Box Score
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Post-Game Press Conference (A. Laurel, Stutzmann, Graves)
Post Game Press Conference (McMackin)

HONOLULU – The University of Hawai'i Warrior football team fell victim to yet another heartbreaker, falling to Fresno State, 24-21, Saturday night at Aloha Stadium. The game marked the final Western Athletic Conference contest for UH who will join the Mountain West Conference beginning next year.
 
Sophomore David Graves nearly rallied the Warriors (5-6, 3-4 WAC) to victory, completing 13-of-27 for 199 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for another score. Graves entered the game with Hawai'i trailing 17-0 early in the second quarter.
 
After much debate this week as to who would replace injured starter Bryant Moniz at quarterback, senior Shane Austin got the nod. In his second career start, Austin played the entire first quarter, completing 6-of-13 for 45 yards, before giving way to Graves.
 
The Bulldogs (4-7, 3-3) offense was the story of the game, generating 488 yards of total offense including 176 yards and one touchdown by running back Robbie Rouse and 271 yards passing and two scores by quarterback Derek Carr.
 
UH wide receiver Billy Ray Stutzmann tied a career-high with 136 yards receiving on eight catches including a 69-yard catch-and-run for touchdown which gave UH its first lead at 21-17 midway through the third quarter.

Fresno State took the lead for good to start the fourth quarter when Carr hooked up with Josh Harper on a throw which went through the hands of UH safety John Hardy-Tuliau. UH got the ball back with 2:18 left in the game and could only drive to the FS 35-yard line before time ran out.
 
The loss was UH's fourth this season decided by eight points or less, including the third setback which was decided in the game's final minute of play.
 
The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard first with a 44-yard touchdown pass from Carr to Jalen Saunders. Fresno State tacked on three more points on its next possession after a 32-yard Kevin Goessling field goal.
 
After the Warriors turned the ball on downs in Fresno State territory, the Bulldogs marched downfield and scored on a 1-yd run by Rouse for a 17-0 lead.
 
Graves entered the game on UH's first possession of the second quarter.  He led the Warriors to a score late in the quarter, running it in from three-yards out.
 
On UH's opening drive of the second half, Graves marched the Warriors downfield and found Royce Pollard for a 24-yard touchdown, pulling UH to within 17-14. After a Fresno State punt, Graves led UH to another score, connecting with Stutzmann for the longest pass play of the season for Hawai'i.
 
The Warriors, who compiled a 131-123-3 all-time WAC mark, will next host a non-conference game against Tulane, Saturday, Nov. 26. UH will need to win its final two regular season games to become bowl eligible.