Colt Brennan should've been celebrating with teammates after Hawai'i's 37-30 win against rival Fresno State at Aloha Stadium.

After all, he had a pretty typical game, completing 28 of 39 passes for 396 yards and two touchdowns, which tied him with Brigham Young's Ty Detmer for a career record 121.

Instead, he was probably just trying to shake the kinks out of what a UH spokesman described as a "mild concussion."

Brennan, understandably, was not available after the game.

"He was in good spirits," said Terry Brennan, Colt's father. "He wanted to know how the team was doing."

The largest home crowd of the season, 47,038, were silenced for a time early in the fourth quarter when Brennan took a blow from Bulldogs' linebacker Marcus Riley after a one-yard gain on third-and-7 from the UH 24. With the medical staff tending to him, UH players and some Fresno personnel could only watch. His teammates took a knee, their heads bowed. For a moment, it wasn't just the UH quarterback down. It was a friend.

"We just wanted him to get up," UH center John Estes said. "We think about him as a person. You never want to see that in football, ever."

The offensive line felt responsible. Brennan was sacked twice, both times by linebacker Mike Cheese. To a man, the linemen could not enjoy the victory, as sweet was it is supposed to be to beat Fresno State.

"It's not even a win," UH tackle Keith AhSoon said. "I'm so ------ off. Putting him in a position like that ... A win's a win, but it's not a win for me. I should've done better. I just hope he's ready for the next game."

Tyler Graunke, who was sacked once in the short time he played, finished for Brennan and the defense preserved the lead.

The Warriors cruised to a 34-16 lead at the half. Brennan had already thrown for 309 yards and his two TDs, a 67-yarder on the third play of the game, and a 5-yarder to Davone Bess early in the second quarter that made it 31-7.

Perhaps a sign came later in the second quarter, when Brennan fumbled after having to scramble out of trouble, giving the Bulldogs possession at UH's 29. That set up Tom Brandstater's six-yard TD pass to Isaac Kinter to pull the Bulldogs to 31-16 with 41 seconds left in the half.

But Brennan made the most of the last 37 seconds. Starting from UH's 14, Brennan completed four successive passes for 53 yards, setting up Dan Kelly's 50-yard field goal with no time showing on the clock to end the half.

The second half was a struggle for the Warriors, who punted after their first series. On their second, the Warriors moved to the FSU 10, where Brennan fired to the middle of the end zone to Jason Rivers, but Riley made a diving interception to kill the drive.

The Warriors' struggles were amplified early in the fourth quarter when Brennan got hit.

AhSoon said the Bulldogs changed up their pass rush on the Warriors. He said they were stunting in the first half, but just came straight on in the second.

"Fourth quarter came around, it was just a four-man rush, one-on-one," AhSoon said. "It just kind of got us off-guard because we were expecting a lot of stunts."

AhSoon really took Brennan's injury hard.

"But for Colt, man, it's all on me," he said. "It wasn't supposed to happen, but it happened. I pray for him."

Reach Stacy Kaneshiro at skaneshiro@honoluluadvertiser.com.