louisiana tech cut hawaii's lead to 20–13 when nick isham connected with taulib ikharo on a 7-yard touchdown pass with 13:37 left in the third quarter. with 9:29 left in the third quarter, bryant moniz threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to craig stutzmann to extend hawaii's lead to 27–13. hawaii's defense scored 14 points off a 49-yard interception return and a 16-yard fumble recovery to increase hawaii's lead to 41–13 with 7:46 left in the third quarter. lennon creer ran for a 10-yard touchdown to cut the hawaii lead to 41–20 with 6:40 left in the third quarter. hawaii added a field goal at the 3:01 mark in the third quarter in take a 44–20 lead. nick isham ran for a 4-yard touchdown to make the game score hawaii 44–26 at the 7:55 mark in the fourth quarter. louisiana tech went on to lose the game to hawaii by a score of 44–26.