The University of Hawaii football team lost a 16-13 heartbreaker to UCLA on Saturday afternoon.
The Rainbow Warriors fell to 1-1, while UCLA was victorious in DeShaun Foster’s head coaching debut.
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In a sold-out Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex of 13,470, an on-campus single sporting event record, the ‘Bows led 10-0 at halftime.
In Hawaii’s first drive of the game, the Rainbow Warriors appeared to go three-and-out but a fake punt from Lucas Borrow advanced the ‘Bows 19 yards on a run. The drive was then capped on a Brayden Schager touchdown pass to a wide open Pofele Ashlock for 19 yards with 7:43 left in the first quarter.
Schager was intercepted at the UCLA 5 with 30 seconds left in the first half by Ramon Henderson, but that play was followed by a Logan Taylor interception off Ethan Garbers back to the UCLA 6. Hawaii then took a 10-0 lead on Kansei Matsuzawa’s 28-yard field goal as the first half clock expired.
UCLA scored in its first possession of the third quarter on a 39-yard Rico Flores Jr. reception from Garbers. On the next possession, Hawaii made its advantage 13-7 on Matsuzawa’s second 28-yard field goal with 4:12 left in the third quarter.
Mateen Bhaghani made a pair of field goals for the Bruins to tie the game at 13, the second of which came with 14:05 left in the fourth quarter from 36 yards.
Hawaii will have a bye week before heading to Texas to face Sam Houston at 1 p.m. HST on Sept. 14.
Stay with KHON2 as this developing story will be updated.