Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State vs. Hawaii - Postgame Notes
11/13/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 12, 2004
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- Nate Ray received a start in the game, the first of his career.
- Bryson Sumlin's two first quarter TDs were his team-high seventh and eighth rushing touchdown on the year.
- Sumlin's first quarter lost fumble was Fresno State's first turnover since the fourth quarter against Boise State. The Bulldogs went turnover-free in wins over SMU and Rice the past two weeks.
- Fresno State started a defense of four defensive linemen, five cornerbacks and just two linebackers for the first time this year.
- Bryson Sumlin's 89-yard first quarter run was the longest play from scrimmage this year and the sixth-longest in school history.
- Paul Pinegar's first quarter TD was his third touchdown run of the year.
- In the first quarter alone, Sumlin already had established a career-high in rushing yardage with 168. The junior also notched two TDs.
- Fresno State's first pass of the game did not come until the final play of the first quarter. The Bulldogs' first 15 plays of the game were rushes.
- Wendell Mathis' two second quarter TDs were his sixth and seventh rushing touchdowns of the year.
- Fresno State scored 49 points in the first half, the second time in three games the Bulldogs have posted at least 35 points in the opening stanza (35 vs. SMU on Oct. 30). It was also the most points in a half since Fresno State scored posting 56 in the first half against Utah State on Dec. 1, 2001.
- Bryson Sumlin eclipsed the 200-yard mark in the first half, making him the Bulldogs' first 200-yard rusher since Rodney Davis had 221 against Louisiana Tech in the 2002 regular season finale.
- The Bulldogs entered tonight having scored on nine of their last 10 first half possessions. In the first half tonight, Fresno State scored TDs on seven of their eight possessions, meaning that in the last three games, the Bulldogs have scored on 16 of their last 18 first half possessions (15 TDs, 1 FG).
- Fresno State's halftime lead of 49-0 was the largest advantage at the intermission since Oct. 5, 1991, when the Bulldogs led New Mexico State 66-7. The final score of that game was 94-17.
- The deficit was also the largest for Hawaii of the June Jones Era, which began in 1999.
- Pinegar had one of the most efficient halves of his career. His numbers at the break: 7-of-8, 160 yards, 1 TD pass, 1 TD run. This comes a week after Pinegar was very solid in the first half against Rice, against which his halftime numbers were: 12-of-15, 183 yards, 3 TDs.
- The third quarter interception by Pinegar snapped a streak of 54 consecutive passes without an INT. The junior QB had not thrown a pick since the fourth quarter of the Boise State game on Oct. 23.
- Fresno State has scored at least 50 points in back-to-back games for the first time since 1989 (9/2/89 - Fresno State 52, Utah 22; 9/9/89 - Fresno State 52, Montana 37)
- Clint Stitser's extra point in the third quarter was the first of his career. The snap came from Ken Amendola, his second career snap and first on a PAT.
- The win improved Fresno State's all-time record against Hawaii to 19-17-1, including a 5-1-1 mark at Bulldog Stadium.
- The Bulldogs are now 18-2 in November/December regular season games since 2000.
- Fresno State is also 9-5 since 2001 in non-Saturday games, including 2-0 this year (Washington, Hawaii).
- In the Pat Hill Era, which began in 1997, Fresno State is 37-7 at home, including 23-4 since 2001.
- Robbie Dubois' fourth quarter TD was the first rushing touchdown of his career.
- Entering the SMU game on Oct. 30, backup quarterback Jordan Christensen had never played in a game. But thanks to three consecutive blowout victories, he has now appeared in three in a row.
- The 70-14 win goes down as Fresno State's largest margin of victory over Hawaii in school history, surpassing the 51-12 defeat in 1998.
- The Bulldogs' final offensive output of 679 yards is the first time they have surpassed the 600-yard mark since Dec. 1, 2001, against Utah State (713).
- Nate Ray's fourth quarter interception (which he fumbled on the return) was the third of his career and first against a team other than SMU.
- With Bryson Sumlin finishing with 220 yards and Wendell Mathis ending up with 176, Fresno State narrowly missed out on becoming just the third team in NCAA history to have two players on the same team in the same game eclipse 200 yards.
- Fresno State ended up with a school-record 503 yards rushing.
- Fresno State's Paul Pinegar threw 32 fewer passes and had 18 fewer completions than Hawaii QB Timmy Chang yet still threw for nine more yards.
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