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UNLV (2-4, 0-2 MW) at Fresno State (2-3, 0-1 MW) Game No. 6 / MW Game No. 2 Oct. 18, 2019 • Bulldog Stadium (40,737) • Fresno, CA • 7 p.m. PT
Fresno State in the Polls (Week 8) -- AP Top 25: UR | Amway Coaches Poll: UR | College Football Playoff: N/A
QUICK FACTS Media Coverage COACHES: TV: CBS Sports Network Jeff Tedford (Fresno State, 1992) Play-by-Play: Carter Blackburn; Analyst: Aaron Taylor; Sideline: Jenny Dell Fresno State Record...... 24-9 (3rd season) : ; Gameday Live (4 p.m. PT); Pregame Show (6 p.m. PT) FBS Career Record...... 106-66 (14th season) RADIO 940 AM ESPN Radio Tony Sanchez (New Mexico State, 1998) Play-by-Play: Paul Loeffler;Analyst : Pat Hill; Sideline: Cameron Worrell UNLV Record...... 18-36 (5th season) Career Record...... Same Headlines SERIES: ...... Fresno State leads, 14-7 Last Time: ...... FS (A) def. UNLV (H) 48-3, 11/3/2018 → Fresno State will have spent 27 days in between home games when they host UNLV for Friday Fest, Oct. 18. The Bulldogs’ last home game was on Sept. 21. OFFENSIVE QUICK FACTS: → Friday’s game will be the 22nd meeting all-time between the Bulldogs and Rebels. Fresno St. (conf. rk.) UNLV (conf. rk.) → Split down the middle: the Bulldogs and Rebels share a 3-3 mark against one another as Scoring 29.2 (#8) 25.2 (#10) Mountain West foes. Rushing 141.2 (#8) 180.2 (#4) Passing 245.2 (#6) 188.7 (#10) → The Bulldogs return home after opening Mountain West play last weekend at Air Force. Total 386.4 (#8) 368.8 (#9) Fresno State has opened conference play on the road five of the last six seasons. KO Return 19.1 (#9) 15.6 (#11) → The Bulldogs are 12-2 at Bulldog Stadium under Jeff Tedford. One of his two losses is 3rd-DN Conv. 38.7% (#6) 30.0% (#12) to UNLV (Oct. 28, 2017). 4th-DN Conv. 4-of-4 (#1) 7-of-17 (#10) → Fresno State entered last year’s matchup on the road against UNLV ranked No. 20/23 DEFENSIVE QUICK FACTS: and won 48-3 to improve to 8-1 (5-0 MW) at the time. Fresno St. (conf. rk.) UNLV (conf. rk.) Scoring 29.8 (#6) 32.8 (#9) → Last year’s win at UNLV was Coach Tedford’s 100th career victory. Rushing 155.6 (#8) 209.7 (#10) → Since making his Fresno State debut at New Mexico State and participating in the next Passing 206.0 (#4) 222.2 (#6) game at Air Force, Emoryie Edwards has led the Bulldogs in receiving. Total 361.6 (#4) 431.8 (#10) → Despite not forcing a turnover for the first time since Nov. 17, 2018 (vs. San Diego State) Net Punting 40.4 (#3) 34.9 (#11) in their contest at Air Force, the Bulldogs still rank eighth in the FBS in fumble recoveries Opp. 3rd-DN Conv. 39.4% (#9) 36.7% (#6) Opp. 4th DN Conv. 7-of-10 (#9) 3-of-12 (#2) per game, averaging 1.2. → Fresno State has had 34 different players make a start in 2019. Only New Mexico (39), UMass (39), Old Dominion (37), N.C. State (36), Oregon State (36) and Colorado (34) share numbers of that stature. → OL Bula Schmidt (Fr.) and DE Alex Dumais (RFr.) picked up their first career starts, respectively, as Bulldogs at Air Force. There have been 19 players this season to get their first career starts at Fresno State in 2019.
2019 Fresno State Schedule/Results Opponent Opp. ‘19 Date Opponent Ranking* Time/Result Record Series Note Aug. 31 at USC [ESPN] RV/-- - L, 31-23 3-3 1-3 Bulldogs’ produce 462 yards offense but fall short in front of 57,329 Sept. 7 Minnesota [CBSSN] #20/#20 - L, 38-35 (2 OT) 6-0 0-2 The seventh multi-period overtime game played in program history Sept. 21 Sacramento State [Facebook] - W, 34-20 4-2 4-0 Fresno State improves to 15-0 against FCS teams since 2000 Sept. 28 at New Mexico State [FloFootball] - W, 30-17 0-7 18-1 ‘Dogs continue dominance of NMSU with 18th win in the 19 game series Oct. 12 at Air Force^ [CBSSN] - L, 43-24 4-2 3-6 Air Force wins third-striaght against Fresno State Oct. 18 UNLV^ [CBSSN] - 7 p.m. 2-4 14-7 Fresno State is 8-3 all-time in home games against the Rebels Oct. 26 Colorado State^ [ESPNU] - 4:30 p.m. 2-5 5-9 ‘Dogs seek to even series with CSU since joining the MW (1-2) Nov. 2 at Hawai’i^ --/RV - 9 p.m. 4-2 28-22-1 ‘Dogs own seven wins in last eight games versus UH Nov. 9 Utah State^ [CBSSN] - 4 p.m. 3-2 17-12-1 2-of-the-3 double-digit win MW teams from 2018 to clash at Bulldog Stadium Nov. 15 at San Diego State^ [ESPN2] RV/RV - 6:30 p.m. 5-1 25-29-1 Winner of FS-SDSU contest has advanced to all six MW title games Nov. 23 Nevada^ [ESPN Net.] - TBA 4-2 29-20-1 Fresno State holds 5-2 series lead over Nevada in MW games Nov. 30 at San Jose State^ [ESPN Net.] - TBA 3-3 42-37-3 Fresno State to face its longest-running rival SJSU for 83rd time Key: ^ MW Game ; *AP Poll/USA Today Coaches Poll (week 8 rankings) REFERENCE: “Fresno State” (never: FSU, FRES, CSUF, Fresno State University or just “Fresno”); ABBREVIATIONS: Fresno St. or FS 2019 Fresno State Football
FRESNO STATE AWARD WATCH LIST SELECTIONS JIM THORPE AWARD BILETNIKOFF AWARD - #14 Jaron Bryant (Sr.) & JOHN MACKEY AWARD • Grabbed sixth-career interception at USC in the - #16 Jared Rice (Sr.) season opener (8/31) to go along with first-career • Caught a 14-yard touchdown pass versus fumble recovery. Minnesota (9/7). Was the eighth touchdown • Second on the team in passes defended with four. reception of his career. • Totaled a season-high eight tackles versus • Has 10 receptions for 48 yards. Sacramento State (9/21). • Named a 2018 All-MW second team selection. • Has recorded 25 tackles. • 2018 All-Mountain West honorable mention selection. DOAK WALKER AWARD RAY GUY AWARD & PAUL HORNUNG AWARD onnie ivers r - #47 Blake Cusick (Sr.) - #20 R R (J .) • Ranks 36th in the FBS and fourth in the • Leads the team in all-purpose yards with 362. Mountain West in punting, averaging 43.6 yards on • Team’s leading rusher with 253 yards on 62 20 attempts. attempts. • Recorded six punts over 50 yards including a • Second on the team in receptions with 13. season-long of 60 in the season opener at USC • Accumulated a season-high 124 total yards and two touchdowns (8/31). on 20 offensive touches against Minnesota (9/7). • Put all three punts inside the 10 against Sacramento State (9/21). • Has placed six punts inside the 20. • 2018 Ray Guy Award semifinalist. BRONCO NAGURSKI AWARD • Named an All-Mountain West second team selection in 2018. & CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD & BUTKUS AWARD CHUCK BEDNARIK AWARD - #3 Mykal Walker (Sr.) • Ranks 23rd in the FBS and fourth in the MW in & JIM THORPE AWARD tackles per game, averaging 9.8. - #23 Juju Hughes (Sr.) • Racked up a career-high 15 tackles in the season opener at USC • Owns 36 total tackles. (8/31). • Second on the team in pass breakups (3). • Recorded nine or more tackles in four of five games. • Tied his career high in tackles in the season opener • Has made 19 consecutive starts. at USC (8/31) with 11. • Shifted to MLB from DE during the spring of 2019. • Broke up two passes versus Minnesota (9/7). • Named an All-Mountain West first team selection as a junior play- • Has started 33 consecutive games. ing defensive end. • Holds Fresno State’s most game experience having played in 44 career games. • Named an All-Mountain West second team selection in 2018. • Fresno State has one of eight defensive back duos in the nation to represent its respective team on the Thorpe watch list. • Out of the 50 candidates named to the Biletnikoff watch list, Jared Rice was one of only four tight ends. POLYNESIAN COLLEGE FOOTBALL • Fresno State is one of 17 teams in the nation to have two in- PLAYER OF THE YEAR dividuals named to the 2019 watch list and is the only California team to have the distinction. - #52 Netane Muti (Jr.) • Started first three games of the season at left guard. Missed last two games due to injury. • Suffered season-ending injury during the second half of the Sept. 8 contest at Minnesota – started two games in 2018 at left tackle. • Was on 2018 preseason Polynesian College Football Player of the Year watch list. • Was an All-Mountain West honorable mention selection as a red- shirt freshman in 2017.
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Eight-Straight QUICK FACTS (entering 2019) The Bulldogs closed out nonconference play on Sept. 28 with a 30-17 win at New Mexico GENERAL INFORMATION: State to even their record at 2-2 in nonconference games. Following its second bye over the Location...... Fresno, Calif. first six weeks of the 2019 season, Fresno State entered week seven versus Air Force (Oct. Founded...... 1911 Enrollment...... 25,000 12) staring at eight-straight conference games. In order to earn an opportunity to defend President...... Dr. Joseph I. Castro their Mountain West Championship, the Bulldogs must start with securing a bid in the MW Director of Athletics...... Terry Tumey title game on Dec. 7 as the West Division representative, which Senior Woman Administrator...... Carrie Coll Eight-Straight in 2019 goes to the team with the highest winning percentage in all Colors...... Red and Blue Date Opponent W/L Nickname...... Bulldogs Sat., Oct. 12 at Air Force L conference games, both inter-divisional and intra-divisional, Conference...... Mountain West among their West Division counterparts (Hawaii, Nevada, San Fri., Oct. 18 UNLV - Sat., Oct. 26 Colorado State - Diego State, San Jose State and UNLV). Sat., Nov. 2 at Hawaii - TEAM HISTORY: Sat., Nov. 9 Utah State - First Year of Football...... 1921 → Fresno State was the only FBS team to have not played a Fri., Nov. 15 at San Diego State - Seasons...... 97 Sat., Nov. 23 Nevada - All-Time Record...... 611-425-27 conference game entering week 7. Sat., Nov. 30 at San Jose State - All-Time Home Record...... 380-174-14 Away Record...... 218-234-13 Favorite to Win the West Neutral Record (not including bowl games)...... 0-2 All-Time Bowl Record...... 14-15 As the first-place pick in the West, Fresno State earned its fourth division leading bid in the Mountain West preseason media polls dating back to 2013, and second in as many years All-Time Mountain West Games Only...... 35-21 (2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019). The Bulldogs went on to win the West each season that they Conference Championships...... 28 were the first-place pick in the annual preseason polls. Last Conference Championship...... 2018-Mountain West MW Conference Championships (since 2012)...... 3 MW Division Titles (since 2013)...... 4 Along with a predicted first-place finish in its division, Fresno State secured three preseason Bowl Appearances...... 29 all-conference selections in senior tight end Jared Rice, senior linebacker Mykal Walker and Last Bowl...... 2018-Las Vegas Bowl senior defensive back Juju Hughes. STADIUM INFORMATION: Year Conference Prediction Result Name...... Bulldog Stadium (40,727) 2012 Mountain West 3rd T-1st* Surface...... AstroTurf 2013 Mountain West 1st (West)...... 1st (West)/Won MW Championship Game Completed...... 1980 (Beginning 39th Full Season) First Game...... Nov. 25, 1980 vs. Montana State 2014 Mountain West 1st (West)...... 1st (West)/Lost MW Championship Game Record in Stadium...... 179-55-2 2015 Mountain West 2nd (West) T-4th (West) Largest Crowd...... 42,881 (5x in 2001) 2016 Mountain West 4th (West) 6th (West) Number of 40,000-plus crowds...... 33 2017 Mountain West 6th (West) 1st (West)/Lost MW Championship Game Last 40,000-plus crowd....9/13/14 vs. Nebraska (41,031) Press Box Phone...... (559) 278-5959 2018 Mountain West 1st (West)...... 1st (West)/Won MW Championship Game 2019 Mountain West 1st (West)...... ? TEAM INFORMATION: * 2012 was the last season there was not a championship game and no divisional format 2018 Overall Record...... 12-2 2018 Mountain West Record (Finish)...... 7-1 (1st, West) Nonconference recap 2018 Bowl...... Las Vegas Bowl Having lost as many games in its first two weeks in 2019 as it 2018 Final Ranking...... AP (18)|Coaches Poll (18) Tedford outside the MW Starters Returning/Lost...... 12/13 did in 2018, it’s been a tough start for the 2018 Mountain West 2017 Result H/A Offense: 3/8 | Defense: 6/5 | Special Teams: 3/0 Champions that finished 12-2 and ranked No. 18 in both major Incarnate Word W, 66-0 H Lettermen Returning/Lost...... 35/29 Alabama L, 41-10 A Offense: 16/16 | Defense: 16/13 | Special Teams: 3/0 polls last season. Fresno State’s 0-2 start was the first for the Washington L, 48-16 A program since 2014, but it was so close swinging to 1-1 or even BYU W, 20-13 H Base Offense...... Pro-Style HAWAII BOWL Base Defense...... 4-3 2-0. The ‘Dogs average margin of loss in those two games was 5.5 Houston W, 33-27 -- points to USC on the road (Aug. 31) and Minnesota (Sept. 7) at 2018 Result H/A Idaho W, 79-13 H home. Those Trojans are 3-3 with wins against then-ranked No. Minnesota L, 21-14 A WHERE ARE THEY? 10 Utah and No. 23 Stanford while Minnesota is undefeated (6-0) UCLA W, 38-14 A Toledo W, 49-27 H FIELD: and currently ranked No. 20 in both polls. LAS VEGAS BOWL Arizona State W, 31-20 -- Head Coach: Jeff Tedford 2019 Result H/A The ‘Dogs bounced back by winning their final two game USC L, 31-23 A Assistants: Jamie Christian, Danny Langsdorf, Kirby Moore, Will Plemons, Roman Sapolu, Scott nonconference games by taking care of business defeating Minnesota L, 38-35 H Sacramento St. W, 34-20 H Thompson, Kenwick Thompson, J.D. Williams Sacramento State 34-20 at home to move to 1-2 and moved to .500 New Mexico St. W, 30-17 A PRESS BOX: with a win versus New Mexico State in its final nonconference game of 2019. Offensive Coordinator: Ryan Grubb Defensive Coordinator: Bert Watts → Adding in postseason games, Tedford is 9-5 at Fresno State against teams outside the Mountain West.
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‘Dogs in Mountain West home openers AROUND THE MOUNTAIN WEST • The ‘Dogs are 5-2 in MW home openers with wins in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 and 2018. 2019 MW Standings • This will be the latest date the ‘Dogs have played their first Mountain West home game, surpassing the Oct. 14, 2016 contest against San Diego State. Mountain Division MW Overall • Fresno State was the last FBS team in the nation to open conference play - Oct. 12. W L W L Boise State 3 0 6 0 Utah State 2 0 3 2 They all count, but this one means a lot Air Force 2 1 4 2 Fresno State is sitting below .500 through five games (2-3) for the first time since the 2016 Wyoming 1 1 4 2 Colorado State 1 2 2 5 season, and are 0-1 in conference play after dropping its opener last time out. But a loss to New Mexico 0 2 2 4 Air Force doesn’t mean the Bulldogs’ goal of defending their Mountain West championship is dashed. As the only team in the conference with seven league games ahead of them, and West Division MW Overall matchups against all five West division rivals, who each have at least one loss to date already, W L W L Fresno State still holds the keys to its own fate. The march to the title game starts with a win San Diego State 2 1 5 1 on Friday against West division rival UNLV. Hawai’i 1 1 4 2 Nevada 1 1 4 2 San Jose State 1 2 3 3 Vegas Connections Fresno State 0 1 2 3 → Fresno State running backs coach and special team coordinator, Jamie Christian, spent the UNLV 0 2 2 4 2015 and ‘16 seasons at UNLV as its RB coach. Christian was a fullback at Fresno State from 1991-93. Mountain West Records → Fresno State defensive backs coach, J.D. Williams, spent the 2015 and ‘16 seasons at UNLV (Since Fresno State Joined MW in 2012) in the same capacity. Williams was a player at Fresno State from 1986-89. → Fresno State defensive graduate assistant, Matt Lea, played at UNLV in 2016. He started MW Overall W L W L eight games and played in all 12 as a senior. Lea is a 2012 graduate of Central HS in Fresno. Boise State 47 11 76 22 → Fresno State DT Leevel Tatum III, sat out the 2017 season after transferring from UNLV’s San Diego State 44 15 68 31 roster in 2016 - he is a Fresno native that played high school football at Edison. Colorado State 32 27 47 47 Fresno State 35 22 54 43 → Fresno State TE David Tate, Jr., sat out the 2018 season after transferring from UNLV’s Utah State* 32 18 47 35 roster in 2017 - he, alike Tatum, is a Fresno native that played high school football at Edison. Air Force 31 28 51 44 → UNLV has one player that calls Fresno home, junior RB Charles Williams (Bullard HS). Nevada 27 31 45 49 → Second-year UNLV OLB coach Eric Brown played at FS in 2007 and was on the Bulldogs Wyoming 25 32 40 51 UNLV 20 40 29 63 coaching staff as a student assistant (2008-10) and then as a GA (2011-12). New Mexico 17 40 35 56 → Second-year UNLV DC Tim Skipper played linebacker for the Bulldogs from 1997-2000 San Jose State* 17 33 25 52 and spent six seasons on the Bulldogs coaching staff from 2006-11. Hawai’i 15 43 32 63
* denotes team joined MW in 2013 The one conference game blemish - UNLV Since Jeff Tedford took over as the head coach at Fresno State, the Bulldogs are 12-2 at home. The second loss came earlier this season, a double-overtime loss on Sept. 14 to Minnesota Mountain West Records - out of the Big Ten. Before that, the only other loss was suffered against UNLV on Oct. 28, Home Games only (Since Fresno State Joined MW in 2012) 2017 - the last time UNLV visited Fresno.
Overall Hey, it’s a school day W L The last time Fresno State did not host a football game on a Boise State 41 5 4-straight losses on short weeks Saturday was in 2016 - prior to Jeff Tedford’s arrival. In 2016, 2015 Result H/A San Diego State 38 14 UNLV (Fri.) W, 31-28 H Utah State* 29 9 Fresno State held two Friday games at Bulldog Stadium - San Nevada (Thu.) L, 30-16 H Air Force 34 12 Diego State (Oct. 14) and Air Force (Oct. 28). Last season, Fresno 2016 Result H/A Fresno State 31 13 SDSU (Fri.) L, 17-3 H Colorado State 27 17 State traveled for a Friday game at Boise State on Nov. 9, 2018, and Air Force (Fri.) L, 31-21 H 2017 Result H/A Wyoming 27 20 did not have any games away from Saturdays in 2017. none -- - Nevada 27 19 2018 record H/A Hawai’i 24 24 Boise State (Fri.) L, 24-17 A New Mexico 21 26 → The Bulldogs last win at home in a weekday game was against San Jose State* 16 20 UNLV on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. UNLV 19 28
* denotes team joined MW in 2013 Bad Omen? Fresno State has appeared in the Mountain West Championship game a West Division best four times (2013, 2014, 2017, 2018) ... each of those seasons the Bulldogs started conference play 1-0. The Bulldogs finished conference play 5-3 in 2014 and won the West title. The ‘Dogs won the title finishing with a 7-1 conference record in 2013, 2017 and 2018.
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Scouting the UNLV Rebels FRESNO STATE UNDER UNLV is coming off of its first-ever road win over a SEC 2019 UNLV Results (2-4, 0-2 MW) JEFF TEDFORD opponent as it defeated Vanderbilt, 34-10, on Saturday. Aug. 31: W, 56-23 vs. Southern Utah This win snapped the Rebels’ four-game losing streak and Sept. 7: L, 43-17 vs. Arkansas State Category...... 2019.... at FS was their first over a Power Five opponent since 2008. Sept. 14: L, 30-14 at Northwestern Record...... 2-3...... 24-9 Sept. 28: L, 53-17 at Wyoming MW...... 0-1...... 14-3 Oct. 5: L, 38-13 vs. Boise State Non-Conference...... 2-2...... 7-5 The Rebels are 2-4 (0-2 MW) in 2019. UNLV opened its Oct. 12: W, 34-10 at Vanderbilt MW Championships...... 0-0...... 1-1 Bowl games...... 0-0...... 2-0 season with a 56-23 win against Southern Utah. Its four Home...... 1-1...... 12-2 losses have been to Arkansas State (43-17), Northwestern (30-14), Wyoming (53-17) and Boise Away...... 1-2...... 10-7 State (38-13). The matchup with Vanderbilt is the first road win for UNLV out of its three Neutral...... 0-0...... 2-0 Day...... 0-1...... 8-3 this season. Night (6 p.m. or later)...... 2-2...... 16-6
ABC...... 0-0...... 1-0 The Rebels have been outscored 197-151 this season. UNLV hasn’t found a way to score more AT&T SportsNet/ROOT Sports...... 0-0...... 3-1 than 17 points in its road losses this season. It is averaging 25.2 points per game this year. CBS Sports Network...... 0-2...... 4-2 ESPN...... 0-1...... 2-2 ESPN2...... 0-0...... 2-2 The Rebel offense has threats in the passing and running games. Junior running back Charles ESPN3/WatchESPN...... 0-0...... 1-0 ESPNU...... 0-0...... 5-0 Williams leads the way for UNLV with 598 rushing yards this season. Williams, a Fresno native FS1...... 0-0...... 1-1 and graduate of Bullard High School, will return to Fresno with a team-high seven rushing KSEE-24...... 0-0...... 1-0 touchdowns in 2019. Williams has had the most touches for the Rebels this season with 90. Pac-12 Network...... 0-0...... 0-1 Scoring First...... 2-1...... 20-2 Opponent Scores First...... 0-2...... 4-7 UNLV has a pair of quarterbacks that have been utilized this season, redshirt freshman Leading at Half...... 2-1...... 22-3 Kenyon Oblad and junior Armani Rogers. Oblad picked up his second career-start for the Trailing at Half...... 0-2...... 1-5 Rebels at Vanderbilt last week and went 11-of-16 for 172 yards and two touchdowns in SEC Tied at the Half...... 0-0...... 1-1 Leading after Third...... 2-0...... 22-2 territory. The redshirt freshman has a 52.6 completion percentage this season. Rogers’ abilities Trailing after Third...... 0-3...... 0-6 highlight more on his run game as he is second on the team with 204 rushing yards and two Tied after Third...... 0-0...... 2-1 Overtime Games...... 0-1...... 1-1 touchdowns this season. Scoring less than 20 pts...... 0-0...... 2-6 Scoring 20-29 pts...... 0-2...... 7-2 Defensively, the Rebels are led by senior strong safety Evan Austrie. Austrie has accumulated Scoring 30+ pts...... 2-1...... 15-1 Allowing less than 20 pts...... 1-0...... 17-1 46 tackles, 3.5 TFLs, two broken up passes and a sack this season. Austrie picked up six tackles Allowing 20-29 pts...... 1-0...... 7-3 and broke up a pass at Vanderbilt. The senior is in his first injury-free season with the Rebels Allowing 30+ pts...... 0-3...... 0-5 and is beginning to approach his single-season career high in tackles (66 in 2018) through just Rushing for less than 100 yds...... 0-2...... 2-4 six games this season. Rushing for 100-199 yds...... 1-0...... 16-4 Rushing for 200+ yds...... 1-1...... 6-1 Passing for less than 200 yds...... 1-0...... 7-3 Series history with the Rebels Passing for 200-299 yds...... 0-3...... 9-6 Friday’s game will be the 22nd meeting all-time between the Bulldogs and Rebels. Fresno State Passing for 300+ yds...... 1-0...... 8-0 leads the series with UNLV, 14-7. The matchup dates back to 1979, and has been a WAC, Big Totaling less than 300 yds...... 0-1...... 2-4 300-399 yds. of total offense...... 1-1...... 7-4 West and Mountain West battle for decades. 400+ yds of total offense...... 1-1...... 15-1
Allowing less than 100 yds. rushing....1-0...... 8-1 The first meeting, in 1979 at Ratcliff Stadium (Fresno), was a 31-28 loss. Fresno State lost four Allowing 100-199 yds. rushing...... 1-2...... 15-6 of its first six all-time contests, but have won 12 of its last 15 games versus the Rebels. The Allowing 200+ yds. rushing...... 0-1...... 1-2 Allowing less than 200 yds. passing....0-1...... 11-4 teams met 10 straight times in the Big West from 1982-1991 and again in 1996-97 in the WAC. Allowing 200-299 yds. passing...... 2-2...... 12-4 Allowing 300+ yds. passing...... 0-0...... 1-1
UNLV, one of the founding members of the Mountain West’s inaugural 1999 season, left the Allowing less than 300 yds. total off....1-0...... 10-0 WAC, a conference affiliation they shared with the Bulldogs for just two seasons (1996-97). Allowing 300-399 yds. total off...... 1-1...... 13-4 Allowing 400+ yds. total off...... 0-2...... 1-5 There was a gap from that 1997 season until 2013 when the two became conference foes again in the MW (the two schools were not scheduled for competition in the Bulldogs’ inaugural Having 100-yd. rusher...... 1-0...... 5-0 Opp. have 100-yd. rusher...... 0-2...... 4-4 2012 MW season). No turnovers...... 0-0...... 10-1 1-2 turnovers...... 2-3...... 12-8 The teams last met in 2018 and the Bulldogs won big Fresno State vs. UNLV MW Meetings 3 or more turnovers...... 0-0...... 2-0 on the road with a 48-3 victory for Coach Tedford’s Meeting W/L Score Site No takeaways...... 0-1...... 3-3 Nov. 3, 2018 W 48-3 Vegas 1-2 takeaways...... 1-1...... 15-5 100th career win as a head coach. It was just the third Oct. 28, 2017 L 26-16 Fresno 3 or more takeaways...... 1-1...... 6-1 Oct. 1, 2016 L 45-20 Vegas time Fresno State traveled to face the Rebels since Oct. 16, 2015 W 31-28 Fresno Oct. 10, 2014 L 30-27OT Vegas 30:00+ min. of possession...... 2-1...... 17-2 1996, but was the first win in Sin City since 1996. Oct. 19, 2013 W 38-14 Fresno Under 30:00 min. of possession...... 0-2...... 7-7 Winning the coin toss...... 0-2...... 10-4 Losing the coin toss...... 2-1...... 14-5
Receiving opening kickoff...... 1-1...... 9-4 Kicking off to start the game...... 1-2...... 15-5
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FS GAME-BY-GAME Revisiting the last two Fresno State-UNLV matchups 2019 OFFENSE GAME-BY-GAME 2018 - at UNLV RUSHING The then No. 20/23 ranked Bulldogs earned their seventh consecutive win with a 48-3 win Game Att. Yds. TD Long over UNLV at Sam Boyd Stadium on Nov. 3. The Bulldogs totaled 466 yards of offense, @USC 40 206 0 27 Minn 27 57 1 19 passing for 274 yards and rushing for 192, while holding UNLV to one field goal. The Rebels Sac St. 41 159 3 22 @NMSU 38 239 2 79 managed to post 302 yards offense but could not cross the goal line. @AF 15 59 1 26 UNLV - - - - CSU - - - - It was a team effort against UNLV as Fresno State’s six touchdowns were scored by six @UH - - - - different Bulldogs, four rushing and two passing. Senior quarterback Marcus McMaryion USU - - - - @SDSU - - - - threw for 274 yards on 26-of-35 passing. Defensively, the Bulldogs were led by Juju Hughes NEV - - - - @SJSU - - - - who finished with a team-high 11 tackles.
