AP News, September 9th, 2007
Colt Brennan passed for 548 yards and four touchdowns and No. 20 Hawaii stopped a 2-point conversion on the final play of the game to beat Louisiana Tech 45-44 on overtime on Saturday night.
Brennan hooked up with Jason Rivers for a 6-yard touchdown on the second play of OT to put the Warriors (2-0, 1-0, Western Athletic Conference) up 45-38, but Zac Champion answered for the Bulldogs with a 2-yard TD pass to Dustin Mitchell.
Louisiana Tech went for 2 and the win instead of the tying extra point kick and Champion's final pass to Brian Jackson was batted down.
Dan Kelly kicked a 49-yard field goal to tie the game for Hawaii with 1:34 to play. Brennan finished 43-for-61 with an interception.
Champion finished 23-for-36 for 188 yards and Patrick Jackson ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns for Louisiana Tech.
Tech jumped out to an early 14-0 lead on Jackson's TD runs from 2 and 16 yards out in the first quarter.
Leon Wright-Jackson's 48 yard TD run and Brennan's 3-yard scramble for a score tied the game in the second quarter.
Hawaii would find the end zone quickly in the third quarter on a 64-yard pass from Brennan to Ryan Grice-Mullen, tying the game at 21.
After Louisiana Tech regained the lead at 24-21, Brennan hooked up with Grice-Mullen once again for 17 yards and the Warriors' first lead at 28-24.
Tech capitalized on Hawaii's lost fumble, which led to Champion's 3-yard TD pass to Josh Wheeler and a 31-28 Bulldogs' lead.
Davonne Bess hauled in a 19-yard pass from Brennan to give the Warriors the lead again at 35-31 with 8:35 to play. After an interception by Tech, Dennis Morris put the Bulldogs in front on a 1-yard plunge, and Tech led 38-35 with just over three minutes to play.
