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San Jose State vs. Fresno State Game Notes
11/9/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
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San Jose State vs. Fresno State Game Notes Pre-Game Notes
• Fresno State captains: 3, 13, 33
• Fresno State won the toss, deferred to the second half.
1st Quarter
• Fresno State held SJSU to a three-and-out on the game's opening drive. This is the second-straight week that the Bulldog defense held the opposition to a three-and-out on their first drive of the game.
• Marteze Waller opened the scoring with a 44-yard touchdown run at 11:21. It was his sixth rush of over 40 yards this season.
• Waller went over 1,000 yards rushing on the season on the first play of Fresno State's second drive of the quarter. It is the 21st 1,000-yard rushing season in school history.
• At 0:25 on the clock, Marteze Waller rushed for eight yards on a second-down play and went over 100-yards rushing for the sixth time in the last seven games.
• This was also the first time a Bulldog running back had rushed for over 100 yards in the opening quarter since Robbie Rouse had 144 yards rushing in the first quarter against Colorado on Sept. 15, 2012. 2nd Quarter
• Linebacker Kyrie Wilson intercepted his second pass of the season at 5:24, giving Fresno State the ball on the Spartan 20-yard line.
• True freshman tight end Chad Olsen caught his fourth touchdown pass of the season at 2:57.
• Josh Harper caught an 18-yard touchdown pass at 1:50 - the 27th touchdown reception of his career. That is the second-most TD catches in school history.
• At 0:55, Da'Mari Scott blocked a SJSU punt, which Bulldog running back T.J. Thomas recovered at the nine-yard line and returned for a touchdown. The last time Fresno State blocked a punt and returned it for a TD was by Desia Dunn vs. Cal Poly on Oct. 2, 2010.
3rd Quarter
• At 12:16, Josh Harper caught his second touchdown catch of the game. It came on his 200th career reception and he becomes just the fourth Bulldog to ever catch 200 or more passes in a career.
• This is Josh Harper's sixth career game with multiple touchdown receptions.
• Quarterback Brian Burrell has now thrown for three touchdowns three in three games this season.
4th Quarter
• Charles Washington intercepted his second pass of the season and third of his career at 8:35. He returned it 44 yards to the SJSU 46-yard line.
• Kody Kroening kicked a 26-yard field goal at 4:47
• Justin Green recovered his first career fumble at the SJSU 6-yard line with 1:53 remaining.
Post-Game Notes
• Marteze Waller (145) and Josh Quezada (112) became the first Fresno State duo to each rush for over 100 yards in a single game since Anthony Harding (120) and Lonyae Miller(113) on Dec. 20, 2008 versus Colorado State.
• The Bulldogs rushed for 232 yards, the third 200-plus rushing yard game of 2014.
• Brian Burrell threw for three touchdowns for the third time this season.
• Josh Harper caught two touchdown passes for the first time in 2014, giving him six on the year.
• Chad Olsen had 62 yards receiving, three more yards than his total for the season.
• The Bulldogs' defense held San Jose State to 86 yards rushing, the second-lowest total for an opponent this season.
• Fresno State's two interceptions marks the second time in the 2014 that the defensive has performed the feat.