PASSING Game Passes Yds. TD Long 2017 - at Bulldog Stadium @USC 39 256 2 52 The lone Mountain West regular season loss the Bulldogs suffered in 2017 came against Minn 35 288 3 25 UNLV as the ‘Dogs lost 26-16 at Bulldog Stadium. The 2017 loss to UNLV was the first Sac St. 26 312 2 46 @NMSU 31 147 0 17 home loss to the Rebels since 1983. Then-sophomore wide receiver Derrion Grim led the @AF 27 209 2 39 Bulldogs that night with four receptions for 68 yards. UNLV - - - - CSU - - - - @UH - - - - With the score tied 16-16 with 1:56 left in the third quarter, the ‘Dogs forced the Rebels to USU - - - - punt for the first time in the game, but a costly mishandled punt by KeeSean Johnson set the @SDSU - - - - NEV - - - - Rebels up on a short field, needing 23 yards for a score. It took them four plays to capitalize, @SJSU - - - - a 2-yard rushing touchdown by Lexington Thomas that gave UNLV a 23-16 lead. The ‘Dogs 2019 DEFENSE GAME-BY-GAME started their next drive at their own 15, with 10:12 left in the game and down seven. The Bulldogs were able to move the ball 40 yards until being stalled with a 4th-and-2 at the UNLV RUSHING DEFENSE Game Att. Yds. TD Long 45-yard line. Fresno State took a timeout and elected to punt coming out of it, the snap sailed @USC 36 175 2 28 over punter Blake Cusick’s head for a loss of 36 yards. The ball was recovered by Cusick at Minn 52 146 3 14 Sac St. 17 12 0 7 the Fresno State 19-yard line and the ball turned over to the Rebels. The Bulldog defense @NMSU 22 105 1 23 held UNLV to negative six yards, but a 25-yard field goal by Daniel Gutierrez put the visitors @AF 69 340 4 20 UNLV - - - - ahead 26-16 to help seal the win. CSU - - - - @UH - - - - USU - - - - Had a rhythm, lost the rhythm @SDSU - - - - Against Air Force last Saturday, quarterback Jorge Reyna started the game connecting on NEV - - - - @SJSU - - - - his first 13 attempts and finished the first half 17-of-18 for 190 yards and two touchdowns. In the second half, he was 3-of-9 for 19 yards and one interception. The Falcons’ dominant PASSING DEFENSE Game Passes Yds. TD Long triple-option rush attack led to the home team limiting the Bulldogs to owning possession of @USC 42 272 1 41 Minn 23 234 2 34 the ball for just five minutes, and 35 seconds in the second half. Able to have just four drives, Sac St. 22 233 3 47 Fresno State picked up one first down in the second half when they had the ball. @NMSU 47 210 1 21 @AF 3 81 1 53 UNLV - - - - Limiting turnovers CSU - - - - @UH - - - - Jorge Reyna had 95 straight attempts in between interceptions until surrendering one against USU - - - - Air Force. With 173 attempts this season, Reyna has thrown four interceptions. He had a run @SDSU - - - - NEV - - - - from the final play of the game in double-overtime against Minnesota (Sept. 14) until the @SJSU - - - - fourth quarter against Air Force (Oct. 12). SACKS/TFLS Game Sacks Yds. TFL Yds. @USC 1.0 14 3.0 20 Roommates Minn 4.0 22 8.0 28 Fresno State’s 2017 and 2018 starting quarterback, Marcus McMaryion, continues to be a Sac St. 3.0 16 7.0 29 @NMSU 1.0 7 8.0 19 leader for the Bulldogs as he was not only close with Jorge Reyna in the quarterback room @AF 0.0 0 3.0 5 over those seasons, but now as a mentor, slash, roommate as the two live together in Fresno. UNLV - - - - CSU - - - - @UH - - - - USU - - - - Comparison of first five games: @SDSU - - - - 2018 - McMaryion: 108-of-150 | 1,291 yards | 9 TDs | 2 Ints NEV - - - - @SJSU - - - - 2019 - Reyna: 111-of-173 | 1,226 yards | 9 TDs | 4 Ints
→ McMaryion was named on Oct. 8, 2019 as a part of group 2 for the XFL Draft.
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GAME-BY-GAME FIRST DOWNS Emoryie emerging Opponent (by quarter) total Redshirt freshman wide receiver Emoryie Edwards, who debuted as a Bulldog on Sept. 28 at at USC...... (3-4-8-7)...... 22 Minnesota...... (4-6-7-2-2)...... 21 New Mexico State, and played his second game last time out versus Air Force, has led Fresno Sacramento St...... (9-7-6-8)...... 30 at New Mexico St...... (6-5-4-3)...... 18 State in receiving both times. It’s been a long road for Edwards, plagued by injuries since at Air Force...... (7-4-1-0)...... 12 becoming a Bulldog has shown why he was a much heralded recruit from Tulare Union HS as UNLV...... (-)...... - Colorado St...... (-)...... - the California Central Section record holder for career receiving yards (4,267 yards) - holding at Hawai’i...... (-)...... - Utah State...... (-)...... - offers from Air Force, BYU, Duke, Oregon State and Washington State. After watching the at San Diego St...... (-)...... - Nevada...... (-)...... - first 17 games from the sidelines, Edwards led the team in receptions (8) and receiving yards at San Jose St...... (-)...... - (70) at New Mexico State. At Air Force, he surpassed that yardage total in the first quarter GAME-BY-GAME with 73 yards on four receptions - one his first career touchdown. That would be all the stats YARDAGE GAINED BY QTR Opponent 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT he’d record, but it was again a team-lead in yards, and he shared the team-lead in catches (4) at USC 93 71 165 133 - with Zane Pope. The Valley product will get to play in front of the home crowd for the first Minnesota 63 97 120 45 20 Sacramento St. 136 151 65 119 - time on Friday. at New Mexico St. 95 137 87 67 - at Air Force 160 83 22 3 - UNLV - - - - - Looking for continuity Colorado St. - - - - - at Hawai’i - - - - - It’s been a tough start for the Bulldogs’ offensive line that’s been notoriously stout under Utah State - - - - - at San Diego St. - - - - - third year assistant coach Ryan Grubb. Under Grubb in 2017 and 2018, the offensive line Nevada - - - - - finished in the top 10 in both sacks allowed and TFLs allowed. One trait those lines had at San Jose St. - - - - - though was continuity. In 2017 all five starting linemen started all 14 games, and in 2018 the GAME-BY-GAME CUMULATIVE YARDAGE GAINED BY QTR Bulldogs were not as fortunate, but used five different combinations in 14 games. Opponent 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT at USC 93 164 329 462 - Minnesota 63 160 280 325 345 In 2019, the Bulldogs have had four different combinations through the first five games. Sacramento St. 136 287 352 471 - at New Mexico St. 95 232 319 386 - Fresno State lost Dontae Bull to injury in game three, and in game four and five lost Netane at Air Force 160 243 265 268 - UNLV - - - - - Muti to injury. Senior Nick Aibuedefe filled in at left tackle in Bull’s absence in game three, Colorado St. - - - - - and filled in at left guard in Netane Muti’s absence in game four. True freshman Bula Schmidt at Hawai’i - - - - - Utah State - - - - - started in place of Muti in game five. at San Diego St. - - - - - Nevada - - - - - → Muti and Schmidt, two of the team’s three players from Hawai’i, share the hometown of at San Jose St. - - - - -
Wahiawa. OPPONENTS GAME-BY-GAME FIRST DOWNS Opponent (by quarter) total at USC...... (10-8-4-3)...... 25 Season starts by position - Offensive Line (active players) Minnesota...... (7-4-5-6-2)...... 24 2019 2018 2017 2016 Sacramento St...... (4-5-1-4)...... 14 Left Tackle Dontae Bull (4) Netane Muti (2) -- -- at New Mexico St...... (3-4-7-3)...... 17 Nick Aibuedefe (1) at Air Force...... (4-9-8-7)...... 28 Left Guard Netane Muti (3) -- Netane Muti (14) -- UNLV...... (-)...... - Nick Aibuedefe (1) Nick Abbs (3) -- -- Colorado St...... (-)...... - Bula Schmidt (1) Nick Abbs (3) -- -- at Hawai’i...... (-)...... - Center Matt Smith (5) ------Utah State...... (-)...... ------at San Diego St...... (-)...... - Right Guard Quiero Woodley (5) ------Nevada...... (-)...... - Right Tackle Syrus Tuitlele (5) Syrus Tuitlele (11) -- -- at San Jose St...... (-)...... - Dontae Bull (1) -- -- Quiero Woodley (1) -- -- OPPONENTS GAME-BY-GAME YARDAGE GAINED BY QTR Opponent 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT at USC 163 145 99 40 - Minnesota 124 50 85 102 19 This guy can do it all Sacramento St. 94 71 8 72 - at New Mexico St. 69 84 103 59 - Josh Hokit opted out of a scholarship to wrestle at Drexel and walked on to the Fresno State at Air Force 100 123 112 86 - football team as a linebacker at his first fall camp as a freshman in 2016. He ended up playing UNLV - - - - - Colorado St. - - - - - as a true freshman at linebacker as well as at fullback, running back and on special teams. at Hawai’i - - - - - Utah State - - - - - His role as a running back went full-time after a Nov. 19, 2016 game against Hawai’i where at San Diego St. - - - - - he exploded for 97 yards on 18 carries. A week later he got his first start at running back. Nevada - - - - - at San Jose St. - - - - - Fast forward to 2019 spring football, and Hokit returned back to linebacker midway through OPPONENTS GAME-BY-GAME the team’s 15 practices, because he missed the first half due to being at the NCAA wrestling CUMULATIVE YARDAGE GAINED BY QTR Opponent 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT national championships, earning all-american status by placing fifth in the 197 lb. division. at USC 163 308 407 447 - He repped at linebacker for the remainder of spring football and the first 13 practices of fall Minnesota 124 174 259 361 380 Sacramento St. 94 165 173 245 - camp in 2019 before a rash of injuries ultimately turned the team-first player back to running at New Mexico St. 69 153 256 315 - at Air Force 100 223 335 421 - back overnight for practice No. 14. UNLV - - - - - Colorado St. - - - - - at Hawai’i - - - - - Unsung hero of the offense Utah State - - - - - at San Diego St. - - - - - While everyone knows six points is better than three points, when called upon place kicker Nevada - - - - - Cesar Silva has been a crucial piece of the Bulldogs’ offense. Silva is 9-of-13 on field goals at San Jose St. - - - - - and 15-of-15 on PATs. He’s accounted for 42 of the Bulldogs’ 146 points this season and ranks second in the Mountain West in points per game (kickers only) with 8.4 ppg. Silva’s average of 1.80 field goals per game ranks tied for 16th in the FBS. All this, despite going 0-of-3 in one contest on Sept. 21 versus Sacramento State. 2019 FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL | 7 2019 Fresno State Football
FRESNO STATE MW RANKINGS The art of forced fumbles 3rd Down Conversion Pct (12 ranked)...... 6 Through five games this season the Bulldogs have forced seven fumbles, recovering six of 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (12 ranked)...... 9 those which ranks tied for 11th nationally. Surprisingly, all six recoveries have come from a 4th Down Conversion Pct (12 ranked)...... 1 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (12 ranked)...... 9 different Bulldog. Completion Percentage (12 ranked)...... 4 Fewest Penalties (12 ranked)...... 3 Fewest Penalties Per Game (12 ranked)...... 3 → Fresno State ranks eighth in the FBS in fumble recoveries per game, averaging 1.2. Fewest Penalty Yards (12 ranked)...... 2 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (12 ranked)...... 3 First Downs Defense (12 ranked)...... 4 → Fresno State is already more than halfway to double figure fumble recoveries with at least First Downs Offense (12 ranked)...... 11 seven games remaining in the season, a mark that only five Bulldog teams have achieved since Fumbles Lost (12 ranked)...... 6 Fumbles Recovered (12 ranked)...... 1 2010. Kickoff Return Defense (12 ranked)...... 10 Kickoff Returns (12 ranked)...... 9 Net Punting (12 ranked)...... 3 → The six recoveries have surpassed the season totals from 2010, 2011 and 2016 and is one Passes Had Intercepted (12 ranked)...... 6 shy of 2018. Passes Intercepted (12 ranked)...... 5 Passing Offense (12 ranked)...... 6 Passing Yards Allowed (12 ranked)...... 4 Forcing turnovers under Tedford Passing Yards per Completion (12 ranked)...... 19 Punt Return Defense (12 ranked)...... 1 With 11 turnovers through their first five games, the Bulldogs were unable to gain one last Punt Returns (12 ranked)...... 4 time out at Air Force. Still, Fresno State ranks tied for 33rd in the FBS in turnovers gained. Red Zone Defense (12 ranked)...... 6 Red Zone Offense (12 ranked)...... 10 Rushing Defense (12 ranked)...... 8 → With 11 turnovers through five games, the Bulldogs rank 11th in the FBS in turnovers Rushing Offense (12 ranked)...... 8 Sacks Allowed (12 ranked)...... 10 gained per game with 2.2. Scoring Defense (12 ranked)...... 6 Scoring Offense (12 ranked)...... 8 Tackles for Loss Allowed (12 ranked)...... 6 → Until last weekend, Fresno State had not gone a game without gaining a turnover since Team Passing Efficiency (12 ranked)...... 6 Nov. 17, 2018 versus San Diego State. Team Passing Efficiency Defense (12 ranked)...... 7 Team Sacks (12 ranked)...... 7 Team Tackles for Loss (12 ranked)...... 6 Losing the turnover battle Time of Possession (12 ranked)...... 8 For the first time since Sept. 8, 2018 at Total Defense (12 ranked)...... 4 Bulldogs When Losing Turnover Battle Total Offense (12 ranked)...... 8 Minnesota, Fresno State dropped a game G/L W/L Turnover Margin (12 ranked)...... 4 when losing the turnover battle after Air Force 9/9/17 at Alabama 0/1 Loss Turnovers Gained (12 ranked)...... 4 10/28/17 UNLV 0/1 Loss Turnovers Lost (12 ranked)...... 5 outgained the Bulldogs 1-0 in takeaways last 12/2/17 at Boise State 0/1 Loss Saturday night. The ‘Dogs had previously won UNLV MW RANKINGS 9/8/18 at Minnesota 1/2 Loss their last four games when losing the battle. 11/24/18 San Jose State 1/2 Win 3rd Down Conversion Pct (12 ranked)...... 12 12/1/18 at Boise State 1/2 Win 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (12 ranked)...... 6 → Fresno State is 4-5 when losing the turnover 12/15/18 Arizona State 2/3 Win 4th Down Conversion Pct (12 ranked)...... 10 9/21/19 Sacramento State 1/2 Win 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (12 ranked)...... 2 battle under Jeff Tedford. Completion Percentage (12 ranked)...... 9 10/12/19 at Air Force 0/1 Loss Fewest Penalties (12 ranked)...... 2 Fewest Penalties Per Game (12 ranked)...... 2 → Four of the Bulldogs’ five losses when losing the turnover battle have come when Fresno Fewest Penalty Yards (12 ranked)...... 3 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (12 ranked)...... 2 State has failed to gain a takeaway. First Downs Defense (12 ranked)...... 6 First Downs Offense (12 ranked)...... 7 Fumbles Lost (12 ranked)...... 4 Racking up tackles Fumbles Recovered (12 ranked)...... 11 For the first time since last facing Air Force on Oct. 28, 2016, Fresno State had four players Kickoff Return Defense (12 ranked)...... 2 Kickoff Returns (12 ranked)...... 11 on Saturday record at least 10 tackles. Justin Rice and Wylan Free each totaled a career-best Net Punting (12 ranked)...... 11 13 tackles while Mykal Walker added 11 and Juju Hughes had 10. Arron Mosby just missed Passes Had Intercepted (12 ranked)...... 7 Passes Intercepted (12 ranked)...... 11 double figures with nine. Passing Offense (12 ranked)...... 10 Passing Yards Allowed (12 ranked)...... 6 Passing Yards per Completion (12 ranked)...... 8 → Fresno State was credited with 93 tackles against the Falcons. Punt Return Defense (12 ranked)...... 12 Punt Returns (12 ranked)...... 11 2 Red Zone Defense (12 ranked)...... 11 Alex Red Zone Offense (12 ranked)...... 5 Against Air Force, defensive ends Alex Dumais and Alex Cruz each posted seven tackles, a Rushing Defense (12 ranked)...... 10 Rushing Offense (12 ranked)...... 4 career high for both. Two of Dumais’ tackles also went for loss, a career-best for the redshirt Sacks Allowed (12 ranked)...... 12 freshman who was starting for the first time. Scoring Defense (12 ranked)...... 9 Scoring Offense (12 ranked)...... 10 Tackles for Loss Allowed (12 ranked)...... 10 It’s been awhile Team Passing Efficiency (12 ranked)...... 10 Team Passing Efficiency Defense (12 ranked)...... 6 When the clock struck zeros at Falcon Stadium, Air Force had totaled 340 yards rushing on 69 Team Sacks (12 ranked)...... 11 carries. It was the first time since facing Alabama on Sept. 9, 2017 that the Bulldogs had given Team Tackles for Loss (12 ranked)...... 8 Time of Possession (12 ranked)...... 6 up more than 300 yards rushing in a game as the Tide totaled 305 on 39 attempts. Coincidently, Total Defense (12 ranked)...... 10 Alabama also scored more than 40 points in that contest. Total Offense (12 ranked)...... 9 Turnover Margin (12 ranked)...... 9 Turnovers Gained (12 ranked)...... 12 → Air Force’s 69 carries were the most against a Bulldog team since the Falcons and ‘Dogs last Turnovers Lost (12 ranked)...... 6 squared off on Oct. 28, 2016 when Air Force rushed 73 times.
