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FRESNO STATE FOOTBALL - 2015 GAME NOTES - Football Contact: Jason Clay, Assistant AD For External Communications Office: 559-278-6577 (direct) Cell: (559) 287-3304 Twitter: FresnoStateFB E-mail: [email protected] Website: gobulldogs.com Instagram: Fresno_State_Football Football Contact: Matt Burkholder, Assistant Director of Communications Office: 559-278-6186 (direct) Cell: (559) 862-3771 E-mail: [email protected] Fresno State (3-7, 2-5 MW) at BYU (7-3) Game No. 11 • Non-Conference Game No. 4 Nov. 21, 2015 • LaVell Edwards Stadium (63,470) - Provo, Utah / 12 p.m. PT Radio: Bulldog Sports Network | TV: ESPN3 | Live Stats: gobulldogs.com QUICK FACTS Game Day Quick Facts Coaches: TELEVISION: ESPN3 or BYUtv [Dish Network (Ch. 9403) or DirecTV (Ch. 374)] Tim DeRuyter (Air Force, 1985) Play-by-Play: Dave McCann; Analyst: Blaine Fowler; Sideline: Lauren Francom Fresno State Record.........................29-21 - 4th Season RADIO: ; Gameday Live (9 a.m.); Pregame Show (1 a.m.) Career Record ......................................................Same 940 AM ESPN Radio vs. BYU ................................................................... 0-0 Play-by-Play: Paul Loeffler; Analyst: Pat Hill; Sideline: Cameron Worrell Bronco Mendenhall (Oregon State, 1988) ESPN Deportes (1600 AM) in Spanish BYU`i Record .................................97-42 (11th Season) Play-by-Play: Jesse Beltran; Analyst: Octavio Duarte Career Record ......................................................Same vs. Fresno State ...................................................... 0-0 POST-GAME PRESS CONFERENCE: gobulldogs.com/videos SERIES: 5-4, Fresno State Leads Storylines in Provo, Utah...............................14-11, Hawai`i Leads → Fresno State travels to BYU for its final non-conference game and final road game of the Last Meeting ........................ FS 28, UH 21 - 11/29/14 2015 season, playing at LaVell Edwards Stadium Saturday at noon PT. → Both teams rank in the top 20 nationally in sacks, BYU standing eighth with 31 and Fresno OFFENSIVE QUICK facts: State in 22nd with 27. Cougar senior defensive lineman Bronson Kaufusi ranks sixth among Fresno St. BYU FBS active leaders with 22.5 career sacks while Ejiro Ederaine is 10th with 20.0. Scoring 22.6 30.7 Rushing 134.1 136.5 → Ederaine has moved into third place for the most tackles for a loss in Mountain West Passing 176.8 289.3 history with 43.0, which ranks third among all active players. He needs 4.0 more tackles for Total 310.9 425.8 a loss to tie San Diego State’s Miles Burris (2008-11) for the most TFL’s in league history. KO Return 20.0 19.9 He also ranks No. 3 among active FBS players in career tackles for a loss. 3rd Down Conv. 38% 40% → Quarterback Zack Greenlee, making his fourth start of the season but first since Oct. 3, 4th Down Conv. 32% 53% threw six touchdown passes in last week’s win at Hawai`i. The six TD passes are tied for DEFENSIVE QUICK facts: the single-game high from any FBS quarterback this year and tie for the second-most in Fresno St. BYU Scoring 37.1 22.4 Fresno State history. Rushing 239.7 145.1 → The Bulldogs are coming off their best offensive game of the season in last week’s win at Passing 209.1 212.6 Hawai`i when Fresno State set new season-highs in points scored (42), passing yards (285) Total 448.8 357.7 and total offense (455). Net Punting 38.8 38.1 → In the first nine games of the season Fresno State had only five interceptions. Last week Opp. 3rd Down Conv. 49% 38% Opp. 4th Down Conv. 64% 60% at Hawai`i, the `Dogs picked off three passes. Junior corner Tyquwan Glass leads the team with three picks and he enters Saturday’s game with an interception in two-straight games. → Senior running back Marteze Waller needs 51 yards to become the fifth running back in program history to rush for over 3,000 yards in a career. → The Bulldogs are 10-3 under head coach Tim DeRuyter in games played in the month of November. 