Fresno State Athletics
9/16/2006 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 16, 2006
Fresno, Calif. - Junior running back Dwayne Wright scored his fifth touchdown of the season in the first quarter, tying his season-high going into 2006.
Wright rushed for over 100 yards for the third straight game, the first time for a Fresno State tailback since Wendell Mathis in the 2005 season.
Wright's three-game rushing total to start the 2006 season is the most ever by a Bulldog to start the year. Wright finished the game with 136 yards rushing on 28 attempts, making his three-game total 448 yards to begin the season. The previous best was by Ron Rivers, who had 435 yards to start the season in 1993.
The Bulldogs scored a touchdown for the first-time on the year on their opening drive of the game. Fresno State has now scored a touchdown when receiving the opening kick of the half in each game, scoring in the second half against Nevada and Oregon.
Fresno State recorded their second sack of the year in the second quarter, when Jon Monga dropped Isaiah Stanbeck for a two-yard loss, which was the second in Monga's career. Tyler Clutts had the team's previous sack, coming against Nevada.
Senior Jaron Fairman's 45-yard kick return in the second quarter was the longest of his career.
Tailback Shannon Dorsey's 25-yard pass reception on the second play of the game was the second-career catch for Dorsey and the longest of his career.
The 38-yard touchdown pass from Tom Brandstater to Paul Williams was the first touchdown of the year for Williams, and was the longest play from scrimmage for Brandstater in his career.
Fresno State is now 3-for-3 on their opening drive in the second half, scoring a touchdown on all three of their first third period possessions this year.
Running back Dwayne Wright rushed for over 100 yards for the third straight game, the first time for a Fresno State tailback since Wendell Mathis in the 2005 season.
Wright's three-game rushing total to start the 2006 season is the most ever by a Bulldog to start the year. Wright finished the game with 136 yards rushing on 28 attempts, making his three-game total 448 yards to begin the season. The previous best was by Ron Rivers, who had 435 yards to start the season in 1993.
Hill Quotes:
"Losing this game is unacceptable. Losing the last two games is unacceptable. As the head coach, I take full responsibility. We are going to go back to work and get this thing fixed. We have worked too hard to lose close games like this. We have a bye week and we are going to address some things and make some changes if necessary because losing games is not what we are accustomed to."
"There's not one thing that went wrong today. I give credit to Washington. They made some big plays at big times and we didn't. We knew this would be a tough game and we would get their best shot and we did."
"We have two weeks to get ready for Colorado State and I promise you we are going to work as hard as we can to get ready. They will be coming to Fresno riding high and we have to get back on track."