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Settling in FRESNO STATE FBS RANKINGS Through five games, Fresno State’s Mykal Walker has settled into his spot in the middle 3rd Down Conversion Pct (130 ranked)...... 75 of the defense after moving from end during the offseason. The 6-foot-3 linebacker leads 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (130 ranked)...... 83 4th Down Conversion Pct (130 ranked)...... 1 the Bulldogs and sits fourth in the Mountain West and 23rd in the FBS in tackles per game 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (130 ranked)...... 113 averaging 9.8. Walker opened the season with a career-high 15 stops at USC. Completion Percentage (130 ranked)...... 41 Fewest Penalties (130 ranked)...... 12 Fewest Penalties Per Game (130 ranked)...... 33 → Walker’s 49 tackles is second on the team and his two quarterback hurries is tied for the Fewest Penalty Yards (130 ranked)...... 5 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (130 ranked)...... 10 team lead. First Downs Defense (130 ranked)...... 30 First Downs Offense (130 ranked)...... 116 Fumbles Lost (130 ranked)...... 82 → Mykal is following in the footsteps of his late father Michael Walker who similarly played Fumbles Recovered (121 ranked)...... 11 at Fresno State in 1985-86 after redshirting as a Bulldog in 1984. His father transferred to Kickoff Return Defense (130 ranked)...... 116 Kickoff Returns (130 ranked)...... 92 Fresno State from College of Marin and tallied 65 tackles and 6.5 sacks at Fresno State under Net Punting (130 ranked)...... 31 Jim Sweeney. Passes Had Intercepted (130 ranked)...... 39 Passes Intercepted (127 ranked)...... 50 Passing Offense (130 ranked)...... 65 Dual threat Passing Yards Allowed (130 ranked)...... 50 Passing Yards per Completion (130 ranked)...... 104 After being one of the Bulldog’s top receiving threats through the first three games of the Punt Return Defense (130 ranked)...... 6 season, Chris Coleman made the switch to the defensive side of the ball in Week 5 after a Punt Returns (130 ranked)...... 78 Red Zone Defense (128 ranked)...... 63 rash of injuries hit Fresno State’s secondary. After a meeting with Coach Tedford the Monday Red Zone Offense (130 ranked)...... 118 following the Sacramento State game and talking about the move, Coleman prepared the Rushing Defense (130 ranked)...... 64 Rushing Offense (130 ranked)...... 91 next four days and made the start at cornerback against New Mexico State where he played Sacks Allowed (130 ranked)...... 87 the majority of the team’s defensive snaps, making three tackles and breaking up a pass. For Scoring Defense (130 ranked)...... 87 Scoring Offense (130 ranked)...... 70 the second-straight game, Coleman got the start at cornerback at Air Force. He’s started Tackles for Loss Allowed (130 ranked)...... 36 three games in 2019, twice at corner and once at wide receiver. Team Passing Efficiency (130 ranked)...... 71 Team Passing Efficiency Defense (130 ranked)...... 63 Team Sacks (129 ranked)...... 90 Second line of defense Team Tackles for Loss (129 ranked)...... 82 Time of Possession (130 ranked)...... 57 With a new set of starting linebackers this season, Fresno State’s newest trio has continued Total Defense (130 ranked)...... 49 where last year’s veterans left off when it came to backing up the front line. In 14 games Total Offense (130 ranked)...... 88 Turnover Margin (130 ranked)...... 41 in 2018, the Bulldogs’ starting linebackers posted a combined 25 or more tackles six times. Turnovers Gained (130 ranked)...... 33 Comparatively, this year’s trio of Mykal Walker, Justin Rice and Arron Mosby have performed Turnovers Lost (129 ranked)...... 65 that feat four times through five games with a season-high of 33 tackles coming last time out at Air Force. The trio also posted 30 in the season opener at USC. UNLV FBS RANKINGS 3rd Down Conversion Pct (130 ranked)...... 123 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense (130 ranked)...... 61 A defensive wrecking ball 4th Down Conversion Pct (130 ranked)...... 95 No longer in the shadow of his older brother, Justin Rice has been a disruptive force for the 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense (130 ranked)...... 9 Completion Percentage (130 ranked)...... 120 Bulldogs’ defense through five games, causing four total turnovers while also defending 1.8 Fewest Penalties (130 ranked)...... 5 passes per game. Fewest Penalties Per Game (130 ranked)...... 5 Fewest Penalty Yards (130 ranked)...... 12 Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game (130 ranked)...... 8 → Rice is the only player in the FBS to rank in the top 10 in both forced fumbles (third, 0.6) First Downs Defense (130 ranked)...... 55 First Downs Offense (130 ranked)...... 85 and passes defended per game (sixth, 1.8). Fumbles Lost (130 ranked)...... 50 Fumbles Recovered (121 ranked)...... 75 Kickoff Return Defense (130 ranked)...... 48 → Rice is one of five players in the FBS to have at least one interception and forced three Kickoff Returns (130 ranked)...... 121 fumbles. Net Punting (130 ranked)...... 113 Passes Had Intercepted (130 ranked)...... 89 Passes Intercepted (127 ranked)...... 109 → Rice is one of 14 players in the FBS to have forced at least three fumbles. He is forcing Passing Offense (130 ranked)...... 108 Passing Yards Allowed (130 ranked)...... 66 0.6 fumbles per game which is tied for the third-highest frequency in the FBS. Passing Yards per Completion (130 ranked)...... 103 Punt Return Defense (130 ranked)...... 102 Punt Returns (130 ranked)...... 125 → Rice is one of seven players in the FBS averaging at least 1.8 passes defended per game. Red Zone Defense (128 ranked)...... 115 He is averaging 0.6 defended passes per game above the next closest linebacker which ranks Red Zone Offense (130 ranked)...... 64 Rushing Defense (130 ranked)...... 113 37th. Rushing Offense (130 ranked)...... 51 Sacks Allowed (130 ranked)...... 108 Scoring Defense (130 ranked)...... 108 → With a career-high 13 tackles at Air Force, Rice has recorded at least 10 tackles in four of Scoring Offense (130 ranked)...... 93 his first five games. The last Bulldog to post at least 10 stops four times in a five-game span Tackles for Loss Allowed (130 ranked)...... 105 Team Passing Efficiency (130 ranked)...... 118 was Stratton Brown in 2016. The safety recorded five double-digit tackle games during the Team Passing Efficiency Defense (130 ranked)...... 56 final six games of the 2016 season. Team Sacks (129 ranked)...... 115 Team Tackles for Loss (129 ranked)...... 101 Time of Possession (130 ranked)...... 35 → Rice currently leads the team with 50 tackles and his 10.0 tackles per game ranks third in Total Defense (130 ranked)...... 98 Total Offense (130 ranked)...... 95 the MW and 16th in the FBS. Turnover Margin (130 ranked)...... 116 Turnovers Gained (130 ranked)...... 112 Turnovers Lost (129 ranked)...... 79
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No time better than now AP TOP 25 (WEEK 8) → The list of first time players continues to grow each game for the Bulldogs as two more 1. Alabama (30)...... 6-0 players got to see action for the first time for Fresno State last time out. There have been 25 2. LSU (12)...... 6-0 3. Clemson (11)...... 6-0 players during the 2019 season to suit up for the Bulldogs for the first time. 4. Ohio State (9)...... 6-0 5. Oklahoma...... 6-0 6. Wisconsin...... 6-0 → OL Bula Schmidt and DE Alex Dumais picked up their first career starts, respectively, as 7. Penn State...... 6-0 8. Notre Dame...... 5-1 Bulldogs at Air Force. There have been 19 players this season to get thier first career starts at 9. Florida...... 6-1 10. Georgia...... 5-1 Fresno State in 2019. 11. Auburn...... 5-1 12. Oregon...... 5-1 13. Utah...... 5-1 → Five true freshman have made starts for Fresno State in 2019; Only Alabama (7), UMass (7) 14. Boise State...... 6-0 15. Texas...... 4-2 and Stanford (6) have started more true freshman this season. 16. Michigan...... 5-1 17. Arizona State...... 5-1 18. Baylor...... 6-0 → In 2018, the Bulldogs played one true freshman more than the four games allotted to hold 19. SMU...... 6-0 20. Minnesota...... 6-0 on to a redshirt season - now sophomore Isaiah Johnson. 21. Cincinnati...... 5-1 22. Missouri...... 5-1 23. Iowa...... 4-2 FIRST CAREER GAMES Game 4 additions 24. Appalachian State...... 5-0 Game 2 additions 25. Washington...... 5-2 1. LB Bailey, Levelle (Fr.) 18. OL Alex Akingbulu (Jr.) 10. LB Levelle Bailey (Fr.) 2. WR Cropper, Jalen (Fr.) 19. TE Ricardo Arias (RFr.) 11. WR Chris Coleman (So.) Others receiving votes: Tulane 55, Iowa State 36, Temple 31, Wake Forest 3. DE Cruz, Alex (So.) 20. WR Emoryie Edwards (RFr.) 25, California 20, Virginia 8, Memphis 6, USC 4, South Carolina 4, Texas 12. WR Zane Pope (So.) A&M 3, UCF 3, San Diego State 2, Louisiana Tech 1 4. LB Fields, Rian (RFr.) 21. DB Deven Jarvis (Fr.) Game 3 additions 5. WR Glaspie, Jamal (Fr.) 22. LB Malachi Langley (Fr.) 13. DB Deshawn Ruffin (Fr.) 6. TE Pauwels Jr., Raymond (Jr.) 23. DL Leonard Payne (RFr.) 14. TE Cam Sutton (Sr.) USA TODAY COACHES POLL (WEEK 8) 7. LB Rice, Tanner (Jr.) Game 5 additions 15. OL Nick Aibuedefe (Sr.) 8. TE Rodriguez, Juan (Jr.) 24. OL Bula Schmidt (Fr.) 1. Alabama (44)...... 6-0 16. DE Alex Cruz (So.) 2. Clemson (14)...... 6-0 9. DB Ruffin, Deshawn (Fr.) 25. DL Nikki Thomas (Jr.) Game 4 additions 3. LSU (3)...... 6-0 10. K Silva, Cesar (Jr.) 17. WR Keric Wheatfall (Jr.) 4. Ohio State (4)...... 6-0 11. WR Wheatfall, Keric (Jr.) FIRST CAREER STARTS Game 5 additions 5. Oklahoma...... 6-0 12. DB Williams, Evan (Fr.) 1. WR Cropper, Jalen (Fr.) 6. Wisconsin...... 6-0 18. OL Bula Schmidt (Fr.) 7. Penn State...... 6-0 Game 2 additions 2. DB Gaston, Chris (So.) 19. DE Alex Dumais (RFr.) 8. Notre Dame...... 5-1 13. WR Erik Brooks (RFr.) 3. WR Glaspie, Jamal (Fr.) 9. Florida...... 6-1 14. DE Alex Dumais (RFr.) 4. DE Johnson, Isaiah (So.) 10. Georgia...... 5-1 11. Auburn...... 5-1 15. TE Jared Torres (RFr.) 5. LB Mosby, Arron (Jr.) 12. Oregon...... 5-1 Game 3 additions 6. QB Reyna, Jorge (Sr.) 13. Boise State...... 6-0 16. DB Randy Jordan (Fr.) 7. TE Rodriguez, Juan (Jr.) 14. Utah...... 5-1 17. OL Tyrone Sampson (RFr.) 8. OL Smith, Matt (Jr.) 15. Texas...... 4-2 16. Michigan...... 5-1 9. DE Wright, Andrew (Jr.) 17. Arizona State...... 5-1 18. Baylor...... 6-0 19. SMU...... 6-0 20. Minnesota...... 6-0 Nation’s Top Winning Percentages at Current Stadiums 21. Cincinnati...... 5-1 Updated: Through 10/12/19 22. Iowa...... 4-2 23. Washington...... 5-2 24. Appalachian State...... 5-0 School Stadium Name (Opened) Record Winning % 25. Temple...... 5-1 1. Alabama Bryant-Denny Stadium (1929) 269-53-3 .832 2. Boise State Albertsons Stadium (1970) 269-56 .828 Others receiving votes: Wake Forest 87, Tulane 76, Virginia 35, Memphis 30, California 21, Iowa State 19, San Diego State 18, Navy 17, 3. Georgia Southern Paulson Stadium (1984) 193-41 .825 Texas A&M 14, Louisiana Tech 6, Duke 5, UCF 4, Pittsburgh 3, South 4. Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium (1991) 162-35 .822 Carolina 3 5. Oklahoma Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923) 400-86-15 .813 6. Houston TDECU Stadium (2014) 28-7 .800 7. Penn State Beaver Stadium (1960) 294-74 .799 CFP (FINAL: 12/2/18) 8. Auburn Jordan-Hare Stadium (1939) 327-83-7 .793 1. Alabama...... 13-0 9. Ohio State Ohio Stadium (1922) 447-112-20 .789 2. Clemson...... 13-0 10. Tennessee Neyland Stadium (1921) 469-134-17 .770 3. Notre Dame...... 12-0 11. Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962) 249-75-5 .7644 4. Oklahoma...... 12-1 5. Georgia...... 11-2 12. Michigan Michigan Stadium (1927) 435-129-15 .7642 6. Ohio State...... 12-1 13. Georgia Sanford Stadium (1929) 355-107-9 .763 7. Michigan...... 10-2 14. Texas Texas Memorial Stadium (1924) 378-115-10 .7614 8. UCF...... 12-0 15. Fresno State Bulldog Stadium (1980) 180-56-2 .7605 9. Washington...... 10-3 16. Florida State Doak Campbell Stadium (1950) 301-96-4 .756 10. Florida...... 9-3 11. LSU...... 9-3 17. Nebraska Memorial Stadium (1923) 422-133-13 .7544 12. Penn State...... 9-3 18. Notre Dame Notre Dame Stadium (1930) 354-114-5 .7537 13. Washington State...... 10-2 19. BYU LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964) 241-79 .7531 14. Kentucky...... 9-3 20. USC Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923) 448-139-27 .752 15. Texas...... 9-4 21. UCF Spectrum Stadium (2007) 60-20 .750 16. West Virginia...... 8-3 17. Utah...... 9-4 22. Florida Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (1930) 339-109-13 .749 18. Mississippi State...... 8-4 23. Clemson Memorial Stadium (1942) 306-102-7 .746 19. Texas A&M...... 8-4 24. Miami Hard Rock Stadium (2008) 55-20 .733 20. Syracuse...... 9-3 25. LSU Tiger Stadium (1924) 429-151-18 .7324 21. Fresno State...... 11-2 22. Northwestern...... 8-5 23. Missouri...... 8-4 *These are submitted records based on those recognized by the NCAA as it relates to forfeits/vacated 24. Iowa State...... 8-4 wins, etc. 25. Boise State...... 10-3 **These records reflect the outcomes from the time the current stadium opened and do not take into account renovations/renaming/expansion, etc.
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MEDIA INFORMATION Dogs with bachelor’s degrees Media Availability There are three Bulldog football players on the 2019 roster that already own bachelor’s Interviews for Bulldog players and coaches will degrees. Those three who are in master’s programs this fall are: be coordinated through the Fresno State Athletics Communications Office 24 hours in advance to 1. Alex Akingbulu - Graduate transfer to Fresno State from UCLA. Graduated in spring ‘19 ensure availability. with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. Starting graduate degree in curriculum and instruction Contact Matt Burkholder at (559) 278-6186 to make program. arrangements for interviews with student-athletes 2. Frank Dalena - Graduated spring ‘19 with a bachelor’s degree in ag business. Starting and coaches. Freshmen (both true and redshirt) graduate degree in water resource management. along with any other newcomers to the program will 3. Jorge Reyna - Graduated spring ‘19 with a bachelor’s degree in multimedia production. not be allowed to do interviews until after they play in their first game, per team rules. Starting graduate degree in curriculum and instruction program. In-Season Media Interview Schedule A look at the experience on the 2019 team Sunday: No media. MOST CAREER STARTS (10 GAMES +) MOST CAREER GAMES PLAYED (16 GAMES +) Monday: DB Juju Hughes (Sr.) 33 P Blake Cusick (Sr.) 45 Head Coach Jeff Tedford weekly press conference. Tuesday DB Jaron Bryant (Sr.) 32 DB Juju Hughes (Sr.) 45 : DB Jaron Bryant (Sr.) 44 Players day: players after practice. TE Jared Rice (Sr.) 25 RB Josh Hokit (Sr.) 44 Wednesday: OL Netane Muti (Jr.) 19 TE Jared Rice (Sr.) 43 Assistant coaches after practice. DT Kevin Atkins (Jr.) 19 DT Kevin Atkins (Sr.) 33 Thursday LB Mykal Walker (Sr.) 19 LS Jacob Westberry (Jr.) 33 Head Coach Jeff Tedford after practice. RB Ronnie Rivers (Jr.) 18 DT Jasad Haynes (Sr.) 31 Friday: WR Derrion Grim (Sr.) 32 No media. OL Syrus Tuitele (Jr.) 17 LB Arron Mosby (Jr.) 32 Saturday: DE Kwami Jones (Sr.) 10 DT Keiti Iakopo (Sr.) 31 Post-game only. DE Andrew Wright (Jr.) 30 RB Ronnie Rivers (Jr.) 29 Weekly Media Conference MOST CONSECUTIVE STARTS DE Kwami Jones (Sr.) 27 Fresno State’s weekly media conference will be DB Juju Hughes (Jr.) 33 RB Jordan Mims (Jr.) 26 held at 11 a.m. in the Josephine Theater inside the DB Jaron Bryant (Jr.) 30 OL Syrus Tuitele (Jr.) 26 Duncan Building on Mondays during the football TE Jared Rice (Jr.) 20 RB Saevion Johnson (Jr.) 26 season. The press conference is open to credentialed DB Mykal Walker (Jr.) 18 LB Justin Rice (RJr.) 25 members of the media only. The media conference OL Quireo Woodley (RSo.) 21 OL Syrus Tuitele (Jr.) 10 can be viewed live via the Mountain West Network. OL Netane Muti (Jr.) 19 DT Keiti Iakopo (Sr.) 9 OL Nick Aibuedefe (Sr.) 19 ESPN Coaches Show RB Ronnie Rivers (Jr.) 7 DB Wylan Free (So.) 19 The weekly radio show airs live on ESPN Radio (940 PK Asa Fuller (So.) 19 AM) with host Paul Loeffler. The Dog House Grill LB Mykal Walker (Sr.) 19 hosts the show from 6–7 p.m. each Wednesday of TE Cam Sutton (Sr.) 18 a game week. DL Ricky McCoy (Sr.) 18 OL Matt Smith (Jr.) 18 Football Email List WR Patrick Elima-Juene (So.) 17 If you would like to be added to the Bulldog football DB Chris Gaston (So.) 16 email list to receive breaking news about the team, DE Isaiah Johnson (So.) 16 please contact Matt Burkholder. QB Jorge Reyna (Sr.) 16 Fresno State Athletics Communications Bulldogs in the NFL 5305 N. Campus Drive Mail Stop 27 Former Bulldog NFL Team Position NFL EXP. Fresno, CA 93740 Davante Adams (2012-13) Green Bay Packers WR 5 Phone: (559) 278-6873 Derek Carr (2009-13) Oakland Raiders QB 5 Tickets: (559) 278-DOGS (3647) Tyeler Davison (2011-14) New Orleans Saints DT 4 Press Box: (559) 278-5959 KeeSean Johnson (2014-18) Arizona Cardinals WR R ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS: Curtis Riley (2013-14) Oakland Raiders FS 3 FB Contact...... Matt Burkholder Charles Washington (2011-15) Arizona Cardinals DB 2 Email...... [email protected] Cody Wichmann (2010-14) Dallas Cowboys* G 4 Office...... 559-278-6186 Kenny Wiggins (2007-10) Detroit Lions G-T 5 Secondary...... Josh Mitchell * Currently on Injured Reserve list Email...... [email protected] Office...... 559-278-7301 Tertiary...... Savannah Stoeckle An All-Star Trio Email...... [email protected] Fresno State is the proud home of alumni Derek Carr (NFL-Oakland Raiders), Paul George Office...... 559-278-4645 (NBA-Los Angeles Clippers) and Aaron Judge (MLB-New York Yankees). Credentials Contact...... Taylor Martinez Email...... [email protected] Office...... 559-278-4881 Other current players of the MLB in addition to Judge from Fresno State are Jordan Luplow (Cleveland Indians), Justin Miller (Washington Nationals) & Justin Wilson (New York Mets). gobulldogs.com In addition to Paul George for current NBA players from Fresno State is Tyler Johnson (Phoenix Suns).
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2019 PRESEASON
The Fresno State football team has been picked to repeat as West Division Along with a predicted first-place finish in its division, Fresno State secured champions by the media, the Mountain West announced on July 23 prior to three preseason all-conference selections in senior tight end Jared Rice, senior kicking off the 2019 football Media Days in Las Vegas. linebacker Mykal Walker and senior defensive back Juju Hughes.
As the first-place pick for the West, Fresno State has earned its fourth division It was been a busy July for Fresno State’s three preseason All-Mountain West leading bid in the preseason media polls dating back to 2013, and second in selections as each of the senior Bulldogs have been named to seven watch lists as many years (2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019). The Bulldogs have prevailed and for awards in their respective positions. won the West in every season that they have been the first-place pick in the preseason polls. Rice, Walker and Hughes are continuing their successes from the 2018 season as each were named to either the All-Mountain West first or second team a season ago.
2019 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH 2019 PREDICTED ORDER OF FINISH West Division Mountain Division Rank Team (first-place votes) Points Rank Team (first-place votes) Points 1. Fresno State (17) 122 1. Boise State (15) 120 2. San Diego State (3) 106 2. Utah State (6) 108 3. Nevada 74 3. Air Force 73 4. Hawai‘i (1) 67 4. Wyoming 66 5. UNLV 51 5. Colorado State 52 6. San José State 21 6. New Mexico 22
2018 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON AWARDS Offensive Player of the Year: Jordan Love, Jr., QB, Utah State Defensive Player of the Year: Curtis Weaver, Jr., DL, Boise State Special Teams Player of the Year: Cooper Rothe, Sr., PK, Wyoming
2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON FOOTBALL TEAM 2019 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST PRESEASON FOOTBALL TEAM OFFENSE DEFENSE QB: Jordan Love**, Jr., Utah State DL: Jordan Jackson**, Jr., Air Force WR: John Hightower, Sr., Boise State DL: David Moa, Sr., Boise State WR: Cedric Byrd II, Sr., Hawai’i DL: Curtis Weaver*, Jr., Boise State RB: Juwan Washington, Sr., San Diego State DL: Tipa Galeai**, Sr., Utah State RB: Toa Taua, So., Nevada LB: Mykal Walker*, Sr., Fresno State OL: Ezra Cleveland*, Jr., Boise State LB: Kyahva Tezino*, Sr., San Diego State OL: John Molchon*, Sr., Boise State LB: Davis Woodward**, Jr., Utah State OL: Jake Nelson, Sr. Nevada DB: Jeremy Fejedelem, Sr., Air Force OL: Keith Ismael*, Jr., San Diego State DB: Juju Hughes**, Sr., Fresno State OL: Justin Polu, Sr., UNLV DB: Tariq Thompson**, Jr., San Diego State TE: Jared Rice**, Sr., Fresno State DB: DJ Williams, So., Utah State Specialists * - member of the 2018 All-Mountain West first team P: Ryan Stonehouse*, Jr., Colorado State PK: Cooper Rothe*, Sr., Wyoming ** - member of the 2018 All-Mountain West second team KR/PR: Savon Scarver*, Jr., Utah State
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Jeff Tedford Head Coach 3rd Season | Fresno State (1992)
Jeff Tedford, 57, inherited a 1-11 football program when he took over Munger College Coach of the Year Award presented by the Maxwell the reins of his alma mater and in two seasons all he’s done as the 19th Football Club, a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year head football coach in Fresno State history is lead the program to a 22-6 Award, and the AFCA Region-5 Coach of the Year.
record, a 2018 Mountain West Championship, two MW West division While Tedford was honored as the league’s coach of the year, the team titles and two bowl wins. had 16 student-athletes recognized with MW postseason honors - the In 2018, in addition to defeating Boise State on the road in overtime, most for the Bulldogs in a single-season since joining the conference 19-16, for Fresno State’s first conference championship since 2013, in 2012. In the classroom, the ‘Dogs also set a team-best number since the Bulldogs capped the season with a 31-20 triumph over Arizona joining the conference as they had 24 named to the Fall Academic All- State to win the Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl. The bowl win left Mountain West team.
the Bulldogs with their first 12-win season in the 97-year history of Tedford, a former Bulldog quarterback and Fresno State assistant coach, the program. This, one season after engineering one of the greatest returned to the Valley after holding the position of offensive consultant turnarounds in FBS history guiding the Bulldogs to a 10-4 record, an for the Washington Huskies – a 2016 College Football Playoff team. appearance in the MW title game and a Hawai’i Bowl win over Houston. Coaching Experience
Tedford assumed the role of acting head coach on Nov. 27, 2016, The renaissance under Tedford has led to FBS history being made as Fresno State (2016-Pres.) following the conclusion of the 2016 season as Eric Kiesau carried out Fresno State became the first team to secure back-to-back double-digit • Head Coach interim head coaching duties for the remaining two games on the 2016 winning seasons following a double-digit loss season. schedule following Tedford’s introductory press conference. Tedford Washington (2016) The 2018 Bulldogs finished nationally ranked in the final rankings of the was officially hired on Nov. 10, 2016. • Offensive Consultant
season for the first time since 2004. Fresno State finished ranked No. 18 Tedford, who was an already proven winner on the West Coast, came in both the AP Top 25 and Coaches poll, announced Jan. 8, 2019. It was B.C. Lions-CFL (2015) to the Valley with 11 years of head coaching experience at the Division the best finish in the AP Top 25 in program history, besting No. 22 in • Head Coach I level – having led the California Golden Bears to 82 wins from 2002- 2004. The ‘Dogs also held a No. 21 ranking in the final College Football 2012. He left as the school’s all-time winningest coach. Tampa Bay Bucs-NFL (2014) Playoff poll released on Dec. 2, 2018. • Offensive Coordinator Tedford’s ties to the Valley and Fresno State run deep. He played Individual accolades in 2018 included Tedford being named an Eddie quarterback at Fresno State in 1981-82 under Jim Sweeney and coached (2002-12) Robinson Award finalist and a Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year California at Fresno State under Sweeney from 1987-88 and 1992-96, and under a • Head Coach Award finalist. Fresno State sported 15 all-conference honorees in then-first-year head coach Pat Hill in 1997. 2018, including the league’s Defensive Player of the Year in linebacker Oregon (1998-01) Jeff Allison. In addition, 19 student-athletes were named to the Fall Tedford’s coaching career started at Fresno State, volunteering as an • Offensive Coordinator Academic All-Mountain West team. assistant for the 1987-88 seasons. From there he picked up his first full-
time position as an assistant for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Fresno State (1992-97) With a 10-4 record in his first season, Fresno State became the third Football League – a familiar league in which he played quarterback for • Offensive Coordinator/ team in FBS history to turn a double-digit loss season (2016) into a six seasons after his collegiate career at Fresno State. Assistant Coach (QBs) double-digit win season (2017) the following year. The season included an appearance in the nation’s top 25, clinching the Mountain West’s West He returned to Fresno State in 1992 as the quarterbacks coach and Calgary-CFL (1989-91) Division crown and leading the ‘Dogs to their first appearance in the served as the offensive coordinator for the Bulldogs over the ensuing • Offensive Assistant MW Championship game since 2014. He also guided the ‘Dogs to the five seasons.
program’s first bowl victory since 2007 with their win at the Hawai’i Fresno State (1987-88) Tedford graduated from Warren High School in Downey, California and Bowl. • Volunteer Assistant Coach attended Cerritos Junior College for two seasons before becoming the Great success brought great notoriety as Tedford was named the 2017 Bulldogs’ quarterback in 1981.
Mountain West Coach of the Year, was a semifinalist for the George He and his wife Donna have two children, Taylor and Quinn.