2015 Fresno State Season Schedule Opponent Opp. Date Opponent Ranking* Time/Result Record Series Note Sept. 3 Abilene Christian - TV - [MWN] - W, 34-13 3-7 3-2 `Dogs hold ACU to 34 yards rushing, record five sacks in victory Sept. 12 at Ole Miss - TV [ESPN2 or ESPNU] 17/14 L, 73-21 7-3 0-3 Waller has 131 all-purpose yards; Edwards 56-yard INT for TD Sept. 19 Utah - TV [CBSSN] 21/21 L, 45-24 8-2 4-7 Bulldogs force three turnovers, Utah held possession for 37:22 in game Sept. 26 ^at San Jose State - TV [CBSSN] - L, 49-23 4-6 40-36-3 SJSU’s Tyler Ervin rushes 42 times for 300 yards and 3 TDs Oct. 3 ^at San Diego State - TV [CBSSN] - L, 21-7 7-3 23-28-4 J. Camilli becomes first Bulldog since 2008 with 10+ tackles in 3-straight games Oct. 10 ^Utah State - HC - TV [CBSSN] - L, 56-14 5-5 17-11-1 USU scores seven rushing touchdowns Oct. 16 ^UNLV - TV [ESPN2] - W, 31-28 3-7 13-5 14-point 4th quarter erases 11-point deficit as Bulldogs come back to win Oct. 24 ^at Air Force - TV [ESPN3] - L, 42-14 7-3 3-5 AFA erases 14-point 1st-quarter deficit wi/ 42 unanswered points to drop `Dogs Nov. 5 ^Nevada - TV [ESPN2] - L, 30-16 6-4 27-19-1 Nevada outgaines FS 335-17 in second half Nov. 14 ^at Hawai`i - TV [KSEE 24] - W, 42-14 2-9 25-21-1 Greenlee throws 6 TDs, `Dogs set season-highs in points and total offense Nov. 21 at BYU [ESPN3] - 12 p.m. 7-3 5-4 1st game of a new home-and-home series, first meeting between schools since ‘98 Nov. 28 ^Colorado State - TV [CBSSN] - 6 p.m. 5-5 6-7 First time FS will face a team coached by CSU’s Mike Bobo All times Pacific. Key: *AP Poll/USA Today Coaches Poll; ^ MW Game; HC-Homecoming; REFERENCE: “Fresno State” (never: FSU, FRES, CSUF, Fresno State University or just “Fresno”); ABBREVIATIONS: Fresno St. or FS 2015 Fresno State Football Scouting Brighan Young MEDIA INFORMATION BYU enters Saturday’s contest with a 7-3 overall record and is coming of a 20-16 loss to Media Availability Interviews for Bulldog players and coaches will Missouri last weekend in a game played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. The Cougars are be coordinated through the Fresno State Athletics 5-0 at home this season and are 25-5 at home over the last five years. BYU is only giving up 22.4 Communications Office 24 hours in advance to points per game and 357.7 yards while scoring 30.7 points per game on 425.8 yards of offense. ensure availability. Contact Matt Burkholder at Running back Algernon Brown has nine rushing touchdowns, quarterback Tanner Mangum (559) 278-6186 to make arrangements for interviews with student-athletes, Jason Clay for interviews with has 16 touchdown passes against seven interceptions and wide receiver Mitch Mathews has coaches. Freshman (both true and redshirt) along nine touchdown receptions on the year, which ties for the 11th most in the country. On the with any other newcomers to the program will not defensive side of the ball, BYU ranks eighth in the FBS with 31 sacks on the season. be allowed to do interviews until after they play in their first game, per team rules. Series History vs. BYU In-Season Interview Schedule Fresno State and BYU are meeting for the first time since 1998 when both schools were Monday: Head coach Tim DeRuyter and select player(s) at weekly press conference. Practice members of the Western Athletic Conference. The Bulldogs do hold a 5-4 overall advantage closed. in the series against the Cougars and are 2-2 when playing them in Provo, Utah. In the five Tuesday: Coach and players after practice. meetings from 1992-98, when both schools were in the WAC, BYU took three of those five Wednesday: Coach and players after practice. games. The first-ever meeting came in 1956, a 26-13 victory for Fresno State in Provo. Thursday: Head Coach Tim DeRuyter Only. Friday: Travel Day - No Interviews. Saturday: Post-game only. Ederaine Eyes Mountain West Record Sunday: No interviews - team off day. Senior OLB Ejiro Ederaine has moved into third All-Time Mountain Wetst Leaders Tackles for a Loss Tim DeRuyter Weekly Media Conference place for the most tackles for a loss in Mountain West Tim DeRuyter’s weekly media conference will be history. With 43.0 career TFLs, he is one behind BYU’s Player, School Years TFL’s held at 11 a.m. in the Josephine Theater inside Jan Jorgensen (2006-09) and four from tying the all- 1. Miles Burris, SDSU 2008-11 47.0 the Duncan Building on Monday’s during the 2. Jan Jorgensen, BYU 2006-09 44.0 football season. Select player(s) will be brought in time record holder Miles Burris (2008-11) of San to the weekly press conference. The conference is Diego State, who had 47.0 in his career. Ederaine this 3. Ejiro Ederaine, FS 2012-15 43.0 open to credentialed members of the media only. 4. Mychal Sisson, CSU 2008-11 42.0 season has a tackle for a loss in 9-of-10 games and has 5. Chase Ortiz, TCU 2005-07 41.5 The media conference can be viewed live via the had multiple TFLs four times this year and 12 games Mountain West Network. 6. Jerry Hughes, TCU 2006-09 40.5 in his career.