Late field goal lifts Hawaii, minus Brennan, past UNR

RENO -- Dan Kelly kicked a 45-yard field goal with 12 seconds left to keep No. 13 Hawaii undefeated with a 28-26 win over UNR on Friday night.

Tyler Graunke, playing in place of injured star quarterback Colt Brennan, passed for 358 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a third for the Warriors (10-0, 7-0 Western Athletic Conference).

Kelly made the field goal twice, but UNR coach Chris Ault had called a timeout just before the first one wobbled over the crossbar. His second one sailed down the middle, extending the NCAA's longest current winning streak to 11 when Warrior cornerback Jacob Patek intercepted Colin Kaepernick's desperation pass at the 5 as time expired.

Luke Lippincott ran for 140 yards and a touchdown for the Wolf Pack (5-5, 3-3), which had taken the lead 26-25 on his 5-yard touchdown run with 8:27 left in the fourth quarter.

It appeared to be in control when UNR defensive lineman Kevin Basped sacked Graunke, forced a fumble and fell on it at Hawaii's 47 with less than 8 minutes left.

But on the next play, Keala Watson stripped the ball from UNR's Arthur King and recovered it at Hawaii's 43.

Graunke completed a 13-yard pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen to UNR's 32 with 1:10 left and passed 5 yards to C.J Hawthorne on third-and-10 to get to the 28 with 48 seconds left.

Brennan, who is tied with Brigham Young's Ty Detmer with an NCAA-record 121 touchdown passes, played one play in the first quarter and one play in the second. He saw his streak of 34 consecutive games with a touchdown pass come to an end, one short of Detmer's record.

Hawaii's Davone Bess caught 12 passes for 137 yards, and Hawthorne had five receptions for 112 yards. Jason Rivers had a 3-yard TD catch to extend his nation-leading streak of consecutive games with a reception to 47.