Fresno State Assistant Coaches Offense
Ryan Grubb Jamie Christian Danny Langsdorf Kirby Moore Roman Sapolu Scott Thompson Blake Gonzalez Tyson Prince Offensive Coordinator Running Backs/ Wide Receivers Asst. Offensive Line Tight Ends Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Special Teams Coordinator/ Quarterbacks 3rd Season at FS 3rd Season at FS 1st Season at FS 3rd Season at FS 1st Season at FS 1st Season at FS 3rd Season at FS 1st Season at FS Defense
Bert Watts Will Plemons Kenwick Thompson J.D. Williams Michael Barton Matt Lea Brad Vonnahme Defensive Coordinator Defensive Line Linebackers Defensive Backs Graduate Assistant Graduate Assistant Analyst 3rd Season at FS 1st Season at FS 2nd Season at FS 3rd Season at FS 2nd Season at FS 3rd Season at FS 4th Season at FS
2019 FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL | 13 2019 Fresno State Football GEOGRAPHICAL ROSTER
Pleasanton: Ben Wooldridge Portola: Juan Rodriguez Rialto: Devo Bridges Sacramento: Nick Aibuedefe Levelle Bailey Dorrzel Hicks Salinas: Zack Geig San Mateo: Kwami Jones Santa Ana: Keiti Iakopo San Diego: Elijah Carson San Jose: Jacob Hollins Santa Monica: Blaze McKibbin Sanger: Arron Mosby Stockton: Derrion Grim Sunnyvale: Bralyn Lux Tulare: LJ Early Emoryie Edwards Romello Harris Randy Jordan ARKANSAS (1) Jason Diaz Vacaville: Mykal Walker Bryant: Kyvin Carroll Jasad Haynes Patrick Williams Jr. Josh Kelly Vallejo: Reggie Strong ARIZONA (2) Sherwin King Jr. Visalia: Nate Lamb Litchfield: Raymond Pauwels Jr. Ricky McCoy Jared Torres Tempe: Travis Hansen Deshawn Ruffin Wasco: Osmar Velez Matthew Sanchez West Covina: Deven Jarvis CALIFORNIA (97) David Tate Jr. Bakersfield: Kurtis Brown Leevel Tatum III FLORIDA (1) Clive Truschel Khai Williams Bradenton: Jacob Westberry Chris Coleman Rodney Wright III Cody Warkentin Glendora: Steven Comstock HAWAI’I (3) Bellflower: Jace Fuamatu Hanford: Juju Hughes Ewa Beach: Micah Pasion Brentwood: Ronnie Rivers Inglewood: Patrick Elima-Jeune Wahiawa: Netane Muti Buena Park: Andrew Wright Irvine: Rian Fields Bula Schmidt Burbank: Duncan Smith La Puente: Chris Gaston Campbell: Evan Williams La Quinta: Kenny Gagnon MICHIGAN (1) Canoga Park: Deonte Perry Lancaster: Dante Adkins Jr. East Pointe: Tyrone Sampson Jr. Carson: Alex Akingbulu Livermore: Carson King Ceres: Esteven Barragan Long Beach: Matt Smith NEVADA (1) Chico: Syrus Tuitele Los Angeles: Jamal Glaspie Reno: Peyton Dixon Clovis: Tanner Blount Malachi Langley Josh Hokit Lost Hills: Osmar Velez OREGON (2) Tanner Rice Milpitas: Cesar Silva Portland: Nick Abbs Compton: Wylan Free Mission Viejo: Tim Anderson Nikko Thomas Concord: Alex Cruz Merced: David Perales Corona: Erik Brooks Modesto: Isaiah Johnson TEXAS (4) Richard Cage Jared Rice Cypress: Keric Wheatfall Covina: Zion Echols Justin Rice Fort Worth: Jaron Bryant Danville: Jake Haener Monrovia: Blake Cusick Houston: Bryson Ogelsby Downey: Leonard Payne Moorpark: Zane Pope Pearland: Saevion Johnson Jorge Reyna Moreno Valley: Cam Sutton Durham: Cody Pound Murrieta: Kevin Atkins CANADA (3) Myles Martin East Palo Alto: Jordan Mims Montreal (Quebec): Marc-David Bien-Aime Mateo Thompson Fountain Valley: Asa Fuller Alex Dumias Quireo Woodley Cade Fuller Victoria (B.C.): Dontae Bull Fresno: Ricardo Arias Oakdale: Matt Kjeldgaard Jevon Bigelow Oakland: Kevin Parker Frank Dalena Ontario: Matt Lawson Parlier: Jalen Cropper 14 | 2019 FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL 2019 Fresno State Football
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER Numerical Roster 77 Nick Abbs OL No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 58 Dante Adkins Jr. OL 1 Keric Wheatfall WR 6-1 179 Jr. 3rd Cypress, Texas (Blinn College) 2 Patrick Elima-Jeune WR 6-0 194 So. 3rd Inglewood, Calif. (Morningside) 79 Nick Aibuedefe OL 2 Chris Gaston DB 6-1 183 So. 3rd La Puente, Calif. (Bishop Amat) 75 Alex Akingbulu OL 3 Jamal Glaspie WR 6-1 178 Fr. 1st Los Angeles, Calif. (Culver City) 70 Tim Anderson OL 3 Mykal Walker LB 6-3 230 Sr. 5th Sacramento, Calif. (Vacaville/Azusa Pacific) 81 Ricardo Arias TE 4 Emoryie Edwards WR 5-11 193 RFr. 2nd Tulare, Calif. (Tulare Union) 90 Kevin Atkins DT 4 Wylan Free DB 6-2 185 So. 3rd Compton, Calif. (Lynwood) 5 Jalen Cropper WR 5-11 155 Fr. 1st Parlier, Calif. (Buchanan) 6 Levelle Bailey LB 5 Devo Bridges DE 6-2 245 Fr. 1st Rialto, Calif. (Carter) 29 Esteven Barragan RB 6 Ben Wooldridge QB 6-2 206 RFr. 2nd Pleasanton, Calif. (Foothill) 71 Marc-David Bien-Aime OL 6 Levelle Bailey LB 6-2 200 Fr. 1st Sacramento, Calif. (Luther Burbank) 28 Jevon Bigelow RB 7 Derrion Grim WR 6-1 195 Sr. 4th Stockton, Calif. (McNair/Nebraska/Delta JC) 49 Tanner Blount LB 7 Jake Haener QB 6-0 193 So. 2nd Danville, Calif. (Monte Vista HS/Washington) 7 Reggie Strong DB 5-11 195 Fr. 1st Vallejo, Calif. (Orange Lutheran) 5 Devo Bridges DE 8 Chris Coleman WR/DB 5-11 186 So. 3rd Bakersfield, Calif. (Garces Memorial) 85 Erik Brooks WR 9 Josh Hokit RB 6-1 225 Sr. 4th Clovis, Calif. (Clovis) 45 Kurtis Brown DL 10 Peyton Dixon RB 5-11 200 Fr. 1st Reno, Nev. (Bishop Manogue) 14 Jaron Bryant DB 10 Deven Jarvis DB 6-0 195 Fr. 1st West Covina, Calif. (Bishop Amat) 72 Dontae Bull OL 11 Sherwin King Jr. LB 5-11 210 RFr. 2nd Fresno, Calif. (Sunnyside) 11 Jorge Reyna QB 6-0 215 Sr. 5th Downey, Calif. (Pasadena/West LA College) 42 Richard Cage LB 13 Rodney Wright III WR 5-10 181 Fr. 1st Fresno, Calif. (Clovis West) 34 Kyvin Carroll LB 14 Jaron Bryant DB 6-1 185 Sr. 4th Fort Worth, Texas (Duncanville) 73 Elijah Carson OL 15 Arron Mosby LB 6-4 230 Jr. 3rd Sanger, Calif. (Sanger) 8 Chris Coleman WR/DB 15 Cam Sutton TE 6-6 226 Sr. 5th Moreno Valley, Calif. (Norco/Riverside City College) 17 Steven Comstock QB 16 Rian Fields LB 6-5 201 RFr. 2nd Irvine, Calif. (Irvine) 16 Jared Rice TE 6-5 243 Sr. 5th Modesto, Calif. (Central Catholic) 5 Jalen Cropper WR 17 Steven Comstock QB 6-0 199 RFr. 2nd Glendora, Calif. (Northview) 51 Alex Cruz DE 17 Deonte Perry DB 6-0 190 Jr. 4th Canoga Park, Calif. (Canoga Park) 47 Blake Cusick P 18 Isaiah Johnson DE 6-3 235 So. 2nd Modesto, Calif. (Downey) 19 Frank Dalena WR 18 Nate Lamb QB 6-3 210 Fr. 1st Visalia, Calif. (Tulare Union) 39 Jason Diaz Jr. DB 19 Frank Dalena WR 5-8 155 Sr. 5th Fresno, Calif. (San Joaquin Memorial) 19 Colby Warkentin DL 6-5 230 Fr. 1st Bakersfield, Calif. (Centennial) 10 Peyton Dixon RB 19 Blaze McKibbin QB 6-4 205 Fr. 1st Santa Monica, Calif. (Servite) 43 Alex Dumais DL 20 Ronnie Rivers RB 5-8 183 Jr. 3rd Brentwood, Calif. (Freedom) 27 L.J. Early DB 20 Myles Martin DB 5-9 168 Fr. 1st Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta) 34 Zion Echols RB 22 Jordan Mims RB 5-11 195 Jr. 3rd East Palo Alto, Calif. (Menlo-Atherton) 4 Emoryie Edwards WR 22 Deshawn Ruffin DB 5-10 177 Fr. 1st Fresno, Calif. (Sunnyside) 23 Juju Hughes DB 5-11 188 Sr. 4th Hanford, Calif. (Hanford) 2 Patrick Elima-Jeune WR 24 Randy Jordan DB 5-9 170 Fr. 1st Tulare, Calif. (Tulare Union) 16 Rian Fields LB 24 Saevion Johnson RB 6-0 210 Jr. 4th Pearland, Texas (Pearland Dawson) 4 Wylan Free DB 25 Josh Kelly WR 6-1 179 Fr. 1st Fresno, Calif. (San Joaquin Memorial) 51 Jace Fuamatu OL 25 Bryson Oglesby DB 5-11 205 Sr. 5th Houston, Texas (Fort Bend Austin) 37 Asa Fuller K 26 Mathew Sanchez DB 6-0 165 Fr. 1st Fresno, Calif. (Clovis) 27 L.J. Early DB 5-11 197 Jr. 3rd Tulare, Calif. (Tulare Western/Bakersfield College) 36 Cade Fuller P 27 Zane Pope WR 6-2 191 So. 3rd Moorpark, Calif. (Moorpark) 30 Kenny Gagnon DB 28 Jevon Bigelow RB 6-1 218 So. 2nd Fresno, Calif. (Central/Wyoming) 2 Chris Gaston DB 28 Cesar Silva K 5-11 185 Jr 4th Milpitas, Calif. (Milpitas/College of San Mateo) 56 Zack Geig OL 29 Justin Rice LB 6-2 225 RJr. 4th Modesto, Calif. (Central Catholic) 3 Jamal Glaspie WR 29 Esteven Barragan RB 5-8 173 Fr. 1st Ceres, Calif. (Central Valley) 30 Kenny Gagnon DB 5-11 185 Jr. 4th La Quinta, Calif. (Desert Christian Academy) 7 Derrion Grim WR 30 Khai Williams RB 5-10 205 Sr. 5th Fresno, Calif. (Edison/Fresno City College) 7 Jake Haener QB 31 Andrew Wright DE 6-2 235 Jr. 4th Buena Park, Calif. (Buena Park) 53 Travis Hansen OL 32 Evan Williams DB 6-0 195 Fr. 1st Campbell, Calif. (Saint Francis) 32 Romello Harris RB 32 Romello Harris RB 5-11 187 Jr. 4th Tulare, Calif. (Tulare Union/Washington State) 93 Jasad Haynes DT 33 Kwami Jones DE 6-2 250 Sr. 4th San Francisco, Calif. (Serra/College of San Mateo) 34 Kyvin Carroll LB 5-11 248 Fr. 1st Bryant, Ark. (Benton) 41 Dorrzel Hicks LB 34 Zion Echols RB 5-9 185 Jr. 4th Covina, Calif. (Charter Oak /Cal/Mt. San Antonio ) 9 Josh Hokit RB 35 Malachi Langley LB 6-0 230 Fr. 1st Los Angeles, Calif. (Pasadena) 48 Jacob Hollins LB 36 Cade Fuller P 6-2 200 Fr. 1st Fountain Valley, Calif. (Servite) 23 Juju Hughes DB 37 Asa Fuller K 6-2 220 So. 3rd Fountain Valley. Calif. (Servite) 98 Keiti Iakopo DT 38 Bralyn Lux DB 5-9 170 Fr. 1st Sunnyvale, Calif. (King’s Academy) 39 Jason Diaz Jr. DB 5-10 170 Jr. 4th Fresno, Calif. (Clovis West/San Jose CC) 10 Deven Jarvis DB 39 Mateo Thompson K 5-7 160 RJr. 4th Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Mesa/Saddleback JC) 18 Isaiah Johnson DE 40 Nikko Thomas DL 6-4 230 Jr. 3rd Portland, Ore. (American River CC) 24 Saevion Johnson RB 41 Dorrzel Hicks LB 5-10 222 Sr. 4th Sacramento, Calif. (Grant/College of San Mateo) 33 Kwami Jones DE 42 Richard Cage LB 6-1 220 RSo. 3rd Corona, Calif. (Eleanor Roosevelt) 24 Randy Jordan DB 43 Alex Dumais DL 6-3 285 RFr. 2nd Montreal, Canada (St. Paul-CA) 44 Leevel Tatum III DE 6-1 250 Jr. 4th Fresno, Calif. (Edison/UNLV) 25 Josh Kelly WR 45 Kurtis Brown DL 6-1 290 RSo. 3rd Bakersfield, Calif. (Liberty/Arizona) 2019 FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL | 15 2019 Fresno State Football
45 Carson King P 45 Carson King P 6-0 190 RFr. 2nd Livermore, Calif. (Freedom) 47 Blake Cusick P 6-2 185 Sr. 5th Monrovia, Calif. (Monrovia) 11 Sherwin King Jr. LB 48 Jacob Hollins LB 6-1 215 So. 2nd San Jose, Calif. (Central/Illinois) 62 Matt Kjeldgaard OL 49 Tanner Blount LB 6-0 210 Fr. 1st Clovis, Calif. (Buchanan) 18 Nate Lamb QB 50 Tyrone Sampson Jr. OL 6-2 308 RFr. 2nd Detroit, Mich. (East English Village Prep) 35 Malachi Langley LB 51 Alex Cruz DE 6-2 240 So. 3rd Concord, Calif. (Concord) 91 Matt Lawson DT 51 Jace Fuamatu OL 6-3 295 RFr. 2nd Bellflower, Calif. (St. John Bosco) 52 Netane Muti OL 6-3 307 Jr. 4th Wahiawa, Hawai’i (Leilehua) 38 Bralyn Lux DB 53 Jacob Westberry LS 6-3 255 Jr. 4th Bradenton, Fla. (Saint Stephen’s Episcopal) 20 Myles Martin DB 53 Travis Hansen OL 6-0 270 Fr. 1st Tempe, Ariz. (Paraclete) 99 Ricky McCoy DL 54 Bula Schmidt OL 6-1 295 Fr. 1st Wahiawa, Hawai‘i (O’Dea [Wash.]) 19 Blaze McKibbin QB 54 Patrick Williams Jr. LS 6-3 205 Jr. 4th Vacaville, Calif. (Vacaville HS) 22 Jordan Mims RB 55 Leonard Payne Jr. DL 6-2 295 RFr. 2nd Downey, Calif. (St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy) 55 Cody Pound OL 6-4 290 Sr. 5th Durham, Calif. (Durham/Butte College) 15 Arron Mosby LB 56 Zack Geig OL 6-0 290 Fr. 1st Salinas, Calif. (Valley Christian) 52 Netane Muti OL 57 Tanner Rice LB 5-11 220 Jr. 4th Clovis, Calif. (Clovis) 25 Bryson Oglesby DB 58 Dante Adkins Jr. OL 6-3 287 Fr. 1st Lancaster, Calif. (Highland) 82 Micah Pasion TE 59 Matt Smith OL 5-11 285 Jr. 4th Long Beach, Calif. (St. John Bosco) 87 Raymond Pauwels Jr. TE 62 Matt Kjeldgaard OL 6-2 295 RFr. 2nd Oakdale, Calif. (Oakdale) 65 Syrus Tuitele OL 6-6 300 Jr. 3rd Chico, Calif. (Pleasant Valley) 55 Leonard Payne Jr. DL 66 Quireo Woodley OL 6-4 308 RSo. 3rd Murrieta, Calif. (Murrieta Valley) 17 Deonte Perry DB 70 Tim Anderson OL 6-5 270 Jr 3rd Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano/Saddleback College) 94 David Perales DL 71 Marc-David Bien-Aime OL 6-5 350 RFr. 2nd Montreal, Canada (Montmorency College) 27 Zane Pope WR 72 Dontae Bull OL 6-6 324 So. 3rd Victoria, Canada (Belmont Secondary) 55 Cody Pound OL 73 Elijah Carson OL 6-8 303 Fr. 1st San Diego, Calif. (Morse) 74 Clive Truschel OL 6-3 274 R-Fr. 2nd Clovis, Calif. (Clovis West) 11 Jorge Reyna QB 75 Alex Akingbulu OL 6-5 285 Jr. 4th Carson, Calif. (UCLA) 16 Jared Rice TE 77 Nick Abbs OL 6-5 295 Sr. 4th Portland, Ore. (Greshman/Fresno City College) 29 Justin Rice LB 78 Osmar Velez OL 6-1 295 Fr. 1st Lost Hills, Calif. (Wasco) 57 Tanner Rice LB 79 Nick Aibuedefe OL 6-4 285 Sr. 5th Sacramento, Calif. (Capital Christian) 20 Ronnie Rivers RB 80 Juan Rodriguez TE 6-2 240 Jr. 4th Portola, Calif. (Portola/Butte College) 81 Ricardo Arias TE 6-1 219 RFr. 2nd Fresno, Calif. (Clovis West) 80 Juan Rodriguez TE 82 Micah Pasion TE 6-3 209 Fr. 1st Ewa Beach, Hawai’i (Kamehameha) 22 Deshawn Ruffin DB 84 David Tate Jr. TE 6-2 225 Jr. 4th Fresno, Calif. (Edison/UNLV) 50 Tyrone Sampson Jr. OL 85 Erik Brooks WR 5-7 165 RFr. 2nd Corona, Calif. (Roosevelt) 26 Mathew Sanchez DB 86 Jared Torres TE 6-5 245 RFr. 2nd Visalia, Calif. (El Diamante) 54 Bula Schmidt OL 87 Raymond Pauwels Jr. TE 6-4 245 Jr. 3rd Litchfield, Ariz. (Millennium/Glendale College) 89 Duncan Smith TE 6-4 230 Fr. 1st Burbank, Calif. (Burbank) 28 Cesar Silva K 90 Kevin Atkins DT 6-2 295 Jr. 4th Murrieta, Calif. (Vista Murrieta) 59 Matt Smith OL 91 Matt Lawson DT 6-0 295 RFr. 2nd Ontario, Calif. (Colony) 89 Duncan Smith TE 93 Jasad Haynes DT 6-1 285 Sr. 5th Fresno, Calif. (Clovis North) 7 Reggie Strong DB 94 David Perales DL 6-3 233 Jr. 3rd Merced, Calif. (Merced/Sacramento State) 15 Cam Sutton TE 98 Keiti Iakopo DT 5-11 290 Sr. 4th Santa Ana, Calif. (Fountain Valley/Golden West College) 99 Ricky McCoy DL 6-2 303 Sr. 5th Fresno, Calif. (Roosevelt/Washington) 84 David Tate Jr. TE 44 Leevel Tatum III DL 40 Nikko Thomas DL Coaching Staff 39 Mateo Thompson K Jeff Tedford – Head Coach 86 Jared Torres TE Ryan Grubb – Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line/Associate Head Coach 74 Clive Truschel OL Bert Watts – Defensive Coordinator/Assistant Head Coach 65 Syrus Tuitele OL Jamie Christian – Running Backs Coach/Special Teams Coordinator Danny Langsdorf – Quarterbacks Coach/Passing Game Coordinator 78 Osmar Velez OL Kirby Moore – Wide Receivers Coach 3 Mykal Walker LB Will Plemons – Defensive Line Coach 19 Colby Warkentin DL Roman Sapolu – Assistant Offensive Line Coach 53 Jacob Westberry LS Kenwick Thompson – Linebackers Coach/Defensive Running Game Coordinator 1 Keric Wheatfall WR Scott Thompson – Tight Ends Coach 32 Evan Williams DB J.D. Williams – Defensive Backs Coach/Defensive Passing Game Coordinator 30 Khai Williams RB James Bailey – Defensive Quality Control 54 Patrick Williams Jr. LS Brad Vonnahme – Offensive Analyst 66 Quireo Woodley OL Michael Barton – Defensive Graduate Assistant 6 Ben Wooldridge QB Blake Gonzalez – Offensive Graduate Assistant 31 Andrew Wright DE Matt Lea – Defensive Graduate Assistant Tyson Prince – Offensive Graduate Assistant 13 Rodney Wright III WR Stephen Babagian – Student Assistant Maamaloa Mafi – Student Assistant
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OFFENSE DEFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS Quarterback End Place Kicker 11 Jorge Reyna (6-0, 215, Sr.) 31 Andrew Wright (6-2, 235, Jr.) 28 Cesar Silva (5-11, 185, Jr.) 6 Ben Wooldridge (6-2, 206, RFr.) 51 Alex Cruz (6-2, 240, So.) 37 Asa Fuller (6-2, 220, So.) Running Back Tackle Punter 20 Ronnie Rivers (5-8, 183, Jr.) 98 Keiti Iakopo (5-11, 290, Sr.) 47 Blake Cusick (6-2, 185, Sr.) 9 Josh Hokit (6-1, 225, Sr.) 99 Ricky McCoy (6-2, 303, Sr.) 45 Carson King (6-0, 190, RFr.) Left Tackle Tackle Long Snapper 72 Dontae Bull (6-6, 324, So.) 90 Kevin Atkins (6-2, 295, Jr.) 53 Jacob Westberry (6-3, 255, Jr.) 75 Alex Akingbulu (6-5, 285, Jr.) 93 Jasad Haynes (6-1, 285, Sr.) 54 Patrick Williams Jr. (6-3, 205, Jr.) Left Guard End Holder 52 Netane Muti (6-3, 307, Jr.) 18 Isaiah Johnson (6-3, 235, So.) 47 Blake Cusick (6-2, 185, Sr.) 54 Bula Schmidt (6-1, 295, Fr.) 44 Leevel Tatum III (6-1, 250, Jr.) 11 Jorge Reyna (6-0, 215, Sr.) Center Linebacker Kick Returner 59 Matt Smith (5-11, 285, Jr.) 29 Justin Rice (6-2, 225, RJr.) 7 Derrion Grim (6-1, 195, Sr.) 50 Tyrone Sampson Jr. (6-2, 308, RFr.) 11 Sherwin King Jr. (5-11, 210, RFr.) 2 Patrick Elima-Jeune (6-0, 194, So.) Right Guard Linebacker 8 Chris Coleman (5-11, 186, So.) 66 Quireo Woodley (6-4, 308, RSo.) 3 Mykal Walker (6-3, 230, Sr.) 17 Deonte Perry (6-0, 190, Jr.) 79 Nick Aibudefe (6-4, 285, Sr.) 41 Dorrzel Hicks (5-10, 222, Sr.) Punt Returner Right Tackle Linebacker 20 Ronnie Rivers (5-8, 183, Jr.) 65 Syrus Tuitele (6-6, 300, Jr.) 15 Arron Mosby (6-4, 230, Jr.) 27 Zane Pope (6-2, 191, So.) 77 Nick Abbs (6-5, 295, Sr.) 6 Levelle Bailey (6-2, 200, Fr.) Wide Receiver Cornerback 1 Keric Wheatfall (6-1, 179, Jr.) 8 Chris Coleman (5-11, 186, So.) 7 Derrion Grim (6-1, 195, Sr.) 24 Randy Jordan (5-9, 170, Fr.) Wide Receiver Strong Safety 4 Emoryie Edwards (5-11, 193, RFr.) 23 Juju Hughes (5-11, 188, Sr.) 5 Jalen Cropper (6-0, 155, Fr.) 32 Evan Williams (6-0, 195, Fr.) Wide Receiver Free Safety 27 Zane Pope (6-2, 195, So.) 4 Wylan Free (6-2, 185, So.) 3 Jamal Glaspie (6-1, 178, Fr.) 25 Bryson Oglesby (5-11, 205, Sr.) Tight End Cornerback 16 Jared Rice (6-5, 243, Sr.) 14 Jaron Bryant (6-1, 185, Sr.) 80 Juan Rodriguez (6-2, 240, Jr.) 17 Deonte Perry (6-0, 190, Jr.)
Pronunciation Guide Nick Aibuedefe...... Ab-U-deaf-eh Matt Kjeldgaard...... kill-guard Alex Akingbulu...... ah-King-Boo-Lu Keiti Iakopo...... K-T yah-Ko-Po Levelle Bailey...... luh-Vell Malachi Langley...... Mal-uh-Ky Marc-David Bein-Aime...... Be-N-ah-me Netane Muti...... Nuh-tahn-E, Moo-T Devo Bridges...... Dee-voh Micah Pasion...... Puh-shawn Jaron Bryant...... Jair-un Deonte Perry...... Dee-On-teh Kyvin Carroll...... Ky-vin Jorge Reyna...... HOR-hay, RAIN-uh Alex Dumais...... Do-may Leevel Tatum III...... Lee-velle Emoryie Edwards...... e-more-E-A Syrus Tuitele...... Two-tell-E Patrick Elima-Juene...... e-Lee-ma June Clive Truschel...... true-shell Wylan Free...... Way-lynn Colby Warkentin...... work-N-tin Jace Fuamatu...... foo-a-mah-to Keric Wheatfall...... Care-ick Zack Geig...... Gig Quireo Woodley...... Keer-E-O Derrion Grim...... Dare-E-On Josh Hokit...... Ho-kit Roman Sapolu...... sap-Oh-lu Saevion Johnson...... Say-V-on Brad Vonnahme...... Va-Nom-E
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2019 BULLDOG FOOTBALL SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES PACIFIC)
BULLDOG FOOTBALL 31 at USC L, 31-23 CHANNEL FINDER...
