Complex sentence: His first game was an impressive 21-17 victory over California; however, the team would finish the season with 2-8 record, and after losing the starting job to Daryle Lamonica, Haffner would transfer to McNeese State University.
Split into simpler sentences: His first game was an impressive 21-17 victory over California. However, the team finished the season with 2--8 record, and after losing the starting job to Daryle Lamonica, Haffner transferred to McNeese State University.