Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State at Utah In-Game Notes
9/6/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
• Fresno State captains: 3, 13, 17, 60
• Utah won the toss, deferred to the second half. Fresno State will receive and defend the north goal.
1st Quarter
• After only allowing one sack in the season opener and just 11 sacks in 13 games last year, Fresno State gave up sacks on back-to-back plays on its second drive of the game.
• Tyeler Davison recorded Fresno State's first sack of the season, which came on an intentional grounding play at 6:35.
• Derron Smith had a two-yard tackle for a loss at 3:48, his first behind the line of scrimmage this year.
• Fresno State did not have a first down in the first quarter while Utah had 10 first downs. The Utes averaged 6.8 yards on first down plays.
2nd Quarter
• Brandon Connette hit Josh Harper for nine-yards on a third-and-8 in the first minute of the quarter for Fresno State's first first-down of the game.
• With Connette running the offense on his first drive, the Bulldogs picked up four first-downs. That drive stalled however at the Utah 30-yard line when the `Dogs could not convert a fourth-and-4.
• Malcolm Washington recorded a four-yard tackle for a loss at 10:15, the first tackle for a loss in his career. That gave Utah its first three-and-out of the game.
• Brandon Connette hit Malique Micenheimer on a 2-yard touchdown pass at 6:19. It was Fresno State's first touchdown pass of the season and first points in the game.
• The scoring play was also Micenheimer's first career TD reception and Connette's first touchdown pass as a Bulldog.
3rd Quarter
• Brandon Connette hit Aaron Peck on a 53-yard completion at 3:03. Play was originally ruled a touchdown, but after review Peck was determined to be down at the half-yard line. Two plays later, Connette walked in for his first rushing touchdown as a Bulldog. He ran for a Duke school record 31 touchdowns at Duke before transferring over to Fresno State.