2OT AT&T UVERSE 7 Minnesota L, 38-35 CBS Sports Network 643, 1643 ESPN: 602, 1602 21 Sacramento State W, 34-20 ESPN2: 606, 1606 ESPNEWS: 604, 1604 28 at New Mexico State W, 34-20 ESPNU: 605, 1605
September COMCAST (FRESNO MARKET) 12 at Air Force* L, 43-24 CBS Sports Network: 418, 732 ESPN: 32, 724 ESPN2: 33, 725 18 UNLV* 7 p.m. ESPNEWS: 402, 726 ESPNU: 420, 788 26 Colorado State* 4:30 p.m. DIRECTV CBS Sports Network: 221 2 at Hawai’i* 9 p.m. TBA ESPN: 206 October ESPN2: 209 9 Utah State* 4 p.m. ESPNEWS: 207 ESPNU: 208 15 at San Diego State* 6:30 p.m. DISH NETWORK CBS Sports Network: 158 23 Nevada* TBA ESPN: 140 ESPN2: 144 ESPNEWS: 142
November 30 at San Jose State* TBA ESPNU: 141 ESPN Networks: Means ESPN must alert the two schools associated no less than Indicators 12 days before the designated game day what time kick off will be and what * conference game platform it will be distributed on (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNews, ESPNU or ESPN3). The Mountain West Championship game will take place on December 7 featuring the two divisional champions. FUTURE BULLDOG FOOTBALL SCHEDULES 2020 2021 2022 Date Opponent Location Date Opponent Location Date Opponent Location 2023 S5 Idaho State Fresno, CA S4 at Oregon Eugene, OR S3 Sacramento State Fresno, CA Sept. 2 -- at Purdue S12 at Colorado Boulder, CO S18 at UCLA Los Angeles, CA S10 Oregon State Fresno, CA Sept. 16 -- at Arizona State O10 at Texas A&M College Station, TX TBD TBD S17 USC Los Angeles, CA 2024 O17 New Mexico State Fresno, CA TBD TBD TBD TBD Aug. 31 -- at Oregon State Sept. 14 -- at UCLA Air Force* Fresno, CA Boise State* Fresno, CA Hawai’i* Fresno, CA Hawai’i* Fresno, CA Nevada* Fresno, CA San Diego State* Fresno, CA 2025 San Diego State* Fresno, CA UNLV* Fresno, CA San Jose State* Fresno, CA Aug. 30 -- at USC San Jose State* Fresno, CA New Mexico* Fresno, CA Wyoming* Fresno, CA at Colorado State* Fort Collins, CO at Hawai’i* Honolulu, HI at Boise State* Boise, ID at Nevada* Reno, NV at San Diego State* San Diego, CA at Nevada* Reno, NV at UNLV* Las Vegas, NV at San Jose State* San Jose, CA at UNLV* Las Vegas, NV at Utah State* Logun, UT at Wyoming* Laramie, WY at New Mexico* Albuquerque, NM
* = Mountain West game All future conference game dates are TBD
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2019 Fresno State Statistics 2019 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Result Score Overall Conference Time Attend Aug. 31, 2019 at USC L 31-23 0-1 -- 3:41 57,329 Sept. 7, 2019 Minnesota L 38-35 2OT 0-2 -- 3:31 34,790 Sept. 21, 2019 Sacramento State W 34-20 1-2 -- 3:14 31,034 Sept. 28, 2019 at New Mexico State W 34-17 2-2 -- 3:03 8,872 Oct. 12, 2019 at Air Force* L 43-24 2-3 0-1 2:55 22,544 Oct. 18, 2019 UNLV* Oct. 26, 2019 Colorado State* Nov. 2, 2019 at Hawaii* Nov. 9, 2019 Utah State* Nov. 15, 2019 at San Diego State* Nov. 23, 2019 Nevada* Nov. 30, 2019 at San Jose State* * MW game Team Statistics TEAM STATISTICS Fresno St. OPP Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total SCORING 146 149 Fresno State 31 51 20 37 7 146 Points Per Game 29.2 29.8 Opponents 34 34 28 43 10 149 Points Off Turnovers 31 27 FIRST DOWNS 103 108 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 Lg Blk Rushing 35 57 Passing 58 44 SILVA, Cesar 9-13 69.2 0-0 3-3 2-4 4-5 0-1 48 0 Penalty 10 7 RUSHING YARDAGE 706 778 FG SEQUENCE Fresno St. Opponents Yards gained rushing 818 894 Yards lost rushing 112 116 at USC (45), (46), (28) (38) Rushing Attempts 159 196 Minnesota 50, (48), (30) (37) Average Per Rush 4.4 4.0 Sacramento State 49, 35, 37 -- Average Per Game 141.2 155.6 at New Mexico State (28), (38), (24) 50, (42) TDs Rushing 7 10 at Air Force (47) -- PASSING YARDAGE 1226 1030 Comp-Att-Int 111-174-4 97-156-5 UNLV Average Per Pass 7.0 6.6 Colorado State Average Per Catch 11.0 10.6 at Hawaii Average Per Game 245.2 206.0 Utah State TDs Passing 9 8 TOTAL OFFENSE 1932 1808 at San Diego State Total Plays 333 352 Nevada Average Per Play 5.8 5.1 at San Jose State Average Per Game 386.4 361.6 (parenthesis indicate field goal was made) KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 10-191 11-281 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 4-27 3-3 PUNTING No. Yds Avg. Long TB FC I20 50+ INT RETURNS: #-Yards 5-104 4-26 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 19.1 25.5 CUSICK, Blake 20 871 43.5 64 3 6 6 6 0 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.8 1.0 Total...... 20 871 43.5 64 3 6 6 6 0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 20.8 6.5 Opponents...... 21 908 43.2 54 0 13 5 4 0 2023 FUMBLES-LOST 8-5 9-6 Sept. 2 -- at Purdue PENALTIES-Yards 27-201 27-274 KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg. TB OB Retn Net YdLn Average Per Game 40.2 54.8 Sept. 16 -- at Arizona State FULLER, Asa 29 1631 56.2 14 0 PUNTS-Yards 20-871 21-908 SILVA, Cesar 1 45 45.0 0 1 2024 Average Per Punt 43.5 43.2 Net punt average 40.4 42.0 Total...... 30 1676 55.9 14 1 281 34.8 30 Aug. 31 -- at Oregon State KICKOFFS-Yards 30-1676 25-1512 Opponents...... 25 1512 60.5 13 2 191 39.8 25 Sept. 14 -- at UCLA Average Per Kick 55.9 60.5 Net kick average 34.8 39.8 2025 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 30:25 29:35 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg. TD Long Aug. 30 -- at USC 3RD-DOWN Conversions 24/62 26/66 RIVERS, Ronnie 4 27 6.8 0 28 3rd-Down Pct 39% 39% Total...... 4 27 6.8 0 28 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4/4 7/10 4th-Down Pct 100% 70% Opponents...... 3 3 1.0 0 3 SACKS BY-Yards 9-59 12-73 MISC YARDS 0 0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg. TD Long TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 17 20 GRIM, Derrion 6 98 16.3 0 23 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-13 3-4 ELIMA-JEUNE, Patrick 3 58 19.3 0 21 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 RED-ZONE SCORES (17-24) 71% (18-22) 82% WHEATFALL, Keric 1 35 35.0 0 35 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (12-24) 50% (16-22) 73% Total...... 10 191 19.1 0 35 PAT-ATTEMPTS (15-16) 94% (16-17) 94% Opponents...... 11 281 25.5 1 100 ATTENDANCE 65824 88745 Games/Avg Per Game 2/32912 3/29582
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2019 Fresno State Statistics |------PATs ------| RUSHING G Att. Gain Loss Net Avg. TD Long Avg/G SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DPX Saf Pts RIVERS, Ronnie 5 62 274 21 253 4.1 2 26 50.6 SILVA, Cesar 0 9-13 15-15 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 CROPPER, Jalen 5 10 161 0 161 16.1 1 79 32.2 HOKIT, Josh 4 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 26 HOKIT, Josh 5 29 129 3 126 4.3 3 14 25.2 RIVERS, Ronnie 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24 REYNA, Jorge 5 48 178 83 95 2.0 1 21 19.0 GRIM, Derrion 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 GRIM, Derrion 5 4 49 0 49 12.2 0 18 9.8 EDWARDS, Emoryie 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 SUTTON, Cam 5 1 27 0 27 27.0 0 27 5.4 FREE, Wylan 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 POPE, Zane 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 REYNA, Jorge 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Total...... 5 159 818 112 706 4.4 7 79 141.2 COLEMAN, Chris 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Opponents...... 5 196 894 116 778 4.0 10 27 155.6 RICE, Jared 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 PASSING G Effic Comp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G CROPPER, Jalen 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 FULLER, Asa 0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 0 REYNA, Jorge 5 136.23 111-173-4 64.2 1226 9 52 245.2 Total...... 17 9-13 15-16 1-1 0 0-0 0 0 146 HOKIT, Josh 5 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents...... 20 3-4 16-17 2-3 0 0-0 0 0 149 Total...... 5 135.45 111-174-4 63.8 1226 9 52 245.2 Opponents...... 5 128.15 97-156-5 62.2 1030 8 53 206.0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
RECEIVING G No. Yards Avg. TD Long Avg/G REYNA, Jorge 5 221 95 1226 1321 264.2 RIVERS, Ronnie 5 62 253 0 253 50.6 POPE, Zane 5 22 238 10.8 0 41 47.6 CROPPER, Jalen 5 10 161 0 161 32.2 RIVERS, Ronnie 5 14 82 5.9 2 25 16.4 HOKIT, Josh 5 30 126 0 126 25.2 GRIM, Derrion 5 13 207 15.9 3 52 41.4 GRIM, Derrion 5 4 49 0 49 9.8 EDWARDS, Emoryie 2 12 143 11.9 1 39 71.5 SUTTON, Cam 5 1 27 0 27 5.4 HOKIT, Josh 5 10 64 6.4 1 14 12.8 TEAM 3 4 -5 0 -5 -1.7 RICE, Jared 5 10 48 4.8 1 14 9.6 Total...... 5 333 706 1226 1932 386.4 COLEMAN, Chris 5 9 158 17.6 1 36 31.6 Opponents...... 5 352 778 1030 1808 361.6 CROPPER, Jalen 5 6 47 7.8 0 14 9.4 WHEATFALL, Keric 4 5 121 24.2 0 46 30.2 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G RODRIGUEZ, Juan 4 4 37 9.2 0 21 9.2 RIVERS, Ronnie 5 253 82 27 0 0 362 72.4 SUTTON, Cam 5 3 50 16.7 0 29 10.0 GRIM, Derrion 5 49 207 0 98 0 354 70.8 GLASPIE, Jamal 5 3 31 10.3 0 14 6.2 POPE, Zane 5 0 238 0 0 0 238 47.6 Total...... 5 111 1226 11.0 9 52 245.2 CROPPER, Jalen 5 161 47 0 0 0 208 41.6 Opponents...... 5 97 1030 10.6 8 53 206.0 HOKIT, Josh 5 126 64 0 0 0 190 38.0 COLEMAN, Chris 5 0 158 0 0 0 158 31.6 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg. TD Long WHEATFALL, Keric 4 0 121 0 35 0 156 39.0 Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 EDWARDS, Emoryie 2 0 143 0 0 0 143 71.5 Opponents...... 1 40 40.0 0 40 FREE, Wylan 5 0 0 0 0 104 104 20.8 REYNA, Jorge 5 95 0 0 0 0 95 19.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg. TD Long SUTTON, Cam 5 27 50 0 0 0 77 15.4 RICE, Justin 2 0 0.0 0 0 ELIMA-JEUNE, Patrick 5 0 0 0 58 0 58 11.6 FREE, Wylan 2 104 52.0 1 91 RICE, Jared 5 0 48 0 0 0 48 9.6 BRYANT, Jaron 1 0 0.0 0 0 RODRIGUEZ, Juan 4 0 37 0 0 0 37 9.2 Total...... 5 104 20.8 1 91 GLASPIE, Jamal 5 0 31 0 0 0 31 6.2 Opponents...... 4 26 6.5 1 24 TEAM 3 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -1.7 Total...... 5 706 1226 27 191 104 2254 450.8 Opponents...... 5 778 1030 3 281 26 2118 423.6
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2019 Fresno State Statistics | ------Tackles ------| | -Sacks- | | --- Pass Def --- | | - Fumbles - | Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No.-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf RICE, Justin 5 22 28 50 2.5-16 1.0-14 2-0 7 . 1-0 3 . . WALKER, Mykal 5 22 27 49 3.5-12 0.5-4 . 1 2 1-0 . . . FREE, Wylan 5 15 24 39 . . 2-104 . . 1-0 . . . HUGHES, Juju 5 14 22 36 . . . 3 . . . . . MOSBY, Arron 5 13 17 30 1.0-1 . . 2 . . 2 . . BRYANT, Jaron 5 14 11 25 1.0-3 . 1-0 3 . 1-0 . . . BAILEY, Levelle 5 4 11 15 4.5-14 1.0-5 . 1 . . . . . CRUZ, Alex 5 4 11 15 . . . . . 1-0 . . . ATKINS, Kevin 5 8 7 15 3.5-16 3.0-16 . 1 1 . 1 1 . JOHNSON, Isaiah 5 9 5 14 4.5-11 2.0-9 . . 1 1-0 . . . IAKOPO, Keiti 5 5 8 13 2.5-9 . . 1 2 . . . . GASTON, Chris 2 9 4 13 . . . 2 . . . . . DUMAIS, Alex 4 6 4 10 4.0-14 1.0-8 . . . . 1 . . RUFFIN, Deshawn 3 7 1 8 ...... TATUM III, Leevel 5 2 6 8 1.0-4 0.5-3 ...... WRIGHT, Andrew 4 3 4 7 . . . 1 . . . . . HICKS, Dorrzel 4 3 2 5 ...... COLEMAN, Chris 5 5 . 5 . . . 1 . . . . . MCCOY, Ricky 5 2 1 3 1.0-1 . . 2 . . . . . PAYNE, Leonard 2 1 1 2 ...... WILLIAMS, Evan 5 1 . 1 ...... JOHNSON, Saevion 5 . 1 1 ...... THOMAS, Nikko 1 . 1 1 ...... FIELDS, Rian 4 . 1 1 ...... HAYNES, Jasad 2 1 . 1 ...... OGLESBY, Bryson 4 . 1 1 ...... REYNA, Jorge 5 1 . 1 ...... POPE, Zane 5 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 5 172 198 370 29-101 9-59 5-104 25 6 6-0 7 1 . Opponents...... 5 172 164 336 25.0-120 12-73 4-26 18 8 5-40 5 . .
Defense Game-by-Game TACKLES TOTAL USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU RICE, Justin 50 4-6 5-6 5-1 2-8 6-7 WALKER, Mykal 49 7-8 4-5 2-3 4-5 5-6 FREE, Wylan 39 2-6 7-2 1-2 3-3 2-11 HUGHES, Juju 36 7-4 2-3 1-2 2-5 2-8 MOSBY, Arron 30 5-0 3-2 1-1 2-7 2-7 BRYANT, Jaron 25 2-3 1-1 6-2 4-1 1-4 CRUZ, Alex 15 0-2 1-2 1-1 0-1 2-5 BAILEY, Levelle 15 0-1 3-4 - 1-6 - ATKINS, Kevin 15 1-1 4-1 2-0 0-2 1-3 JOHNSON, Isaiah 14 - 2-2 2-0 1-2 4-1 GASTON, Chris 13 9-3 0-1 DNP DNP DNP IAKOPO, Keiti 13 - 3-3 2-2 0-3 - DUMAIS, Alex 10 DNP - 1-0 1-1 4-3 RUFFIN, Deshawn 8 1-0 5-0 1-1 DNP DNP TATUM III, L. 8 1-1 - 0-1 0-2 1-2 (solo tackle - assisted tackle)
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2019 Fresno State Statistics
RUSHING No-Yds/TD USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU RIVERS, Ronnie 62-253/2 14-53/0 15-76/0 11-37/1 13-42/0 9-45/1 CROPPER, Jalen 10-161/1 4-39/0 - 1-4/0 5-118/1 - HOKIT, Josh 29-126/3 - 1-0/0 12-72/2 13-44/1 3-10/0 REYNA, Jorge 48-95/1 20-88/0 11--19/1 11-36/0 4-3/0 2--13/0 GRIM, Derrion 4-49/0 - - - 3-32/0 1-17/0 SUTTON, Cam 1-27/0 1-27/0 - - - - POPE, Zane 1-0/0 - - 1-0/0 - - GRIM,RECEIVING Derrion WR No-Yds/TD9-182/2 2-86/1USC Minn5-82/0 Sac2-14/1 St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU POPE, Zane 22-238/0 4-41/0 5-68/0 6-72/0 3-14/0 4-43/0 GRIM, Derrion 13-207/3 2-86/1 5-82/0 2-14/1 3-21/0 1-4/1 COLEMAN, Chris 9-158/1 3-71/1 3-33/0 3-54/0 - - EDWARDS, E. 12-143/1 DNP DNP DNP 8-70/0 4-73/1 WHEATFALL, K. 5-121/0 - DNP 3-98/0 1-10/0 1-13/0 RIVERS, Ronnie 14-82/2 4-23/0 5-48/2 3-6/0 - 2-5/0 HOKIT, Josh 10-64/1 3-24/0 1-10/0 3-22/1 1-1/0 2-7/0 SUTTON, Cam 3-50/0 - 1-8/0 - - 2-42/0 RICE, Jared 10-48/1 3-11/0 1-14/1 2-9/0 1-0/0 3-14/0 CROPPER, Jalen 6-47/0 - - 4-25/0 1-14/0 1-8/0 RODRIGUEZ, Juan 4-37/0 - 2-11/0 2-26/0 DNP - GLASPIE, Jamal 3-31/0 - 1-14/0 - 2-17/0 - PASSING #11#10 REYNA,REYNA Jorge AAtttt. Comp Comp Int Int Pct Pct Yards Yards TD TD Long Long Sack Sack Yds Yds Effic USC 39 19 1 48.7 256 2 52 3 18 115.7 Minnesota 35 24 2 68.6 288 3 25 4 26 154.5 Sacramento State 41 28 0 68.3 326 2 46 3 12 151.2 New Mexico State 31 20 0 64.5 147 0 17 1 7 104.3 Air Force 27 20 1 74.1 209 2 39 1 10 156.1 TOTALS 173 111 4 64.2 1226 9 52 12 73 136.2
PUNT RET No-Yds USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU RIVERS, Ronnie 4-27 - - 3-27 1-0 -
KICK RET No-Yds USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU GRIM, Derrion 6-98 2-39 2-29 - - 2-30 ELIMA-JEUNE, P. 3-58 - - 2-37 - 1-21 WHEATFALL, K. 1-35 1-35 DNP - - -
INT RET No-Yds USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU
FREE, Wylan 2-104 - - - 2-104 - RICE, Justin 2-0 1-0 - - 1-0 - BRYANT, Jaron 1-0 1-0 - - - -
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TFLs UA-A Tot USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU JOHNSON, Isaiah 4-1 4.5 - 2.0-4 1.0-6 1.5-1 - BAILEY, Levelle 3-3 4.5 - 2.5-8 - 2.0-6 - DUMAIS, Alex 4-0 4.0 DNP - 1.0-8 1.0-2 2.0-4 WALKER, Mykal 2-3 3.5 1.0-5 - 0.5-1 1.0-5 1.0-1 ATKINS, Kevin 3-1 3.5 - 2.0-14 1.0-2 0.5-0 - RICE, Justin 2-1 2.5 1.0-14 - 1.0-2 0.5-0 - IAKOPO, Keiti 1-3 2.5 - 0.5-1 1.0-6 1.0-2 - BRYANT, Jaron 1-0 1.0 - - 1.0-3 - - MCCOY, Ricky 1-0 1.0 1.0-1 - - - - TATUM III, L. 0-2 1.0 - - 0.5-1 0.5-3 - MOSBY, Arron 1-0 1.0 - 1.0-1 - - -
SACKS UA-A Tot USC Minn Sac St NMST AF UNLV CSU UH USU SDSU Nev SJSU ATKINS, Kevin 3-0 3.0 - 2.0-14 1.0-2 - - JOHNSON, Isaiah 2-0 2.0 - 1.0-3 1.0-6 - - RICE, Justin 1-0 1.0 1.0-14 - - - - BAILEY, Levelle 1-0 1.0 - 1.0-5 - - - DUMAIS, Alex 1-0 1.0 DNP - 1.0-8 - - WALKER, Mykal 0-1 0.5 - - - 0.5-4 - TATUM III, L. 0-1 0.5 - - - 0.5-3 -
LONG PLAYS (20 OR MORE YARDS) GAME-OPENING DRIVES FS Long Plays Opponent Long Plays [---Fresno State---] [------Opponent ------] Rush Pass Total Rush Pass Total Opponent Pts. 1st Dwns Yds. Pts. 1st Dwns Yds USC 2 4 6 2 2 4 USC 0 1 22 7 6 81 Minnesota 0 (missed FG) 3 46 7 5 75 Minnesota 0 5 5 0 2 2 Sacramento State 0 (missed FG) 3 43 0 1 18 Sacramento St. 1 6 7 0 3 3 New Mexico State 7 5 82 0 0 6 New Mexico St. 2 0 2 1 3 4 Air Force 7 2 85 7 2 75 Air Force 1 2 3 1 2 3 UNLV Colorado State UNLV Hawaii Colorado St. Utah State Hawaii San Diego State Utah State Nevada San Diego State San Jose State Nevada San Jose State SECOND HALF-OPENING DRIVES Totals 6 17 23 4 12 16 [---Fresno State---] [------Opponent ------] Opponent Pts. 1st Dwns Yds. Pts. 1st Dwns Yds DRIVE SUPERLATIVES USC 0 4 63 0 1 25 Minnesota 3 4 68 0 2 37 Fresno State Opponent Sacramento State 0 (missed FG) 2 21 0 0 3 Most Plays (Result) 13 - 2x 17 (game expired) - AFA New Mexico State 0 (fumble) 0 6 7 2 31 Most Yards (Result) 93 (TD) - SAC 81 (TD) - USC Air Force 0 0 3 0 1 14 Most Time (Result) 6:16 (TD) - AFA 11:14 (game expired) - AFA UNLV Colorado State Hawaii FRESNO STATE POINTS OFF TURNOVERS Utah State Game TOs Gained TDs FG Pts FS (Fumbles Lost/INT) San Diego State USC 4 (2 INT/2 FR) 0 2 6 3 (1 INT/2 FL) Nevada Minnesota 3 (3 FR) 2 0 15 2 (2 INT) San Jose State Sac St. 1 (1 FR) 0 0 0 2 (2 FL) NMST 3 (3 INT) 1 1 10 1 (1 FL) Air Force - 0 - - - - 1 (1 INT) PENALTY NUMBERS UNLV FS Pen.-Yds. Opp. Pen.-Yds Colorado St. USC 6-51 4-35 Hawaii Minnesota 6-45 7-65 Utah St. Sac St. 7-61 12-147 San Diego St. New Mexico State 3-39 3-22 Nevada Air Force 5-19 1-5 San Jose State UNLV Colorado State Totals 11 (5 INT/6 FR) 3 3 31 9 (4 INT/5 FL) Hawaii Opponents 9 (4 INT/5 FR) 4 0 27 Utah State San Diego State Nevada San Jose State
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FRESNO STATE CHUNK PLAYS (23) OPPONENT CHUNK PLAYS (16) Yards Opponent Play Result Yards Opponent Play Result 79 NMSU Cropper rush TD 53 AFA Hammond III pass to Waters TD 52 USC Reyna pass to Grim 1st-down 47 SAC Thomson pass to Martin TD 46 SAC Reyna pass to Wheatfall 1st-goal 41 USC Slovis pass to Vaughns 1st-down 41 SAC Reyna pass to Pope 1st-down 36 SAC Thomson pass to Gable 1st-down 39 AFA Reyna pass to Edwards 1st-goal 34 MINN Morgan pass to Johnson 1st-down 36 USC Reyna pass to Coleman 1st-down 28 USC Daniel pass to Vaughns 1st-down 34 USC Reyna pass to Grim TD 28 AFA Hammond III pass to Sanders 1st-down 29 SAC Reyna pass to Wheatfall 1st-goal 27 USC Carr rush 1st-down 29 AFA Reyna pass to Sutton 1st-down 26 USC Malepeai rush 1st-down 26 AFA Rivers rush TD 26 SAC Thomson pass to Williams 1st-down 27 USC Sutton rush (end around) 1st-down 23 NMSU Huntley rush 1st-down 27 USC Reyna pass to Coleman 1st-down 21 NMSU Adkins pass to Nicholson 1st-down 25 MINN Reyna pass to Rivers TD 20 MINN Morgan pass to Autman-Bell TD 25 NMSU Cropper rush 1st-goal 20 NMSU Adkins pass to Lottie 1st-down 24 MINN Reyna pass to Grim 1st-down 20 NMSU Adkins pass to Nicholson 1st-down 23 SAC Reyna pass to Wheatfall 1st-down 20 AFA Remsberg rush 1st-down 22 SAC Reyna pass to Coleman 1st-down 22 SAC Rivers rush 1st-down 21 USC Reyna rush 4th-down 21 SAC Reyna pass to Rodriguez 1st-down 20 MINN Reyna pass to Grim 1st-down 20 MINN Reyna pass to Pope 1st-down 20 MINN Reyna pass to Pope 1st-down
FRESNO STATE SPECIAL TEAMS CHUNK PLAYS (2) OPPONENT SPECIAL TEAMS CHUNK PLAYS (2) Yards Opponent Play Result Yards Opponent Play Result 35 USC Wheatfall kick return 1st-down 100 USC Jones kick return TD 28 SAC Rivers punt return 1st-down 36 MINN Smith kick return 1st-10 Only KO returns of 35 yards or more or INT & PR of 25 yards or more are included Only KO returns of 35 yards or more or INT & PR of 25 yards or more are included
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The Automated ScoreBook Fresno State Team Game-by-Game (as of Oct 13, 2019) All games
TEAM STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 31 at USC 40 206 0 27 19 256 2 52 19-39-1 256 2 52 3 74 0 35 0 0 0 0 462 Sep 07 MINNESOTA 27 57 1 19 24 288 3 25 24-35-2 288 3 25 2 29 0 15 0 0 0 0 345 Sep 21 SACRAMENTO STATE 39 145 3 22 28 326 2 46 28-42-0 326 2 46 2 37 0 19 3 27 0 28 471 Sep 28 at New Mexico State 38 239 2 79 20 147 0 17 20-31-0 147 0 17 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 386 Oct 12 at Air Force 15 59 1 26 20 209 2 39 20-27-1 209 2 39 3 51 0 21 0 0 0 0 268 Fresno State 159 706 7 79 111 1226 9 52 111-174-4 1226 9 52 10 191 0 35 4 27 0 28 1932 Opponents 196 778 10 27 97 1030 8 53 97-156-5 1030 8 53 11 281 1 100 3 3 0 3 1808
