Arizona scored on three of its four first-half possessions and the first time it had the ball in the second half to take a commanding 24-6 lead on its way to a 40-6 win in the season opener over Hawaii on Saturday night.
Arizona used a balanced offense and opportunistic defense to earn the convincing win. Arizona forced five Hawaii turnovers and had four sacks in the win. The Wildcats ran for 183 yards and Noah Fifita completed 13 passes in 23 attempts for 161 yards and one touchdown and no interceptions.
Kedrick Reescano set the tone for Arizona early with three carries for 20 yards on the game-opening drive for the Wildcats that he punctuated with a 13-yard TD run to give Arizona a 7-0 lead.