Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State
Northern Illinois
Dogs Lose Humanitarian Bowl
12/18/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
The Dogs got out to a fast start in the first quarter, forcing the Huskies to turn the ball over on downs on their opening possession. The Bulldogs responded with a 69-yard scoring drive, capped by Colburn's 11-yard scoring strike to Jamel Hamler, who was named the Most Valuable Player for Fresno State.
Colburn was 28 for 38 on the night and threw for two touchdowns.
The Bulldogs finished the 2010 season with an 8-5 record and made its 11th bowl appearance in 12 seasons. Overall, the Dogs have played in 23 bowl games in school history.
Freshman Jalen Saunders recorded a career-high 58 yards on five carries for the most rushing yards of the night. His longest rush was 19-yards.
Kicker Kevin Goessling hit a field goal, his 21st of the season, from 45-yards.
Head Coach Pat Hill
"Give Northern Illinois a lot of credit. They really took over the game after our first drive. We couldn't get much going on offense and we couldn't slow them down on defense. We knew they were a very good football team and they proved that tonight. They have a talented football team and I can see how they won 11 games. I thought we played hard tonight but we just couldn't get anything going, couldn't get any momentum. I'm proud of our team. We had a lot of ups and downs this season and this certainly was not the way we wanted to write the final chapter of our 2010 story."
BULLDOG NOTES
- The Bulldogs made their 11th bowl appearance in the last 12 seasons, the longest such streak in school history.
- Ryan Colburn's first quarter touchdown to Jamel Hamler was the 41st of his career and 22nd of this season. He passed Trent Dilfer ('92) & Jackie Fellows ('42) for 8th most in a season in FS history.
- Freshman receiver Jalen Saunders led the Dogs in rushing with a career-high 58 yards on five carries.
- Senior linebacker Ben Jacobs finished starting all 52 games in his career, two shy of the NCAA record of 54 straight starts held by former Hawaii center John Estes (2005-08).
- Junior kicker Kevin Goessling made his 21st field goal of the season, tied for third-most in school history. He tied Barry Belli (1986) and Brett Visintainer (2003). Only Asen Asparuhov, who made 23 each in both the 2001 and 2002 seasons, kicked more in a season.
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