.J. Jefferson took the ensuing kickoff and returned it 98 yards to pull to within 14. UH's Dan Kelly put the Warriors back on top by 17 splitting the uprights with a 25-yard field goal the next time UH had the ball. Brennan then connected with Davone Bess on a 5-yard crossing route that gave UH a commanding 31–7 lead at the 11:26 mark in the second quarter.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
That TD pass by Brennan tied him with former Brigham Young quarterback Ty Detmer at 121 career TD passes for a share of the all-time NCAA Division IA career TD passing mark. Fresno State (6–4, 5–2) added a 28-yard field goal by Clint Stitser to trim the deficit to 31–10 with 4:33 remaining in the second. After recovering a fumble at the UH 26, the Bulldogs drove a short field with FSU quarterback Tom Brandstater finding Isaac Kinter in the back of the end zone for a 6-yard score.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
The extra point went wide right to pull FSU to within 31–16 with 37 seconds left in the second. UH then drove 53 yards in 35 seconds to set up a 50-yard field goal by Kelly to take a 34–16 lead into the half. After a scoreless third quarter, the Warriors opened up the fourth with Kelly booting his third field goal of the evening, a 24-yarder. The Bulldogs took the kickoff and traveled 85 yards in five plays with Brandstater hooking up with wide receiver Marlon Moore on a 31-yard touchdown reception.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
"Anytime we play Fresno, it is a tough game", linebacker Adam Leonard said. "Pat Hill's team is a run first and we knew they would have an attitude and not let up. We were fortunate to come out with a win." Brennan left the game at the 10:43 mark after taking a head-on collision with FSU linebacker Marcus Riley. "I'm doing fine", Brennan said after the game. "I'd like to thank everyone for the support they gave out there. I'm looking forward to getting back on the field for next week's game against Nevada."


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Fresno State (WAC/Rivalry)
The Bulldogs added a late score. UH recovered the onside kick and ran the clock out.


2007 Hawaii Warriors football team, Game capsules, Nevada (WAC)
Dan Kelly's 45-yard field goal with 11 seconds left lifted No. 12 Hawai'i past Nevada, 28–26, in a Western Athletic Conference game in front of 22,437 at Mackey Stadium tonight.