Football Loses Heartbreaker in Final Chapter of Rivalry

23

Winner

Fresno St.
FSU

4-1 , 1-0

21

Hawaii
HAW

3-2 , 0-1

Winner

23

21

Score By Quarters

Team	1st	2nd	third	4th	F
FSU Fresno St.	0	7	6	10	23
HAW Hawaii	0	9	6	6	21

Game Recap: Football | 09.20.2025

HONOLULU – The ultimate chapter of a storied rivalry resulted in heartbreaking style, because the Hawai’i soccer group fell simply brief on the end line in a 23-21 loss to Fresno State on Saturday night time at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletic Complex.
 
The Rainbow Warriors (3-2, 0-1 MWC) had an opportunity to tie the sport late, scoring within the ultimate seconds to get inside two factors, however the ensuing two-point conversion fell incomplete and Fresno State (4-1, 1-0) kneeled out the win.
 
Kansei Matsuzawa continued his sizzling begin to the season, staying good with two discipline objectives to make it 13-for-13 on the yr. His second, a 52-yarder, set a brand new career-long, the second straight week Matsuzawa has set a brand new profession mark. Matsuzawa additionally tied Rigoberto Sanchez (2016) for many consecutive discipline purpose conversions to begin a season.
 
UH outgained Fresno State 308-301, however the ‘Bows turned the ball over 4 instances. Quarterback Micah Alejado, coming back from harm and making his first look because the second sport of the season, accomplished 28-of-47 passes for 219 yards and a landing, however threw three interceptions.
 
The ‘Bows have been held to simply 75 yards of offense within the first half, however the UH protection picked up the slack. De’jon Benton knocked the ball out of Fresno State QB E.J. Warner’s hand on an endzone sack. Fresno State fell on the ball within the endzone, stopping a UH landing however giving the Rainbow Warriors the primary factors of the sport on the protection.
 
The ‘Bows have been aided by a pair of missed discipline objectives by Fresno State kicker Dylan Lynch, one from 43 yards away and one other from 25 yards that sailed large proper into the stands. Lynch later missed one other 54-yard discipline purpose.
 
On the following Bulldogs drive, Fresno State operating again Bryson Donelson mishandled a backward cross, which was then recovered by Jamih Otis. Otis returned the ball 37 yards to the for a landing, combating by means of contact into the endzone to present UH a 9-0 lead.
 
Otis’ return marked the primary time the UH protection recorded a security and a fumble return landing in the identical sport since at the least 1995.
 
Fresno State managed to keep away from the first-half shutout, scoring on a 13-yard landing cross from Warner to Richie Anderson III to shut the hole to 9-7 on the halftime break.
 
Matsuzawa knocked in a pair of discipline objectives within the third quarter. A 40-yard discipline purpose kicked off the scoring within the second half. He then set a brand new career-long together with his second discipline purpose of the third quarter, a 52-yarder.
 
Fresno State scored a fast landing between Matsuzawa’s two discipline objectives, on a 64-yard reception turned 1-yard TD run that briefly gave the Bulldogs their first lead of the sport, however Matsuzawa retook the lead together with his second discipline purpose.
 
The Bulldogs took management within the fourth quarter off of back-to-back interceptions. The first decide led to a 27-yard discipline purpose, whereas the second by K’Vion Thunderbird was returned 59 yards for an FS landing to go up 23-15.
 
Trailing by eight, Hawai’i made a ultimate effort to even issues up. Alejado led the ‘Bows on a 12-play 77-yard drive, which was capped off by Alejado’s 10-yard landing cross to Blaze Kamoku. But the two-point try fell incomplete.