Games: 5 • Avg/rush: 4.4 • Avg/catch: 11.0 • Pass effic: 135.45 • KR avg: 19.1 • PR avg: 6.8 • All purpose avg/game: 450.8 • Total offense avg/gm: 386.4
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 31 at USC 44 38 82 3.0-20 1.0-14 2 2-0 2-0 0 7 0 2-2 0 0 0 6 23 Sep 07 MINNESOTA 46 34 80 8.0-28 4.0-22 3 3-0 0-0 1 3 0 3-3 1 0 0 15 35 Sep 21 SACRAMENTO STATE 26 18 44 7.0-29 3.0-16 1 1-0 0-0 2 8 1 4-5 0 0 0 0 34 Sep 28 at New Mexico State 23 48 71 8.0-19 1.0-7 1 0-0 3-104 2 7 0 3-3 0 0 0 10 30 Oct 12 at Air Force 33 60 93 3.0-5 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Fresno State 172 198 370 29.0-101 9.0-59 7 6-0 5-104 6 25 1 15-16 1 0 0 31 146 Opponents 172 164 336 25.0-120 12.0-73 5 5-40 4-26 8 18 0 16-17 2 0 0 27 149
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 31 at USC 5 234 46.8 60 0 1 1 2 1 3-3 46 0 6 330 55.0 0 1 Sep 07 MINNESOTA 3 132 44.0 50 0 0 1 2 1 2-3 48 0 6 345 57.5 2 0 Sep 21 SACRAMENTO STATE 3 130 43.3 49 0 0 1 0 3 0-3 0 0 6 314 52.3 2 0 Sep 28 at New Mexico State 6 249 41.5 50 0 1 3 1 1 3-3 38 0 7 362 51.7 5 0 Oct 12 at Air Force 3 126 42.0 64 0 1 0 1 0 1-1 47 0 5 325 65.0 5 0 Fresno State 20 871 43.5 64 0 3 6 6 6 9-13 48 0 30 1676 55.9 14 1 Opponents 21 908 43.2 54 0 0 13 4 5 3-4 42 0 25 1512 60.5 13 2
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The Automated ScoreBook Fresno State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Oct 13, 2019) All games
OPPONENT STATISTICS
Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Aug 31 at USC 36 175 2 27 31 272 1 41 31-42-2 272 1 41 5 168 1 100 1 3 0 3 447 Sep 07 MINNESOTA 52 146 3 14 16 234 2 34 16-23-0 234 2 34 3 75 0 36 1 0 0 0 380 Sep 21 SACRAMENTO STATE 17 12 0 7 22 233 3 47 22-41-0 233 3 47 1 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 245 Sep 28 at New Mexico State 22 105 1 23 26 210 1 21 26-47-3 210 1 21 2 13 0 10 1 0 0 0 315 Oct 12 at Air Force 69 340 4 20 2 81 1 53 2-3-0 81 1 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 421 Opponents 196 778 10 27 97 1030 8 53 97-156-5 1030 8 53 11 281 1 100 3 3 0 3 1808 Fresno State 159 706 7 79 111 1226 9 52 111-174-4 1226 9 52 10 191 0 35 4 27 0 28 1932
Games: 5 • Avg/rush: 4.0 • Avg/catch: 10.6 • Pass effic: 128.15 • KR avg: 25.5 • PR avg: 1.0 • All purpose avg/game: 423.6 • Total offense avg/gm: 361.6
Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Aug 31 at USC 41 30 71 4.0-22 3.0-18 1 2-0 1-0 0 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 7 31 Sep 07 MINNESOTA 36 22 58 5.0-30 4.0-26 0 0-0 2-2 0 5 0 5-5 0 0 0 0 38 Sep 21 SACRAMENTO STATE 40 42 82 7.0-38 3.0-12 3 2-40 0-0 4 3 0 0-1 1 0 0 6 20 Sep 28 at New Mexico State 28 56 84 5.0-12 1.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 3 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 7 17 Oct 12 at Air Force 27 14 41 4.0-18 1.0-10 0 0-0 1-24 1 3 0 5-5 1 0 0 7 43 Opponents 172 164 336 25.0-120 12.0-73 5 5-40 4-26 8 18 0 16-17 2 0 0 27 149 Fresno State 172 198 370 29.0-101 9.0-59 7 6-0 5-104 6 25 1 15-16 1 0 0 31 146
Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Aug 31 at USC 3 111 37.0 38 0 0 3 0 0 1-1 38 0 6 382 63.7 3 0 Sep 07 MINNESOTA 2 92 46.0 48 0 0 1 0 0 1-1 37 0 5 314 62.8 3 0 Sep 21 SACRAMENTO STATE 9 368 40.9 44 0 0 5 0 2 0-0 0 0 4 239 59.8 2 0 Sep 28 at New Mexico State 6 286 47.7 54 0 0 3 3 2 1-2 42 0 3 195 65.0 3 0 Oct 12 at Air Force 1 51 51.0 51 0 0 1 1 1 0-0 0 0 7 382 54.6 2 2 Opponents 21 908 43.2 54 0 0 13 4 5 3-4 42 0 25 1512 60.5 13 2 Fresno State 20 871 43.5 64 0 3 6 6 6 9-13 48 0 30 1676 55.9 14 1
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2019 Fresno State Participation # Name GP/GS # Name GP/GS # Name GP/GS 79 AIBUDEFE, Nick ...... 5/2 10 JARVIS, Deven ...... 1/- 65 TUITELE, Syrus ...... 5/5 75 AKINGBULU, Alex...... 2/- 18 JOHNSON, Isaiah...... 5/4 3 WALKER, Mykal ...... 5/5 81 ARIAS, Ricardo ...... 1/- 24 JOHNSON,S...... 5/- 53 WESTBERRY, J...... 5/- 90 ATKINS, Kevin ...... 5/5 24 JORDAN, Randy ...... 2/- 1 WHEATFALL, K...... 4/2 6 BAILEY, Levelle...... 5/2 11 KING JR., S...... 5/- 32 WILLIAMS, Evan ...... 5/- 85 BROOKS, Erik ...... 2/- 35 LANGLEY, M...... 1/- 66 WOODLEY, Quireo...... 5/5 14 BRYANT, Jaron ...... 5/5 99 MCCOY, Ricky ...... 5/- 31 WRIGHT, Andrew ...... 4/1 72 BULL, Dontae ...... 4/4 15 MOSBY, Arron ...... 5/5 42 CAGE, Richard ...... 2/- 52 MUTI, Netane ...... 3/3 8 COLEMAN, Chris ...... 5/3 25 OGLESBY, Bryson...... 4/- 5 CROPPER, Jalen ...... 5/1 87 PAUWELS JR., R...... 4/- 51 CRUZ, Alex ...... 5/1 55 PAYNE, Leonard ...... 2/- 47 CUSICK, Blake ...... 5/- 17 PERRY, Deonte ...... 2/- 19 DALENA, Frank ...... 2/- 27 POPE, Zane ...... 5/2 43 DUMAIS, Alex ...... 4/1 11 REYNA, Jorge ...... 5/5 4 EDWARDS, E...... 2/- 16 RICE, Jared ...... 5/5 2 ELIMA-JEUNE, P...... 5/- 29 RICE, Justin ...... 5/5 16 FIELDS, Rian ...... 4/- 57 RICE, Tanner ...... 2/- 4 FREE, Wylan ...... 5/5 20 RIVERS, Ronnie ...... 5/5 51 FUAMATU, Jace ...... 1/- 80 RODRIGUEZ, Juan...... 4/1 37 FULLER, Asa ...... 5/- 22 RUFFIN, Deshawn...... 3/1 2 GASTON, Chris ...... 2/2 50 SAMPSON JR., T...... 3/- 3 GLASPIE, Jamal ...... 5/2 54 SCHMIDT, Bula ...... 1/1 7 GRIM, Derrion ...... 5/3 28 SILVA, Cesar ...... 5/- 93 HAYNES, Jasad ...... 2/1 59 SMITH, Matt ...... 5/5 41 HICKS, Dorrzel ...... 4/- 15 SUTTON, Cam ...... 5/3 9 HOKIT, Josh ...... 5/- 44 TATUM III, L...... 5/- 23 HUGHES, Juju ...... 5/5 40 THOMAS, Nikko ...... 1/- 98 IAKOPO, Keiti ...... 5/5 86 TORRES, Jared ...... 3/-
2019 Game-By-Game Offensive Starters Date | Opponent | LT | lg | C | rg | rt | QB | rb | WR | WR | WR | te 8/31 at USC Bull Muti Smith Woodley Tuitele Reyna Rivers Cropper Glaspie Rodriguez (TE) Rice 9/7 Minnesota Bull Muti Smith Woodley Tuitele Reyna Rivers Grim Pope Coleman Rice 9/21 Sacramento State Aibuedefe Muti Smith Woodley Tuitele Reyna Rivers Grim Pope Sutton (TE) Rice 9/28 at New Mexico State Bull Aibuedefe Smith Woodley Tuitele Reyna Rivers Grim Wheatfall Sutton (TE) Rice 10/12 at Air Force* Bull Schmidt Smith Woodley Tuitele Reyna Rivers Glaspie Wheatfall Sutton (TE) Rice 10/18 UNLV* 10/26 Colorado State* 11/2 at Hawaii* 11/9 Utah State* 11/15 at San Diego State* 11/23 Nevada* 11/30 at San Jose State*
2019 Game-By-Game Defensive Starters Date | Opponent | DE | dt | dt | de | lb | lb | lb | CB | FS | SS | CB 8/31 at USC Wright Iakopo Atkins Johnson Rice Walker Mosby Gaston Free Hughes Bryant 9/7 Minnesota Walker Iakopo Haynes Atkins Rice Bailey Mosby Gaston Free Hughes Bryant 9/21 Sacramento State Cruz Iakopo Atkins Johnson Rice Walker Mosby Ruffin Free Hughes Bryant 9/28 at New Mexico State Johnson Iakopo Atkins Bailey (LB) Rice Walker Mosby Coleman Free Hughes Bryant 10/12 at Air Force* Johnson Iakopo Atkins Dumais Rice Walker Mosby Coleman Free Hughes Bryant 10/18 UNLV* 10/26 Colorado State* 11/2 at Hawaii* 11/9 Utah State* 11/15 at San Diego State* 11/23 Nevada* 11/30 at San Jose State*
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TURNOVERS YEAR-BY-YEAR - SINCE 2010 2019 - Fresno State Record: 2-3 2014 - Fresno State Record: 6-8 |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 8/31 at USC 1-14 2 2 4 3-18 2 1 3 8/30 at USC 0-0 2 0 2 1-10 0 4 4 9/7 Minnesota 4-22 3 0 3 4-26 0 2 2 9/6 at Utah 2-11 0 0 0 7-34 1 0 1 9/21 Sacramento State 3-16 1 0 1 3-12 2 0 2 9/13 Nebraska 0-0 1 0 1 4-29 0 0 0 9/28 at NM State 1-7 0 3 3 1-7 1 0 1 9/20 Southern Utah 4-10 1 1 2 0-0 0 1 1 10/12 at Air Force 0-0 0 0 0 1-10 0 1 1 9/26 at New Mexico 2-14 0 0 0 3-24 1 1 2 10/18 UNLV 10/3 San Diego State 2-12 1 2 3 3-7 1 1 2 10/26 Colorado State 10/10 at UNLV 5-13 0 1 1 1-1 1 2 3 11/2 at Hawai’i 10/17 at Boise State 2-10 1 0 1 5-22 0 1 1 11/9 Utah State 11/1 Wyoming 1-6 1 0 1 2-6 0 2 2 11/15 at San Diego State 11/8 San Jose State 0-0 1 2 3 1-5 1 1 2 11/23 Nevada 11/22 at Nevada 3-24 3 1 4 3-20 1 1 2 11/30 at San Jose State 11/29 Hawai’i 6-34 0 2 2 2-17 0 2 2 Totals 5 Games 9-59 6 5 11 12-73 5 4 9 12/6 at Boise State * 1-5 0 0 0 4-24 0 3 3 12/24 vs. Rice! 2-14 0 0 0 4-24 0 2 2 Totals 14 Games 30-153 11 9 20 40-223 6 21 27 2018 - Fresno State Record: 12-2 NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| Sacks: 65 Turnovers Gained: T-55 Sacks Allowed: T-105 Turnovers Lost: T-109 Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers Fumble Recoveries: T-38 Turnover Margin: T-103 Fumbles Lost: T-19 Turnover Margin: T-103 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost Passes Intercepted: T-91 INTs Thrown: 123 9/1 Idaho 1-6 2 5 7 1-6 0 0 0 2013 - Fresno State Record: 11-2 9/8 at Minnesota 1-6 1 0 1 0-0 0 2 2 |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| 9/15 at UCLA 1-1 2 2 4 1-9 2 0 2 Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers 9/29 Toledo 5-40 0 1 1 1-5 0 1 1 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 10/6 at Nevada 4-28 0 3 3 1-8 1 0 1 8/29 Rutgers 1-10 1 1 2 1-4 2 1 3 10/13 Wyoming 1-1 0 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 9/7 Cal Poly 1-10 1 0 1 0-0 1 0 1 10/20 at New Mexico 0-0 0 1 1 1-4 0 0 0 9/14 at Colorado ------GAME CANCELED (FLOODING)------10/27 Hawai’i 2-3 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 9/20 Boise State 4-19 1 1 2 1-2 0 0 0 11/3 at UNLV 1-5 0 1 1 0-0 0 1 1 9/28 at Hawai’i 7-46 0 2 2 1-1 3 2 5 11/9 at Boise State 1-3 0 1 1 3-24 0 0 0 10/5 at Idaho 6-41 1 4 5 0-0 1 2 3 11/17 San Diego State 1-6 0 0 0 3-7 0 0 0 10/19 UNLV 3-12 0 0 0 0-0 0 1 1 11/24 San Jose State 3-4 0 1 1 0-0 2 0 2 10/26 at San Diego St. 2-12 1 1 2 2-22 0 0 0 12/1 Boise State* 2-17 1 0 1 2-6 2 0 2 11/2 Nevada 3-18 0 1 1 2-14 1 0 1 12/15 Arizona State^ 1-6 0 2 2 0-0 1 2 3 11/9 at Wyoming 1-8 1 1 2 1-9 0 0 0 Totals 14 Games 25-127 7 19 26 12-68 8 6 14 11/23 New Mexico 3-25 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 11/29 at San Jose St. 0-0 2 0 2 0-0 0 1 1 NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS 12/7 Utah State* 8-49 0 2 2 3-19 3 2 5 Sacks: T-100 Turnovers Gained: T-11 Sacks Allowed: 6 Turnovers Lost: T-15 12/21 vs. USC! 1-17 1 1 2 0-0 0 1 1 Fumble Recoveries: T-81 Turnover Margin: 9 Fumbles Lost: T-51 Turnover Margin: 9 Passes Intercepted: 4 INTs Thrown: T-14 Totals 13 Games 40-250 9 14 23 12-72 11 10 21 2017 - Fresno State Record: 10-4 |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers Sacks: 6 Turnovers Gained: T-47 Sacks Allowed:6 Turnovers Lost: T-57 Fumble Recoveries: T-56 Turnover Margin: T-48 Fumbles Lost: T-84 Turnover Margin: T-48 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost T-40 T-35 9/2 Incarnate Word 2-20 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 0 Passes Intercepted: Interceptions Thrown: 9/9 at Alabama 1-8 0 0 0 2-9 0 1 1 2012 - Fresno State Record: 9-4 |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| 9/16 at Washington 1-6 2 0 2 1-7 0 1 1 Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers 9/30 Nevada 3-23 0 3 3 1-7 2 1 3 10/7 at San Jose State 4-24 2 2 4 0-0 0 0 0 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 10/14 New Mexico 2-8 1 1 2 1-3 1 0 1 9/1 Weber State 4-17 0 1 1 1-13 0 0 0 10/21 at San Diego St. 5-30 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 9/8 at No. 4 Oregon 3-34 3 0 3 3-16 0 0 0 9/15 Colorado 4-24 0 4 4 0-0 1 1 2 10/28 UNLV 0-0 0 0 0 1-8 1 0 1 9/22 at Tulsa 0-0 0 3 3 2-13 2 0 2 11/4 BYU 2-12 1 0 1 0-0 0 0 0 9/29 San Diego St. 5-35 2 3 5 1-9 2 2 4 11/11 at Hawai’i 5-29 1 1 2 0-0 0 2 2 10/6 at Colorado St. 4-29 1 1 2 2-18 0 0 0 11/18 at Wyoming 1-6 2 0 2 1-6 1 0 1 10/13 at Boise St. 1-0 0 1 1 3-21 1 1 2 11/25 Boise State 2-20 0 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 12/2 at Boise State* 4-13 0 0 0 2-12 0 1 1 10/20 Wyoming 1-8 0 2 2 2-15 2 0 2 12/24 Houston 2-10 1 1 2 1-7 1 1 2 10/27 at New Mexico 1-4 1 1 2 2-11 0 1 1 11/3 Hawai’i 5-19 2 1 3 3-21 0 1 1 Totals 14 Games 34-209 12 9 21 10-69 6 7 13 11/10 at Nevada 3-26 2 2 4 1-7 1 0 1 11/24 Air Force 3-15 2 1 3 1-7 1 0 1 NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS 12/24 SMU! 5-24 0 2 2 7-53 2 2 4 Sacks: 33 Turnovers Gained: 50 Sacks Allowed: 5 Turnovers Lost: 9 Fumble Recoveries: 14 Turnover Margin: 25 Fumbles Lost: 16 Turnover Margin: 25 Totals 13 games 40-239 13 22 35 29-207 12 8 20 86 13 Passes Intercepted: INTs Thrown: NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS 2016 - Fresno State Record: 1-11 9 5 T-78 T-46 |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| Sacks: Turnovers Gained: Sacks Allowed: Turnovers Lost: Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers Fumble Recoveries: T-27 Turnover Margin: T-7 Fumbles Lost: T-77 Turnover Margin: T-7 Passes Intercepted: 3 Interceptions Thrown: T-28 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 2011 - Fresno State Record: 4-9 9/3 at Nebraska 0-0 0 0 0 4-21 0 2 2 Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers 9/10 Sacramento St. 3-11 0 2 2 2-19 1 1 2 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 9/17 at Toledo 0-0 0 0 0 5-35 0 0 0 9/3 vs. California 2-17 1 1 2 6-30 1 1 2 9/24 Tulsa 4-34 1 1 2 2-9 1 1 2 10/1 at UNLV 0-0 0 0 0 2-20 0 1 1 9/10 at No. 10 Nebraska 1-4 0 2 2 0-0 1 0 1 9/17 North Dakota 2-23 0 0 0 3-26 0 0 0 10/8 at Nevada 1-15 1 0 1 1-4 2 0 2 9/24 at Idaho 2-12 1 0 1 0-0 0 2 2 10/14 San Diego St. 1-1 0 0 0 2-12 0 3 3 10/22 at Utah St. 0-0 0 0 0 1-6 0 0 0 10/1 Ole Miss 1-7 0 0 0 2-18 1 1 2 10/7 No. 5 Boise St. 0-0 0 0 0 0-0 2 2 4 10/28 Air Force 1-6 1 0 1 2-11 0 4 4 10/15 Utah State 3-15 1 0 1 0-0 2 0 2 11/5 at Colorado St. 0-0 0 0 0 5-26 0 1 1 10/22 at Nevada 2-8 0 0 0 1-2 2 0 2 11/19 Hawai`i 2-15 0 1 1 1-6 0 0 0 11/5 La Tech 1-8 0 0 0 3-12 1 2 3 11/26 San Jose St. 2-12 1 1 2 4-17 1 0 1 11/12 at New Mexico St. 2-17 0 1 1 1-4 1 0 1 Totals 12 Games 14-94 4 5 9 31-186 5 13 18 11/19 at Hawai’i 4-32 0 0 0 1-3 0 0 0 11/26 San Jose St. 0-0 1 1 2 0-0 2 1 3 NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS 12/3 at San Diego St. 2-15 0 0 0 3-28 0 1 1 Sacks: T-117 Turnovers Gained: T-126 Sacks Allowed: T-96 Turnovers Lost: T-47 Fumble Recoveries: T-116 Turnover Margin: T-117 Fumbles Lost: T-12 Turnover Margin: T-117 Totals 13 Games 20-143 4 5 9 17-95 13 9 22 T-117 T-88 Passes Intercepted: INTs Thrown: NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS 2015 - Fresno State Record: 3-9 T-79 T-119 T-35 T-72 |------Fresno State ------| |------Opponents ------| Sacks: Turnovers Gained: Sacks Allowed: Turnovers Lost: Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers Fumble Recoveries: T-117 Turnover Margin: T-111 Fumbles Lost: T-99 Turnover Margin: T-116 Passes Intercepted: T-111 Interceptions Thrown: T-39 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 2010 - Fresno State Record: 8-5 9/3 Abilene Christian 5-30 0 2 2 0-0 1 2 3 Fresno St. Turnovers Opponent Turnovers 9/12 at No. 14 Ole Miss 1-8 2 1 3 1-15 1 3 4 Date Opponent Sacks FR Int. Gained Sacks FR INT Lost 9/19 No. 21 Utah 0-0 2 1 3 1-5 2 0 2 9/4 Cincinnati 8-64 1 0 1 2-5 0 1 1 9/26 at San Jose St. 6-35 1 0 1 2-19 0 1 1 9/18 at Utah St. 2-20 0 0 0 1-3 1 1 2 10/3 at San Diego St. 3-25 1 0 1 3-27 0 0 0 9/25 at Ole Miss 0-0 1 1 2 5-22 1 0 1 10/10 Utah State 2-13 1 0 1 5-25 1 3 4 10/16 UNLV 6-24 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 10/2 Cal Poly 4-11 0 0 0 1-4 2 1 3 10/24 at Air Force 0-0 1 0 1 2-9 0 1 1 10/9 Hawai’i 2-5 0 1 1 3-23 0 3 3 11/5 Nevada 2-18 0 1 1 3-20 1 3 4 10/16 New Mexico St. 4-29 1 0 1 1-3 1 0 1 11/14 at Hawai`i 2-13 1 3 4 3-16 0 0 0 10/23 at San Jose St. 5-30 1 2 3 4-39 0 0 0 11/21 at BYU 1-5 2 0 2 4-26 0 3 3 11/6 at La Tech 1-8 0 1 1 2-10 1 1 2 11/13 No. 21 Nevada 1-4 0 1 1 2-14 1 0 1 11/28 Colorado St. 0-0 0 1 1 2-16 0 0 0 11/19 at No. 3 Boise St. 0-0 1 1 2 4-28 1 2 3 Totals 12 Games 28-171 11 9 20 24-152 7 16 23 11/27 Idaho 6-42 0 1 1 5-34 4 0 4 12/3 Illinois 4-27 0 0 0 0-0 1 0 1 NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS 12/18 vs. N. Illinois! 0-0 0 0 0 6-36 1 0 1 Sacks: T-29 Turnovers Gained: T-50 Sacks Allowed: T-73 Turnovers Lost: T-113 Fumble Recoveries: T-7 Turnover Margin: T-93 Fumbles Lost: T-54 Turnover Margin: T-93 Totals 13 Games 37-240 5 8 13 36-221 14 9 23 T-79 T-118 Passes Intercepted: INTs Thrown: NATIONAL RANKINGS NATIONAL RANKINGS Sacks: T-9 Turnovers Gained: T-115 Sacks Allowed: T-101 Turnovers Lost: T-71 Fumble Recoveries: T-106 Turnover Margin: 110 Fumbles Lost: T-108 Turnover Margin: 110 Passes Intercepted: T-99 Interceptions Thrown: T-23 28 | 2019 FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL 2019 Fresno State Football
INDIVIDUAL SEASON & CAREER GAME-HIGHS PASSING |------Attempts------| |------Completions------| |------Yards ------| Career 300-Yard Name 2019 Career 2019 Career 2019 Career Passing Games Jorge Reyna 39 (at USC) Same 28 (Sac State) Same 326 (Sac State) Same 1 |------Longest Pass------| |------TDs ------| |------INTs ------| Name 2019 Career 2019 Career 2019 Career Jorge Reyna 52 (at USC) Same 3 (Minnesota) Same 2 (Minnesota) -- RUSHING |------Attempts------| |------Yards ------| |------TDs ------| Longest Career 100-Yd Name 2019 Career 2019 Career 2019 Career Run Games Jalen Cropper 5 (at NMSU) Same 118 (at NMSU) Same 1 (at NMSU) -- 79 (at NMSU) 1 Josh Hokit 13 (at NMSU) 21 (‘17 at Wyoming) 72 (Sac State) 97 (‘16 Hawai’i) 2 (Sac State) 3 (‘17 at SDSU) 26 (‘17 at SDSU) -- Derrion Grim 3 (at NMSU) Same 32 (at NMSU) Same -- 1 (‘18 at UNLV) 18 (at NMSU) -- Saevion Johnson -- 10 (‘18 Idaho) -- 47 (‘18 at UNLV) -- 2 (‘18 Idaho) 37 (‘18 at UNLV) -- Jorge Reyna 20 (at USC) Same 88 (at USC) Same 1 (Minnesota) Same 21 (at USC) -- Ronnie Rivers 15 (Minnesota) 24 (‘18 ASU) 76 (Minnesota) 212 (‘18 vs ASU) -- 2 (3x) 76 (‘18 Hawai’i) 3 RECEIVING |------Receptions------| |------Yards ------| |------TDs ------| Longest Career 100-Yd Name 2019 Career 2019 Career 2019 Career Reception Games Jalen Cropper 4 (Sac State) Same 25 (Sac State) Same -- -- 14 (at NMSU) -- Chris Coleman 3 (3x) Same 71 (at USC) Same 1 (at USC) Same 36 (at USC) -- Emoryie Edwards 8 (at NMSU) Same 73 (at Air Force) Same 1 (at Air Force) Same 39 (at Air Force) -- Derrion Grim 5 (Minnesota) Same 86 (at USC) Same 1 (3x) 1 (7x) 63 (‘17 Nevada) -- Josh Hokit 3 (2x) 3 (3x) 24 (at USC) 27 (‘17 Nevada) 1 (Sac State) Same 27 (‘17 New Mexico) -- Zane Pope 6 (Sac State) Same 72 (Sac State) Same -- -- 41 (Sac State) -- Jared Rice 3 (2x) 7 (‘18 Wyoming) 14 (Minnesota) 98 (‘18 at Nevada) 1 (Minnesota) 1 (8x) 69 (‘18 at Nevada) -- Ronnie Rivers 5 (Minnesota) 7 (‘18 at Boise State) 48 (Minnesota) 69 (‘18 at New Mexico) 2 (Minnesota) Same 34 (‘18 Wyoming) -- Juan Rodriguez 2 (Sac State) Same 26 (Sac State) Same -- -- 21 (Sac State) -- Cam Sutton 2 (at Air Force) Same 42 (at Air Force) Same -- -- 29 (at Air Force) -- Keric Wheatfall 3 (Sac State) Same 98 (Sac State) Same -- -- 46 (Sac State) -- DEFENSE |------Tackles------| |------Sacks ------| |------TFLs------| Name 2019 Career 2019 Career 2019 Career INT FF Kevin Atkins 5 (Minnesota) 6 (‘18 Toledo) 2.0 (Minnesota) Same 2.0 (Minnesota) Same -- 1 (Minnesota) Levelle Bailey 7 (2x) Same 1.0 (Minnesota) Same 2.5 (Minnesota) Same -- -- Jaron Bryant 8 (Sac State) 9 (‘17 at Boise State) -- -- (2x) 1.0 (3x) 1.0 (4x) 2 (‘17 Nevada) 1 (2x) Chris Coleman 3 (at NMSU) Same ------Alex Cruz 7 (at Air Force) Same ------Alex Dumais 7 (at Air Force) Same 1.0 (Sac State) Same 2.0 (at Air Force) Same -- 1 (Sac State) Wylan Free 13 (at Air Force) Same ------0.5 (‘18 at Boise State) 2 (at NMSU) -- Chris Gaston 12 (at USC) Same ------Jasad Haynes 1 (Minnesota) 5 (‘18 Idaho) -- 1.0 (2x) -- 3.0 (‘18 Idaho) -- 1 (‘18 Idaho) Dorrzel Hicks 2 (2x) Same ------Juju Hughes 11 (at USC) 11 (3x) -- 1.0 (‘17 at SJSU) -- 2.0 (2x) 1 (5x) 1 (‘17 at SJSU) Keiti Iakopo 6 (Minnesota) 9 (‘18 at Boise State) -- 0.5 (‘18 at Nevada) 1.0 (2x) 1.0 (3x) -- -- Isaiah Johnson 5 (at Air Force) Same 1.0 (2x) 1.0 (4x) 2.0 (Minnesota) Same -- -- Ricky McCoy 2 (at USC) 2 (4x) -- 0.5 (‘18 at Boise State) 1.0 (Minnesota) 1.0 (2x) -- -- Arron Mosby 9 (2x) Same -- -- 1.0 (Minnesota) 2.0 (‘18 at UNLV) 1 (‘ 18 SJSU) 1 (2x) Justin Rice 13 (at Air Force) Same 1.0 (at USC) Same 1.0 (2x) 1.0 (4x) 1 (2x) 2 (Minnesota) Deshawn Ruffin 5 (Minnesota) Same ------Leevel Tatum III 3 (at Air Force) 3 (2x) 0.5 (at NMSU) Same 0.5 (2x) Same 1 (‘18 Idaho) -- Mykal Walker 15 (at USC) Same -- 1.5 (‘18 at Boise State) 1.0 (2x) 3.5 (‘18 Hawai’i) 1 (‘18 Toledo) 1 (2x) Andrew Wright 4 (Minnesota) Same -- -- 1.0 (at Nevada) Same -- --
