The last dance belonged to Fresno State.

In the final football meeting between the teams for the foreseeable future, Fresno State held on for Saturday’s 23-21 victory over Hawaii at the Ching Complex.

A crowd of 12,466 saw the Warriors close within two points on Micah Alejado’s 10-yard scoring pass to Blaze Kamoku with 10 seconds to play. But wideout Brandon White could not secure Alejado’s potential-tying conversion pass.

The Warriors failed to recover Kansei Matsuzawa’s onside kick.

The Bulldogs parlayed two fourth-quarter interceptions into the go-ahead field goal and suspense-ending pick-6 in the 53rd game of this series. Conference cohorts since 1992, Fresno State is leaving the Mountain West— and the Rainbow Warriors — to join the rebuilt Pac-12 on July 1, 2026.

The Warriors had

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