The Broncos' 27th consecutive Western Athletic Conference victory — and fifth in a row over UH — was decided after the Warriors closed to 42-41 on Colt Brennan's 19-yard scoring pass to Ryan Grice-Mullen with 3:03 remaining.

On the ensuing extra-point kick, Colledge powered his way in for his second block of the game. Scandrick picked up the bouncing ball and went the other way for the two-point conversion.

The Warriors fell to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the WAC.

Boise State, which rallied from a 20-7 halftime deficit, went ahead to stay on Jared Zabransky's 6-yard TD pass to Legedu Naanee with 7:14 to play. Anthony Montgomery's PAT made it 42-35.

The Broncos also scored on breakdowns by the Hawai'i special teams: Quinton Jones returning a punt 92 yards and Ellis Powers running back a blocked field goal 69 yards. Boise State added a 40-yard interception return by Marty Tadman.

In a heated first half with seemingly no end, the Warriors overpowered the highest-scoring offense of the 21st century in seizing a 20-7 lead.

Two UH freshmen — slotback Davone Bess and placekicker Daniel Kelly — supplied all of the Warriors' first-half scoring.

Bess caught two scoring passes from Brennan — the second, a spectacular 29-yard play in which Bess out-raced safety Cam Hall on a post play and dived the final 2 yards into the end zone. Kelly's PAT made it 20-7.

The rest of the half was dominated by UH's all-points-blitz defense, which solved the riddle of the Broncos' multiple-set offense. The Broncos, who boast of an 800-play offensive playbook, tried to throw off the Warriors by shifting and motioning before nearly play. But the Warriors responded with their own shifting defense, sometimes pass-rushing with two down linemen, sometimes placing six defenders on the line of scrimmage.

In the first half, the Warriors forced three turnovers — two on fumbles, one on strong safety Lono Manners' leaping interception. Manners, who can bench-press 500 pounds and run 40 yards in 4.5 seconds, forced one of the fumbles and recovered the second.

Zabransky spent most of the first half on the run, trying to elude the Warriors' 11-defender manhunt. On one of the sacks, defensive end Ikaika Alama-Francis served as a decoy while outside linebacker Kila Kamakawiwo'ole raced in after a delayed start.

The Warriors also shut down the Broncos' best wideout, Jerard Rabb, who took a recruiting visit to UH in January. Rabb did not catch any of the four first-half passes thrown in his direction.

Cornerback Keao Monteilh, making his second career start, had two pass breakups for the Warriors.

The Broncos apparently were frustrated by their own mistakes and the Warriors' aggressive defense. Tight end Derek Schouman twice threw punches at UH defenders — once after he dropped a pass in the open field on a flea-flicker from Zabransky..

UH went ahead 10-0 on Kelly's 30-yard field goal and Bess' 9-yard catch.

But the Broncos closed to 10-7 when Tadman intercepted a Brennan pass at the UH 40, then raced the remaining distance for a touchdown.

The Warriors extended their lead to 13-7 on Kelly's 37-yard field goal. UH had advanced to the BSU 20, but UH coach June Jones opted for the field goal on fourth-and-1.

UH, without any timeouts, was prepared to run out the clock when Tyler Graunke took a knee in the final seconds of the half. As the Warriors jogged toward their locker room, the referees announced that the Broncos had called timeout, even though the scoreboard showed "0:00."