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THE LAST TIME A Bulldog Player Had... 3+ TDs receiving: DEFENSE RUSHING KeeSean Johnson (3) vs. Nevada (9/30/17) 15+ tackles: 17, Jeff Allison at Nevada (10/6/18) 300+ yards rushing: Back-to-back games with 2+ TDs receiving: Four players with 10+ tackles: at Air Force (10/12/19) Davante Adams Never 3+ sacks: 3.0, Tobenna Okeke at Hawai’i (11/11/17) 11/23/13 vs. UNM (4), 11/29/13 (3) at SJSU 250+ yards rushing: 4.0+ TFLs: 4.0, Ejiro Ederaine at Boise St.-MWC Game (12/6/14) 261, Robbie Rouse at Nevada (11/10/12) Back-to-back 200-yard plus receiving games: Davante Adams 3 interceptions: Phillip Thomas vs. Colorado (9/15/12) 200+ yards rushing: 11/23/13 vs. UNM (246), 11/29/13 at SJSU (264) Wylan Free at New Mexico State (9/28/19) 212, Ronnie Rivers vs. Arizona State (12/15/18) 2 interceptions: Had three consec. 100-yard plus receiving games: Interception return for TD 100 yard rushing game by a quarterback: Davante Adams Wylan Free (91 yards) vs. New Mexico State (9/28/19) 142, Bill Yancy, at McNeese State (9/9/78) 11/23/13 (246) - 11/29/13 (264) - 12/7/13 (168) Two interception returns for TD 100 yard rushing game by a wide receiver: *Phillip Thomas (16 & 43 yards) vs. Colorado (9/15/12) 118, Jalen Cropper, at New Mexico State (9/28/19) Five receivers with TDs: D. Scott (2), J. Jordan (1), J. Blandin (1), Two players with interception returns for TDs Back-to-back 200-yard rushing games: C. Olsen (1), M. Waller at Hawai’i (11/14/15) Patrick Su’a (20) and Tristan Okpalaugo (21) Robbie Rouse, 11/6/10-11/13/10 Four receivers with TDs: at Tulsa (9/22/12) Five+ consecutive 100-yard rushing games: J. Jordan (1), (1), J. Rice (1), J. Mims (1), 9 games, Ryan Matthews, 9/5-11/7/09 Fumble recovery for TD: D. Grim (1) vs. Hawai’i (10/27/18) Ejiro Ederaine (*78 yards) at San Diego St. (10/26/13) Four consecutive 100-yard rushing games: Three receivers with TDs: Marteze Waller, 10/10-11/8/14 Two players with fumble recoveries for TDs: KeeSean Johnson (2), Jordan Mims (1), Tyeler Davison (0 yards), Travis Brown (26 yards) 2 rushers with 100 yards: Kyle Riddering (1) vs. Toledo (9/29/18) at Nevada (11/10/12) Marteze Waller (145) & Josh Quezada (112) Caught a TD in six-straight games: vs. San Jose State (11/8/14) Recovered two fumbles in a game: Davante Adams (9 games), 10/5/13-12/21/13 Ben Jacobs vs. Louisiana Tech (11/21/09) 90+ yard rushing play: An OL caught a pass: 94, Robbie Rouse vs. Colorado (9/15/12) - TD Forced two fumbles in a game: Adam McDowell (3 yards) at No. 8 Boise State (11/28/08) Justin Rice vs. Minnesota (9/7/19) 40+ rushing attempts: 43, Robbie Rouse at La Tech (11/6/10) Forced three fumbles in a game: PASSING Ben Jacobs vs. Louisiana Tech (11/29/09) 30+ rushing attempts: 500+ yards passing: 36, Robbie Rouse at Nevada (11/10/12) 519, Derek Carr at San Jose St. (11/29/13) Forced & recovered a fumble in the same game: Justin Rice vs. Minnesota (9/7/19) 2 rushers with 2 TDs: 400+ yards passing: Jordan Mims (3), Saevion Johnson (2) 404, Derek Carr vs. Utah State (12/7/13) Scored on a safety: Malik Forrester vs. Boise State (11/25/17) vs. Idaho (9/1/18) 3+ consecutive 300+ passing games: Derek Carr (5), 11/2/13-12/7/13 5 TDs rushing: Don Driscoll vs. Cal State-Los Angeles (10/2/54) SPECIAL TEAMS 4 TDs rushing: Michael Pittman at San Jose State (11/15/97) Back-to-back 500-yard plus passing games: Blocked a field goal: Derek Carr, vs. UNM (522) 11/22/13, at SJSU (519) 11/29/13 3 TDs rushing: Jordan Mims vs. Idaho (9/1/18) Tank Kelly vs. Idaho (9/1/18) 7 TDs passing: Derek Carr vs. New Mexico (11/23/13)* Mykal Walker vs. Idaho (9/1/18) 4 TDs rushing by a quarterback: Marcus McMaryion at UCLA (9/15/18) 6 TDs passing: Zack Greenlee at Hawaii (11/14/15) Returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown: Jaron Bryant (74 yards) vs. Idaho (9/1/18) 3 TDs rushing by a quarterback: 5 TDs passing: Derek Carr at Idaho (10/5/13) Jaron Bryant (71 yards) vs. Idaho (9/1/18) Trent Dilfer vs. UNLV (10/26/91) 4 TDs passing: Marcus McMaryion vs. Hawai’i (10/27/18) Blocked a PAT: Kevin Atkins vs. Sacramento State (9/21/19) 2 TDs rushing by a quarterback: Three-stright games with 4+ TD passes: Derek Carr Marcus McMaryion vs. Wyoming (10/13/18) at Wyoming (4), vs. New Mexico (7), SJSU (6) Blocked 2 PATs in a game: 11/9/13-11/29/2013 Cody Wichmann vs. California (9/3/11) RECEIVING Three 50+ yard TD passes in the same game: Returned a PAT for Two Points: 200+ yards receiving: Derek Carr 59 yards to Davante Adams, 57 yards Charles Washington vs. San Diego State (9/29/12) 264, Davante Adams at San Jose St. (11/29/13) to Davante Adams, 59 yards to Josh Harper Blocked a punt: Mykal Walker at UNLV (11/3/18) 150+ yards receiving: vs. New Mexico (11/23/13) Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown: 173, KeeSean Johnson vs. San Jose St. (11/24/18) Two 50+ yard TD passes in the same game: T.J. Thomas (9 yards) vs. San Jose State (11/8/14) 2 receivers with 100 yards receiving: Derek Carr 97 yards to Isaiah Burse & 60 yards Returned a field goal attempt for a touchdown (Kick-6): RB-Jordan Mims (126), WR-KeeSean Johnson (102) to Davante Adams vs. Colorado (9/15/12) Jamire Jordan (100 yards) vs. Hawai’i (10/27/18) vs. Toledo (9/29/18) Two 50+ yard TD passes in the same quarter: Returned a kickoff for a TD: 3 receivers with 100 yards receiving: Derek Carr, 59 yards to Davante Adams & 59 yards A.J. Jefferson (92 yards) vs. Nevada (11/7/08) Davante Adams (246), Josh Harper (161), to Josh Harper vs. New Mexico (11/23/13) - 3rd Qtr. Isaiah Burse (112) vs. New Mexico (11/23/13) Recovered an onside kick attempt: Three Quarterbacks throw TD in same game: Michael Martens vs. Utah (9/19/15) 90+ yard pass play: B. Burrell (2), B. Connette (1), Z. Greenlee (1) 97, Isaiah Burse from Derek Carr vs. Colorado vs. Southern Utah (9/20/14) Returned a punt for a TD: Isaiah Burse vs. Cal Poly (9/7/13) (9/15/12) - TD 50+ pass attempts: Returned 2 punts for TD in same game: 80+ yard pass play: 59, Brian Burrell vs. Nebraska (9/13/14) Isaiah Burse (61 & 58 yards) vs. Cal Poly (9/7/13) 86, Jamire Jordan from Marcus McMaryion 40+ pass attempts: vs. San Diego State (11/17/18) - TD 41, Jorge Reyna vs. Sacramento State (9/21/19) Made 4 FGs in a Game: Jimmy Camacho vs. Houston (12/24/17) 10+ receptions: 40+ pass completions Made a field goal 55+ yards KeeSean Johnson (10) vs. San Diego State (11/17/18) 52*, Derek Carr vs. Rutgers (8/29/13) *58, Kevin Goessling at Utah State (10/25/08) 15+ or more receptions: 30+ pass completions Isaiah Burse (17) vs. Utah State (12/7/13) 33, Marcus McMaryion vs. Houston (12/24/17) Made a field goal 50+ yards 50, Jimmy Camacho vs. San Jose State (10/7/17) 2 receivers with 10 or more catches: Davante Adams (13), Isaiah Burse (10) at San Jose St. (11/29/13) TOTAL OFFENSE/ALL-PURPOSE 500 yards total offense: 2 receivers with 2 TDs: 551, Derek Carr at San Jose St. (11/29/13) Davante Adams (4), Josh Harper (3) vs. New Mexico (11/23/13) 400-499 yards total offense: A RB with two TDs: 482, Derek Carr vs. Nevada (11/2/13) Ronnie Rivers vs. Minnesota (9/7/19) 300+ all-purpose yards: A TE with two TDs: 311, Robbie Rouse at Louisiana Tech (11/6/10) Chad Olsen vs. Abilene Christian (9/3/15) denotes school record
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THE LAST TIME A Bulldog Team Had... An Opposing Player Had... TURNOVERS 30+ carries: OFFENSE Forced 6 or more turnovers in a game: 90+ points: 94, vs. New Mexico (10/5/91) 40, Alexander Mattison, Boise State (10/14/16) 7 - vs. Idaho (9/1/18) - 5 INT, 2 FR 80-89 points: 80, vs. Fort Ord (1942) 200+ yards rushing: Forced 5 turnovers in a game: 200, Alexander Mattison, Boise State (12/1/18) 70-79 points: 79, vs. Idaho 9/1/18) at Idaho (10/5/13) - 4 INT, 1 FR 2 rushers with 100 yards: 60-69 points: 66, vs. Incarnate Word (9/2/17) Forced 4 turnovers in a game: D’Angelo Brewer (252), James Flanders (101), Tulsa (9/24/16) 50-59 points: 50, vs. Hawai’i (10/27/18) at USC (8/31/19) - 2 INT, 2 FR 45+ pass attempts: 46, Josh Adkins, New Mexico State (9/28/19) 0 points: at Colorado State (11/5/16) Committed 6 or more turnovers in a game: 30+ pass completions: 31, Ty Gangi, Nevada (9/30/17) 0 points in 1st half: at Colorado State (11/5/16) 6, vs. Hawai’i (10/4/08) 3 FL, 3 INT 400+ yards passing: 547, David Fales, San Jose St. (11/29/13) 0 points in 2nd half: at Air Force (10/12/19) Committed 5 turnovers in a game: at Hawai’i (9/28/13) - 3 FL, 2 INT 80+ yard rushing play: 91, Dalton Sneed, UNLV (10/1/16) Did not score a Touchdown: at Colorado State (11/5/16) 80+ yard pass play: Scored 3-plus TDs in 4Q: 3 - vs. Sacramento State (9/21/19) Committed 4 turnovers in a game: vs. Air Force (10/28/16) - 4 INT 86, Joe Gray to Jabari Carr, San Jose State (11/8/14) 400+ yards rushing: *503, vs. Hawai’i (11/12/04) Did not force a turnover: at Air Force (10/12/19) 10+ receptions: 11, Tyler Vaughns, USC (8/31/19) 300+ yards rushing: 389, vs. Southern Utah (9/20/14) Did not force a turnover in back-to-back games: 200 yards receiving: Less than 100 yards rushing: 59, at Air Force (10/12/19) vs. Boise State and at Boise State, 11/25/17-12/2/17 150+ yards receiving: 150, Tyler Vaughns, USC (8/31/19) Negative rushing yards: -16, vs. SMU (12/24/12) Did not force a turnover in 3-straight games: 4+ field goals:Daniel Gutierrez (4), UNLV (10/28/17) 70+ rushing attempts: *71, vs. Pacific (11/9/91) vs. Utah St., Idaho & Nevada, 10/31-11/14, 2009 A 50+ yard field goal:50, Dylan Brown, New Mexico State (9/28/19) 60+ rushing attempts: 64, vs. Hawai’i (11/12/04) vs. San Diego State (11/17/18) Did not commit a turnover: Punt return for a TD: Dante Pettis (77 yards), Washington (9/16/17) Less than 10 rushing attempts: 6 vs. USC (12/21/14) Did not commit a turnover in back-to-back games: Kickoff return for a TD: Velus Jones (9100 yards), USC (8/31/19) 7+ rushing TDs: 7, vs. Idaho (9/1/18) at Boise State and vs. San Diego State, 11/9/18, 11/17/18 Returned an opening kickoff for a TD: 6 rushing TDs: at San Jose State (11/27/04) Did not commit a turnover in 3-straight games: Wade Lockett (100 yards), CS Fullerton (11/2/85) vs. Colorado (9/15/12) vs. Wyoming, New Mexico & Hawai’i, 10/13-10/27, 2018 5 rushing TDs: Fumble recovery for a TD: 500+ yards passing: 519, at San Jose St. (11/29/13) Lost 4 or more fumbles: 4, vs. Idaho (11/27/10) S. Tu’ikolovatu (37 yards), No. 21 Utah (9/19/15) at Hawai’i (9/28/13) Less than 100 yards passing: 77, at San Diego State (10/3/15) Lost 3 fumbles: Interception return for a TD: 50+ pass attempts: 59, vs. Nebraska (9/13/14) Kyle Johnson (24 yards), at Air Force (10/12/19) SPECIAL TEAMS 40+ pass completions: *52, vs. Rutgers (8/29/13) 2 Interceptions: Brodie Hicks, Air Force (10/28/16) Scored 15 or more points kicking: 30-39 pass completions: 33, vs. Houston (12/24/17) 15, vs. Houston (12/24/17) 3 Interceptions: Dameon Baber, Nevada (11/5/15) Had 12+ players catch a pass: at No. 19 Oregon (9/15/07) Punted 10+ times: 12, at Toledo (9/17/16) Blocked Punt: Avery Williams, Boise State (11/9/18) 600+ total net yards: 613, vs. Incarnate Word (9/2/17) Did not punt: vs. Hawai’i (10/4/08) Blocked FG: J. Winchester, Houston (12/24/17) 500-599 total net yards: 562 vs. Hawai’i (10/27/18) Totaled 200 or more kickoff return yards: Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown: Less than 150 total net yards: 125, at Boise State (11/19/11) 209, vs. San Jose State (9/26/15) Austin Cheney, Utah State (10/22/16) Less than 100 total net yards: 89, at San Diego State (10/3/15) Totaled 100 or more punt return yards: Returned a blocked FG for a touchdown: A. Myres, Houston (12/24/17) Had a 200-yard rusher and 200-yard passer: at Nevada (11/10/12) 130, vs. Cal Poly (9/7/13)
Robbie Rouse (261 rushing) & Derek Carr (220 passing) Missed a PAT: vs. Sacramento State (9/21/19) vs. San Diego State (11/17/18) An Opposing Team Had... 37+ minutes of possession: 37:46, vs. Sacramento State (9/21/19) Had a PAT Blocked: 400+ yards rushing: 458, Air Force (10/24/15) Successful two-point conversion: vs. Minnesota (9/7/19) 300+ yards rushing: 340, Air Force (10/12/19) DEFENSE - Josh Hokit rush Less than 50 yards rushing: 12, Sacramento State (9/21/19) Shutout an opponent: vs. New Mexico (10/14/17) Had a FG Blocked: Houston (12/24/17) Negative yards rushing: -30, Incarnate Word (9/2/17) Shutout an opponent in the 1st half: vs. San Jose State (11/24/18) Recovered an onside’s kick: vs. Utah (9/19/15) Shutout an opponent in the 2nd half: vs. San Diego State (11/17/18) 500+ yards passing: 547, San Jose State (11/29/13) Allowed 50+ points: 52, at Toledo (9/17/16) Less than 100 yards passing: 81, at Air Force (10/12/19) Held two opponents scoreless in the same season: 700+ yards total offense: 701, at No. 15 USC (8/30/14) 2017, New Mexico (38-0) & Incarnate Word (66-0) 600+ yards total offense: 617, Tulsa (9/24/16) Held an opponent to 0 or no yards in a quarter: Less than 200 yards total offense: 125, Incarnate Word (9/2/17) -3 yards, 4th qtr, at Boise St.-MWC Game (12/6/14) Less than 105 yards total offense: 104, Sacramento State (9/1/04) 7+ interceptions: *7, vs. Idaho State (9/21/68) 10 or fewer first downs: 8, San Diego State (11/17/18) 6 interceptions: vs. Georgia Tech (12/31/02) 60+ points: 73, at No. 14 Ole Miss (9/12/15) 5 interceptions: vs. Idaho (9/1/18) 50-59 points: 52, Toledo (9/17/16) 4 interceptions: at Idaho (10/5/13) 40-49 points: 43, at Air Force (10/12/19) 3 interceptions: at Nevada (10/6/18) Attempted a two-point conversion: Interception by a defensive lineman: Sacramento State (9/21/19) - rush failed; rush good Mykal Walker vs. Toledo (9/29/18) Successful two-point conversion: 4 fumble recoveries: vs. New Mexico St. (11/11/06) Sacramento State (9/21/19) - rush by BJ Perkinson 3 fumble recoveries: vs. Minnesota (9/7/19) Scored on a safety: Utah State, team safety (10/10/15) Last 10+ TFL game: at Washington (9/16/17) 37+ minutes of possession: 39:29, at Air Force (10/12/19) 8 Sacks in a game: vs. Utah State (12/7/13) 7 Sacks in a game: at Idaho (10/5/13) 6 Sacks in a game: vs. UNLV (10/16/15) 5 Sacks in a game: vs. Toledo (9/29/18) Scored 3 Defensive Touchdowns: at Nevada (11/10/12) - Tyeler Davison (0-yd FR); Travis Brown (26-yd FR); Derron Smith (34-yd INT return) Scored on a safety: vs. Boise State (11/25/17)
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Game #1 Game #2 USC 31, Fresno State 23 Minnesota 38, Fresno State 35 2OT Aug. 31, 2019 • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, Calif. • Attendance: 57,329 Sept. 7, 2019 • Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, Calif. • Attendance: 34,790 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT OT2 FINAL Fresno State 3 7 3 10 - 23 Record (0-1) Minnesota 7 7 0 14 7 3 38 Record (2-0) USC 14 3 14 0 - 31 Record (1-0) Fresno State 0 10 11 7 7 0 35 Record (0-2)
SCORING SUMMARY Plays TOP Score SCORING SUMMARY Plays TOP Score USC 1st 10:34 Carr 8 yd pass from Daniels (McGrath kick) 13-81 4:26 0-7 MINN 1st 08:47 Bateman 15 yd pass from Morgan (Lantz kick) 11-75 6:13 7-0 USC 1st 07:45 Carr14 yd run (McGrath kick) 5-47 1:39 0-14 FS 2nd 10:07 SILVA 48 yd field goal 8-32 4:36 7-3 FS 1st 03:31 SILVA 45 yd field goal 9-48 4:14 3-14 MINN 2nd 04:38 Smith 1 yd run (Lantz kick) 10-65 5:22 14-3 USC 2nd 12:49 McGrath 38 yd field goal 8-60 2:46 3-17 FS 2nd 02:02 RIVERS 25 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 6-75 2:36 14-10 FS 2nd 07:54 GRIM 34 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 4-47 2:00 10-17 FS 3rd 09:48 SILVA 30 yd field goal 13-68 5:12 14-13 FS 3rd 08:25 SILVA 46 yd field goal 4-8 2:09 13-17 FS 3rd 04:27 RICE 14 yd pass from REYNA (HOKIT rush) 5-62 2:10 14-21 USC 3rd 08:11 Jones 100 yd kickoff return (McGrath kick) -- -- 13-24 MINN 4th 11:18 Ibrahim 1 yd run (Lantz kick) 15-78 8:04 21-21 USC 3rd 01:51 Malepeai 2 yd run (McGrath kick) 6-80 1:35 13-31 FS 4th 05:58 REYNA, Jorge 2 yd run (SILVA kick) 6-38 3:14 21-28 FS 4th 12:23 SILVA 28 yd field goal 8-80 2:46 16-31 MINN 4th 00:46 Autman-Bell 20 yd pass from Morgan (Lantz kick) 11-59 5:03 28-28 FS 4th 06:53 COLEMAN 8 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 12-69 4:03 23-31 FS OT 15:00 RIVERS 5 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 6-25 0:00 28-35 MINN OT 15:00 Morgan 4 yd run (Lantz kick) 3-25 0:00 35-35 TEAM STATS Fresno St. USC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS MINN OT 15:00 Lantz 37 yd field goal 4-6 0:00 38-35 First Downs 22 25 Rushing (att-yds-TD): Rushing Att-Yards 40-206 36-175 FS - Jorge Reyna (20-88-0) TEAM STATS Minnesota Fresno St. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing Cmp-Att-Yds 19-39-256 31-42-272 USC - Vavae Malepeai (23-134-1) First Downs 24 21 Rushing (att-yds-TD): Total Plays-Yards 79-462 78-447 Passing (cmp-att-int-yds-TD): Rushing Att-Yards 52-146 27-57 FS - Ronnie Rivers (15-76-0) Fumbles-Lost 2-2 2-2 FS - Jorge Reyna (19-39-1-256-2) Passing Cmp-Att-Yds 16-23-234 24-35-288 MINN - Mohamed Ibrahim (17-88-1) Penalties-Yards 6-51 4-35 USC - JT Daniels (25-34-1-215-1) Total Plays-Yards 75-380 62-345 Passing (cmp-att-int-yds-TD): Punts-Yards 5-234 3-111 Receiving Yards (no-yds-TD): Fumbles-Lost 5-3 1-0 FS - Jorge Reyna (24-35-2-288-3) Average 46.8 37.0 FS - Derrion Grim (2-86-1) Penalties-Yards 7-65 6-45 MINN - Tanner Morgan (16-23-0-234-2) Net 42.2 37.0 USC - Tyler Vaughns (11-150-0) Punts-Yards 2-92 3-132 Receiving Yards (no-yds-TD): Punt Returns (#-Yds-TD) 0-0-0 1-3-0 Defense (ST-AT-TT-TFL-Sack): Average 46.0 44.0 FS - Derrion Grim (5-82-0) Kickoff Returns (#-Yds-TD) 3-74-0 5-168-1 FS - Mykal Walker (7-8-15-1.0-0.0) Net 46.0 44.0 MINN - Rashod Bateman (7-105-1) Interceptions-Yards-TD 2-0-0 1-0-0 USC - John Houston (7-6-13-0.0-0.0) Punt Returns (#-Yds-TD) 1-0-0 0-0-0 Defense (ST-AT-TT-TFL-Sack): Fumble Ret-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Interceptions (no-yds-TD): Kickoff Returns (#-Yds-TD) 3-75-0 2-29-0 FS - Justin Rice (5-6-11-0-0) Time of Possession 31:59 28:01 FS - Jaron Bryant (1-0-0); Justin Rice (1-0-0) Interceptions-Yards-TD 2-2-0 0-0-0 MINN - Kamal Martin (7-6-13-0-0) 3rd Downs 5-of-16 6-of-13 USC - Isaiah Pola-Mao (1-0-0) Fumble Ret-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Interceptions (no-yds-TD): 4th Downs 2-of-2 0-of-1 Time of Possession 33:41 26:19 FS - None Sacks By 1-14 3-18 3rd Downs 9-of-15 3-of-10 MINN - 2 players (1) 4th Downs 1-of-1 1-of-1 Sacks By 4-26 4-22
LOS ANGELES – Trailing by 18 with less than FRESNO, Calif. – Fresno State battled to the 17 minutes to play, Fresno State pushed USC to bitter end with Big Ten foe Minnesota in its the end, scoring twice in the final quarter before home opener, falling in double overtime 38-35 falling short, 31-23, on Saturday night at LA in front of 34,790 Saturday night at Bulldog Memorial Coliseum. Stadium.
