On Senior Night, the Warriors fell short, 35-32, to Oregon State before a crowd of 46,683 Saturday night at Aloha Stadium.

Davone Bess' 35-yard punt return put the Warriors in position for their second comeback victory in as many weeks.

But, on fourth-and-14 from the OSU 26, Colt Brennan underthrew wide receiver Jason Rivers, who was open along the left sideline on a comeback route. The ball hit the turf a couple feet short of Rivers with 2:08 to play.

OSU ended the scoring by taking an intentional safety with 2 seconds remaining.

Brennan finished 37 of 50 for 401 yards and two touchdowns, falling one short of tying David Klingler's record of 54 TD passes in a season, set in 1990.

UH head coach June Jones also failed in his bid to become the winningest head coach in the program's Division I history.

Jones gets another chance when the Warriors (10-3) play Arizona State (7-5) in the Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl on Christmas Eve.

The Warriors closed to 35-30 on Brennan's 4-yard pass to Ryan Grice-Mullins. The conversion run failed.

The Beavers had extended their lead to 35-24 on Yvenson Bernard's 1-yard run around right end with 13:18 to play.

The Beavers took a 28-21 lead when Matt Moore and Sammie Stroughter teamed on an 80-yard scoring play. Stroughter, with a 3-yard lead on cornerback Gerard Lewis, caught Moore's pass at the UH 40 and sprinted the rest of the way with 5:08 left in the third quarter.

That possession was set up when OSU strong safety Sabby Piscitelli intercepted Brennan's pass in the end zone.

The Warriors closed to 28-24 on Daniel Kelly's 26-yard field goal. He had missed his two previous attempts.

The teams played to a 21-21 halftime tie with Brennan dodging a blitz and throwing an 11-yard TD pass to Bess. Briton Forester's PAT tied the score with 20 seconds left in an emotional first half.

The game matched an Oregon State team with 11 players with Hawai'i ties and a UH team whose 20 seniors were playing their final regular-season game.

OSU's coaching staff has four former UH assistant coaches, including offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh, who recruited several Warriors to Manoa. Cavanaugh wore several lei while pacing the OSU sideline.

The Warriors opened by opening the playbook — starting Ross Dickerson, the usual right slotback, at running back, and using slotback Grice-Mullins on inside reverse runs.

The one thing the Warriors could not alter was the weather. Blustering conditions led to Kelly missing field-goal attempts on the Warriors' first two possessions — from 50 and 38 yards.

The Warriors also were hindered by a familiar problem — the inability to fully cover the tight end early.

The Beavers took a 7-0 lead when Moore, faking out the Warriors with a play-action move, threw 21 yards to tight end Joe Newton for a touchdown as time expired in the first quarter.

The Warriors then received a boost when running back Nate Ilaoa, who did not practice last week because of a bruised left heel, entered at the start of the second quarter. The Warriors drove to the 4, from where Ilaoa scored on a run around left end.

But the momentum was only on lease.

Gerard Lawson caught the ensuing kickoff 2 yards deep on the right side of the end zone, broke to the left and sprinted the rest of the way for a touchdown. Per NCAA rules, he was credited with a 100-yard return.

But the Warriors tied it up after driving to the 4. From there, Brennan rolled to his right, sidestepped a would-be tackler and raced into the right corner of the end zone.

The Beavers went ahead, 21-14, when Moore lofted a 30-yard scoring pass to Ruben Jackson.