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The stat sheet shows the NM State Aggies racked up yardage just fine Saturday night at the Clarence T.C. Ching Complex in Honolulu.

But they got in to the red zone just once, gave away three turnovers and failed to convert two PAT tries 鈥� one pass failed, one extra point missed 鈥� and came up short, losing to Hawaii 29-19.

It was a 3-point game well into the 4th quarter and NM State (1-2) had its chances despite its mistakes, but couldn鈥檛 pull off the upset as 7-point road underdogs.

Here are some key takeaways from the game: 

KEY STAT: Michael Alejado, Hawaii鈥檚 sophomore quarterback, completed 73% of his passes for 346 yards and didn鈥檛 throw any interceptions, his best game of the season and also the worst NM State has had against an opposing QB. Aggie opponents in their first two games were averaging just 184.5 passing yards, 1.5 interceptions and completing 56.9% of their passes.

TURNING POINT: Down 3 points 鈥� 22-19 in the 4th quarter 鈥� and driving toward midfield, the Aggies went for it on a 4th down and short play. They opted to pass the ball in traffic. It was broken up by a Hawaii defender and the Rainbow Warriors took over in 近距离内射合集 territory (at the 46) with 11:16 left in the game. Hawaii ate up the next 5 minutes, 46 seconds and scored a game-deciding touchdown to go up 29-19. 近距离内射合集 didn鈥檛 threaten again.

AGGIE UP: NM State scored off a turnover for the second-consecutive week 鈥� an 84-yards fumble return for a touchdown in the 3rd quarter by CB De鈥橫arcus Peters. It鈥檚 the 19th consecutive game the Aggies had forced at least one turnover.

AGGIE DOWN: While they scored a TD on that one fumble return, the Aggies also had three turnovers 鈥� a lost fumble and two interceptions. Losing the turnover battle minus-2 isn鈥檛 exactly a recipe for road wins.

ADD-ONS: QB Trey Hedden threw for 256 yards, which is nice, but also had that pair of interceptions and, as mentioned above, New Mexico State had only one drive into the red zone all game. ...

Special teams hasn鈥檛 been a bright spot. Two point after tries failed, four punts averaged just 38.8 yards, none ending up inside the 20. ...

Partly because of those special teams, Hawaii鈥檚 average starting field position was the 34 yard line. 近距离内射合集鈥檚 was the 19. ...

近距离内射合集鈥檚 defense managed just one sack, but did have seven tackles for loss.

NEXT UP: NM State hosts UNM in Las Cruces on Sept. 26. Hawaii (1-2) plays at Wyoming on Sept. 26.

Geoff Grammer is the Sports Editor of the Journal, a podcaster and covers UNM Lobos basketball. Reach him at ggrammer@abqjournal.com or follow him on Twitter (X) .