In a homecoming for the Los Angeles area Trailing by three points after holding the product Jorge Reyna, the senior finished Gophers to a field goal in the second overtime with 344 total yards, throwing for 256 and period, the Bulldogs aired it out on the first play two touchdowns while adding 88 yards on from scrimmage with its next possession, only the ground on 20 carries in his first start as a to be intercepted in the end zone to silence the Bulldog. Kicker Cesar Silva accounted for nine home crowd to drop Fresno State to 0-2 for the of Fresno State’s points going 3-for-3 with a long of 46 yards in his first game as a Bulldog. first time since 2014.
The defense kept Fresno State in striking distance, forcing four turnovers, and were led by four In his first start at home, Jorge Reyna went 24-of-35 passing, throwing for 288 yards, along Bulldogs registering double-digit tackles in Mykal Walker (15), Chris Gaston (12), Juju Hughes with three touchdowns and two interceptions, the latter being the costly one that sealed the (11) and Justin Rice (10). game for the Gophers. Junior running back Ronnie Rivers produced 124 total yards offense (76 rushing/48 receiving) and a career-high two receiving touchdowns. A critical 100-yard kick off return by Trojans’ Velus Jones in the third quarter proved to be arguably the back-breaker in the third quarter after Fresno State pulled within four, and was The defense won the turnover battle for the second consecutive week, forcing three turnovers. quickly extended to the 18 points the ‘Dogs still nearly overcame. Justin Rice led the Bulldogs with 11 tackles, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery.
Notable Fresno State had the opportunity to close the game out with 46 seconds left on the clock, up • Jorge Reyna rushed for 88 yards. It was the most rushing yards by a Bulldog quarterback since by a touchdown, but Minnesota converted a pivotal fourth-and-13 scoring the game-tying the turn of the century. touchdown to send the contest into overtime. • Cesar Silva, in his Fresno State debut, went 3-for-3 kicking field goals. The last time a Bulldog kicker went 100 percent with at least three attempts was Kody Kroening on Oct. 8, 2016 vs. Notable Nevada. • Saturday’s loss snapped an eight-game home winning streak. • Saturday’s game was the third game under Jeff Tedford that the Bulldogs surrendered more • Fresno State has suffered just six losses in its last 27 games. The Bulldogs have not lost by than 30 points, and it broke a nation-best streak of 25 games that dated back to Sept. 16, 2017. double-digits since Oct. 28, 2017 – a 10 point loss to UNLV. • In the second quarter, Jorge Reyna tossed his first touchdown of the season and second • The Bulldogs played in their second overtime game in the last four contests they’ve played touchdown pass of his career – a 34-yard TD to Derrion Grim – his first two career TD throws in dating back to 2018. The last overtime game Fresno State participated in was a 19-16 single went to Grim. overtime win to defeat Boise State in the Mountain West championship game. • Justin Rice, once a starter at running back, recorded his first career interception in the second • Saturday’s game was the Bulldogs’ seventh multi-period overtime game played in, in program quarter. history. • Fresno State had four players record double-digit tackles: Mykal Walker (15), Chris Gaston • Fresno State dropped to 8-11 in overtime games in program history. Fresno State’s last (12), Juju Hughes (11) and Justin Rice (10). All four either matched or set career highs. The last overtime game at time four players had double-digit tackles was against Air Force on Oct. 28, 2016. • Bulldog Stadium was also a double overtime contest, a 48-41 loss to Tulsa on Sept. 24, 2016. • USC tallied 163 yards in the first quarter. The Bulldogs’ defense did not allow more than 152 • Fresno State owned a 21-14 lead after the third quarter. Tedford dropped to 20-3 in games with in an opening quarter in 2018 (Hawaii). a lead after three quarters. • Reyna tossed his second TD pass of the game in the fourth quarter, an 8-yard strike to Chris • Fresno States’ defense forced three turnovers, all forced fumbles. The last time Fresno State Coleman for Coleman’s first career touchdown. recovered three fumbles in one game was on Nov. 22, 2014 at Nevada. • USC had 18 first downs in the first half, and were limited to seven in the second half. • Fresno State forced four turnovers, the most since forcing four on Sept. 15, 2018 at UCLA. • Fresno State forced two fumbles, the most since forcing two on Sept. 15, 2018 at UCLA.
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Game #3 Game #4 Fresno State 34, Sacramento State 20 Fresno State 30, New Mexico State 17 Sept. 21, 2019 • Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, Calif. • Attendance: 31,034 Sept. 28, 2019 • Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, N.M. • Attendance: 8,872 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL Sacramento State 6 6 0 8 - 20 Record (2-2) Fresno State 7 17 6 0 - 30 Record (2-2) Fresno State 7 7 0 20 - 34 Record (1-2) New Mexico State 0 3 7 7 - 17 Record (0-5)
SCORING SUMMARY Plays TOP Score SCORING SUMMARY Plays TOP Score FS 1st 04:32 HOKIT 14 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 10-93 5:57 0-7 FS 1st 09:08 HOKIT 8 yd run (SILVA kick) 12-82 4:36 7-0 SAC 1st 03:31 MARTIN 47 yd pass from THOMSON (SENTKOWSKI kick blocked) 4-75 1:00 6-7 FS 2nd 11:28 CROPPER 79 yd run (SILVA kick) 1-79 0:12 14-0 FS 2nd 03:32 RIVERS 6 yd run (SILVA kick) 5-84 2:34 6-14 FS 2nd 02:56 SILVA 28 yd field goal 13-59 6:09 17-0 SAC 2nd 00:09 PERKINSON 2 yd pass from THOMSON (JOHNSON rush failed) 5-68 1:41 12-14 FS 2nd 01:00 FREE 91 yd interception return (SILVA kick) -- -- 24-0 FS 4th 14:56 HOKIT 2 yd run (FULLER kick failed) 7-41 2:24 12-20 NM 2nd 00:00 Brown 42 yd field goal 7-23 1:23 24-3 SAC 4th 12:05 BAILEY 18 yd pass from THOMSON (PERKINSON rush) 7-75 2:51 20-20 NM 3rd 12:58 Huntley 2 yd run (Brown kick) 4-31 1:32 24-10 FS 4th 06:41 GRIM 7 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 11-74 5:17 20-27 FS 3rd 06:58 SILVA 38 yd field goal 7-39 2:46 27-10 FS 4th 02:17 HOKIT 14 yd run (SILVA kick) 5-55 3:26 20-34 FS 3rd 04:22 SILVA 24 yd field goal 5-25 1:59 30-10 NM 4th 09:25 Nicholson 16 yd pass from Adkins (Brown kick) 9-48 2:34 30-17 TEAM STATS Sac St. Fresno St. INDIVIDUAL LEADERS First Downs 14 30 Rushing (att-yds-TD): Rushing Att-Yards 17-12 39-145 FS - Josh Hokit (12-72-2) TEAM STATS Fresno St. NMSU INDIVIDUAL LEADERS Passing Cmp-Att-Yds 22-41-233 28-42-326 SAC - Elijah Dotson (4-5-0) First Downs 18 17 Rushing (att-yds-TD): Total Plays-Yards 58-245 81-471 Passing (cmp-att-int-yds-TD): Rushing Att-Yards 38-239 22-105 FS - Jalen Cropper (5-118-1) Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 FS - Jorge Reyna (28-41-0-326-2) Passing Cmp-Att-Yds 20-31-147 26-47-210 NMSU - Jason Huntly (9-82-1) Penalties-Yards 12-147 7-61 SAC - Kevin Thomson (22-41-0-233-3) Total Plays-Yards 69-386 69-315 Passing (cmp-att-int-yds-TD): Punts-Yards 9-368 3-130 Receiving Yards (no-yds-TD): Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 FS - Jorge Reyna (20-31-0-147-0) Average 40.9 43.3 FS - Zane Pope (6-72-0) Penalties-Yards 3-25 3-22 NMSU - Josh Adkins (26-46-3-210-1) Net 37.9 43.3 SAC - P. Williams (4-55-0) Punts-Yards 6-249 6-286 Receiving Yards (no-yds-TD): Punt Returns (#-Yds-TD) 0-0-0 3-27-0 Defense (ST-AT-TT-TFL-Sack): Average 41.5 47.7 FS - Emoryie Edwards (8-70-0) Kickoff Returns (#-Yds-TD) 1-25-0 2-37-0 FS - Jaron Bryant (6-2-8-1.0-0.0) Net 38.2 47.7 NMSU - OJ Clark (8-44-0) Interceptions-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 SAC - Allen Peryman (11-1-12-0.0-0.0) Punt Returns (#-Yds-TD) 1-0-0 1-0-0 Defense (ST-AT-TT-TFL-Sack): Fumble Ret-Yards-TD 1-40-0 0-0-0 Interceptions (no-yds-TD): Kickoff Returns (#-Yds-TD) 0-0-0 2-13-0 FS - Justin Rice (2-8-10-0.5-0.0) Time of Possession 22:14 37:46 FS - none Interceptions-Yards-TD 3-104-1 0-0-0 NMSU - J. Fergerson (1-13-14-0.0-0.0) 3rd Downs 4-of-14 7-of-14 SAC - none Fumble Ret-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Interceptions (no-yds-TD): 4th Downs 0-of-1 1-of-1 Time of Possession 35:31 24:29 FS - Wylan Free (2-104-1) Sacks By 3-12 3-16 3rd Downs 5-of-14 2-of-14 NMSU - none 4th Downs 0-of-0 2-of-3 Sacks By 1-7 1-7
FRESNO, Calif. – A pair of fourth-quarter LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Behind 118 yards touchdowns on Saturday night lifted Fresno on the ground from Jalen Cropper and a two- State to a 34-20 win over Sacramento State interception night for Wylan Free, Fresno State at Bulldog Stadium for win No. 1 of 2019 in walked out of Aggie Memorial Stadium on front of more than 30,000 fans. Senior running Saturday with a 30-17 win over New Mexico back Josh Hokit was key in the Bulldogs’ late State. surge, totaling nine carries for 65 yards and a touchdown during the Bulldogs’ final two Cropper led the team in all-purpose yardage possessions. with 132 yards from scrimmage (118 rushing, 14 receiving), which included 79 on one touch Fresno State totaled a season-high 471 yards of with an electric touchdown run in the second offense with 326 yards passing and 145 yards quarter. Redshirt freshman Emoryie Edwards on the ground. Defensively, the ‘Dogs held Sacramento State to 245 yards of offense with only saw the first game action of his career, and led all receivers with 70 yards on eight receptions. 12 yards coming on the ground. The Bulldogs held a 30-14 advantage in first downs and were able to control the ball with nearly 38 minutes of possession on offense. The ‘Dogs piled up 239 yards on the ground on 38 carries. Jorge Reyna finished 20-of-31 passing for 147 yards. Leading the way for the Bulldogs through the air was senior quarterback Jorge Reyna who passed for a career-high 326 yards on 28-of-41 passing while throwing two touchdown passes. Defensively, the Bulldogs (2-2, 0-0 MW) held NMSU (0-5) to 315 total yards and produced Hokit led the way on the ground with 12 carries for 72 yards and two rushing scores while three interceptions. Two of those came from Free, who entered the game with one in his career. adding three receptions for 22 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore wide receiver Zane Pope The sophomore recorded Fresno State’s first defensive score of the season with a 91-yard tallied career-highs in receptions (6) and receiving yards (72) while junior wideout Keric touchdown return on his first pick of the night. Justin Rice grabbed the team’s third INT along Wheatfall went for a season-best 98 yards on three receptions. with leading the ‘Dogs with 10 tackles.
Senior cornerback Jaron Bryant led the Bulldogs in tackles with eight, including six solo, and Notable one tackle for loss along with one pass breakup. Junior linebacker Justin Rice added six stops, • Wide receiver Chris Coleman switched to cornerback and started opposite of Jaron Bryant - five solo, one tackle for loss and three pass breakups. Coleman finished with three tackles. • Cropper’s 79-yard rushing TD was his first career score and it was the 13th longest run from Notable scrimmage in program history. • Hokit accounted for three of the Bulldogs’ five touchdowns in Saturday’s game. • Free’s INT touchdown return was the first by a Bulldog since Tank Kelly’s 70-yard TD return • Hokit had his first career game with a rushing TD (2) and a receiving TD (1). in the 2018 Las Vegas Bowl against Arizona State and longest since Arron Mosby’s 95-yard INT • Hokit scored his ninth and 10th career rushing touchdowns. TD return versus San Jose State on Nov. 24, 2018. • The Bulldogs improve to 12-2 at home in the Tedford era. • Free’s 88-yard INT was the fifth-longest interception return for a touchdown in program • The Bulldogs all-time series lead against Sacramento State increased to 4-0, following the win. history. But it was the first time in the series the Bulldogs allowed more than seven points in a game. • Justin RIce finished with 10 tackles - Rice has double-digit tackles in three of the first four • Reyna connected with Grim, 7-yard TD, to put the ‘Dogs on top 27-20 (6:41). It was Grim’s games this season. second receiving score of the season and fifth career. • Reyna kept a clean sheet for the second-straight game, not throwing an interception. • Rivers registered a 6-yard TD in the second quarter, his first of the 2019 season and 16th career • Cropper finished as the Bulldogs’ leading rusher with 118 yards on five carries (23.5 yards rushing score. per rush). • Pope topped his career best total in receiving yards in the second quarter (5 rec., 70 yards) • Fresno State had a season-high three interceptions. The Bulldogs entered the game with two while also matching his career best in receptions. He finished with six receptions for 72 yards. interceptions this season. • Cusick placed all three of his punts inside the 10-yard line, including one on the 1-yard line. • Fresno State was averaging 8.8 yards per rush in the first half, and 6.3 in the game. • Against the odds – Fresno State won the turnover battle and lost games against USC and • Fresno State matched its season-high of eight TFLs. Minnesota, but lost the turnover battle to Sacramento State and won the game (2-1). • For the second time this season, kicker Cesar Silva was perfect going 3-of-3 on field goals (24, • Fresno State allowed 12 rushing yards. The Bulldogs have held an opponent under 50 yards 28, 38) and was also 3-of-3 PATs. rushing three times since 2016. They allowed 49 yards to Hawaii in 2016, -30 yards to Incarnate Word in 2017 and 12 yards to Sacramento State in 2019. • This was the ninth time in the Tedford era an opponent was held to less than 100 yards rushing.
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Game #5 / MW Game #1 Air Force 43, Fresno State 24 Oct. 12, 2019 • Falcon Stadium • USAFA, CO • Attendance: 22,544 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 OT FINAL Fresno State 14 10 0 0 - 24 Record (2-3, 0-1) Air Force 7 15 7 14 - 43 Record (4-2, 2-1)
SCORING SUMMARY Plays TOP Score FS 1st 11:24 GRIM 4 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 7-85 3:36 7-0 AF 1st 10:07 WATERS 53 yd pass from HAMMOND III KOEHNKE kick) 3-75 1:17 7-7 FS 1st 03:51 EDWARDS 7 yd pass from REYNA (SILVA kick) 12-75 6:16 14-7 AF 2nd 11:48 JACKSON 2 yd run (KOEHNKE kick) 14-75 7:03 14-14 FS 2nd 09:32 RIVERS 26 yd run (SILVA kick) 6-73 2:12 21-14 AF 2nd 02:55 HAMMOND III 3 yd run (HAMMOND III rush) 12-75 6:37 21-22 FS 2nd 00:07 SILVA 47 yd field goal 5-10 2:48 24-22 AF 3rd 08:18 BIRDOW 3 yd run (KOEHNKE kick) 8-40 3:38 24-29 AF 4th 13:16 HAMMOND III 3 yd run (KOEHNKE kick) 13-79 7:33 24-36 AF 4th 12:22 JOHNSON 24 yd interception return (KOEHNKE kick) - - 24-43
TEAM STATS Fresno St. AFA INDIVIDUAL LEADERS First Downs 12 28 Rushing (att-yds-TD): Rushing Att-Yards 15-59 69-340 FS - Ronnie Rivers (9-45-1) Passing Cmp-Att-Yds 20-27-209 2-3-81 AFA - T. Jackson (20-117-1) Total Plays-Yards 42-268 72-421 Passing (cmp-att-int-yds-TD): Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 FS - Jorge Reyna (20-27-1-209-2) Penalties-Yards 5-19 1-5 AFA - Hammond III (2-3-0-81-1) Punts-Yards 3-126 1-51 Receiving Yards (no-yds-TD): Average 42.0 51.0 FS - Emoryie Edwards (4-73-1) Net 35.3 51.0 AFA - Ben Waters (1-53-1) Punt Returns (#-Yds-TD) 0-0-0 0-0-0 Defense (ST-AT-TT-TFL-Sack): Kickoff Returns (#-Yds-TD) 3-51-0 0-0-0 FS - Justin Rice (6-7-13-0.0-0.0) Interceptions-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-24-1 AFA - Kyle Johnson (4-2-6-1.0-1.0) Fumble Ret-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Interceptions (no-yds-TD): Time of Possession 20:31 39:29 FS - none 3rd Downs 4-of-8 5-of-10 AFA - Kyle Johnson (1-24-1) 4th Downs 0-of-0 4-of-4 Sacks By 0-0 1-10
USAFA, Colo. – The Fresno State football team led Air Force in its Mountain West conference opener 24-22 at halftime, but fell 43-24 Saturday night at Falcon Stadium as the home team scored 21 unanswered in the second half.
With 69 rushing attempts, Air Force held a 340-59 advantage on the ground to control the clock as the Falcons held the ball for more than 39 minutes. In the second half, AFA held possession for 24:25 to the Bulldogs’ 5:35.
After starting the game 13-of-13 passing, and 17-of-18 at the break, Jorge Reyna finished the game 20-of-27 passing for 209 yards and two touchdowns. Emoryie Edwards led the ‘Dogs with a season-high 73 yards on four receptions - all in the first half. Defensively, Wylan Free and Justin Rice led Fresno State with 13 tackles each while Mykal Walker (11) and Juju Hughes (10) both finished in double figures as well.
Notable • Fresno State opened the first quarter with two touchdowns. It was the first time since Oct. 27, 2018 vs. Hawaii that the Bulldogs scored two TDs in the opening quarter. • Fresno State was 3-of-3 on third downs in the first quarter; the Bulldogs would go 1-of-5 over the next three quarters. • Jorge Reyna started the game completing his first 13 passes – his streak would end with a pass deflection in the second quarter with 10:09 remaining on the clock. Reyna finished the half 17-of-18. • Fresno State led the time of possession battle in the first quarter – 9:52 to 5:08 – the Bulldogs’ possessed the ball a total of 10:39 throughout the remainder of the game and held possession just 5:35 in the second half. • Both teams scored on every one of their drives in the first half. The Bulldogs scored three TDs and a FG on their four drives while Air Force scored touchdowns on each of its three drives. • Fresno State gave up a season-high 43 points. It was the first time the Bulldogs surrendered 40-plus points since allowing 48 to Washington on Sept. 16, 2017. • The loss to Air Force was Fresno State’s first double-digit loss since falling by 10 points to UNLV 26-16 on Oct. 28, 2017. • Fresno State dropped to 20-2 under Jeff Tedford when scoring first. • Fresno State did not force a turnover in a game for the first time since Nov. 17, 2018 against San Diego State. • Facing Air Force, Fresno State was the last FBS team to play a conference game in the 2019 season.
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