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LAS VEGAS – The University of Hawai'i Rainbow Warrior football team is still in search of its first win of the season following a heartbreaking 39-37 loss to UNLV Saturday night at Sam Boyd Stadium.
 
The Rainbow Warriors (0-6, 0-4 MW) rallied from a 19-point deficit in the fourth quarter to take the lead late in the game, but Nolan Kohorst nailed a 44-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Rebels (4-2, 2-0 MW) to their fourth straight win.
 
Sean Schroeder's 44-yard connection with Chris Gant concluded a string of 20 straight UH points to give the Rainbow Warriors a 37-36 lead with 1:44 left. UNLV, however, was able to respond in the game's final possession, driving down to the UH 27-yard line to set up Kohorst's winning field goal.
 
Schroeder, who made his first start of season under center, finished 24-of-47 for 325 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions. It was his third straight 300-yard game.
 
The Rainbow Warriors led 17-13 at the break—UH's first halftime lead of the year—however, the Rebels scored 23 unanswered points in the second half to take a sizeable lead in the fourth quarter. UNLV racked up 579 yards for the game, the most the Rainbow Warriors have surrendered in three years. Caleb Herring passed for 385 yards, while Tim Cornett ran for 162.  
 
Both teams came out strong defensively, including a Rainbow Warrior squad which stopped UNLV on downs deep in scoring territory during the opening two drives. After a scoreless first quarter, the fireworks began in the second quarter when the teams combined for 30 points—21 of which came in the final 2:26. Trailing 6-3, UH scored the first touchdown of the game when Donnie King took a pass from Schroeder for a 12-yard score and the junior receiver's first career touchdown. UNLV answered right back with a 36-second drive that was capped by a 1-yard run by Tim Cornett.
 
With less than 100 seconds left in the half, the Rainbow Warriors went to work and put together a 5-play drive in 59 seconds. Schroeder found Gant from 28 yards out as UH reclaimed the lead 17-13 going into the locker room.
 
UNLV however scored on its first three drives of the third quarter, then tacked on another touchdown early in the fourth quarter, to go up 36-27 with 13:11 remaining.
 
However, there was no quit in a resilient UH squad as a 15-yard rumble by Steven Lakalaka and a 48-yard touchdown reception by Billy Ray Stutzmann help set the stage for the game's final two dramatic minutes when the teams exchanged scoring drives.
 
The Rainbow Warriors have a bye next Saturday before returning to the field on Saturday, Oct. 26 for their Homecoming game vs. Colorado State. Kickoff is set for 6:00 p.m. at Aloha Stadium.