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Fresno State Drops MW Opener at SJSU
9/27/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Sept. 26, 2015
By Jason Clay
jaclay@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Tyler Ervin ran for a San Jose State school record 300 yards on 42 carries in leading the Spartans to a 49-23 victory over Fresno State Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
The Bulldogs (1-3, 0-1 MW) were outgained 543-247 in the game and dropped their third-straight contest. This was also the first time now in four seasons in the Mountain West that Fresno State dropped its league opener.
"Ervin is a heck of a back, we knew it. They ran the plays we practiced for all week. We got to execute better and got to coach better," head coach Tim DeRuyter said. "He beat us one-on-one in situations. We got guys at the point of attack that did not leverage well, we got to coach our guys to do that better and we got to wrap up and tackle better."
Ervin scored three touchdowns in the game, his last on a 30-yard run early in the third quarter that put SJSU up by 18. Fresno State did cut the Spartan lead down to 28-23 with five minutes left in the third quarter following back-to-back touchdowns, but were outscored 21-0 the rest of the way.
Fresno State had six sacks in the game, but allowed SJSU (2-2, 1-1 MW) to average 6.7 yards per play and convert 7-of-10 third-down attempts in the game. San Jose State held the ball for over 15 more minutes than the Bulldogs had it and ran 19 more plays.
Redshirt freshman Jamire Jordan scored twice for Fresno State in the loss. The first was on a 7-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter and again in the third on an acrobatic five-yard run that was a busted reverse play, but he made three defenders miss to reach the end zone.
"The play just broke down and I was trying to not get tackled in the backfield, so I did whatever I had to do," Jordan said. "I didn't see half the guys that tried to hit me. It was a good play. It was a game at that point and I felt that we had a chance to come back."
Junior Ford Childress drew the start in place of Zack Greenlee at quarterback, who was serving a one-game suspension. He became the third quarterback to start this year for the Bulldogs, which research going back through 1979 when game-by-game starters are available shows that this is the first season the Bulldogs have started three different players at quarterback.
Childress was 19-of-32 passing for 159 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. He is the first Fresno State quarterback to throw multiple touchdowns in a starting debut since Jeff Grady had three touchdowns in a 23-21 loss at No. 25 Wisconsin in 2002.
The Bulldog defense created one turnover in the game that led to its first touchdown in the second quarter, pushing their streak up to 18 games against the Spartans that they have forced SJSU into at least on turnover. The turnover was a forced fumble by Stratton Brown that James Bailey recovered.
Senior outside linebacker Ejiro Ederaine had eight tackles, three tackles for a loss and two sacks in the loss. It was his fourth career game with two sacks, but first since 2013.
"Disappointment," is what Ederaine said is how the team is feeling after the loss. "Our playmakers on defense, we have to make plays. They had a great effort, we just have to make more plays."
Redshirt freshman KeeSean Johnson caught seven passes for 90 yards in the contest and his first career touchdown on a 29-yard connection with Childress in the third. Jordan had five receptions for 45 yards.
Senior running back Marteze Waller rushed 19 times for 72 yards.
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Team Stats
FS 0, SJ 7
SJ - ERVIN, Tyler 2 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 11 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:48
FS 0, SJ 14
SJ - ERVIN, Tyler 2 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 8 plays, 61 yards, TOP 3:24
FS 7, SJ 14
FS - JORDAN, Jamire 7 yd pass from CHILDRESS, Ford (KROENING, Kody kick) 7 plays, 37 yards, TOP 2:05
FS 7, SJ 21
SJ - WILSON, Hansell 20 yd pass from GRAY, Joe (LOPEZ, Austin kick) 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:50
FS 10, SJ 21
FS - KROENING, Kody 39 yd field goal 8 plays, 47 yards, TOP 2:49
FS 10, SJ 28
SJ - ERVIN, Tyler 30 yd run (LOPEZ, Austin kick), 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:42
FS 17, SJ 28
FS - JOHNSON, KeeSea 29 yd pass from CHILDRESS, Ford (KROENING, Kody kick) 7 plays, 51 yards, TOP 2:42
FS 23, SJ 28
FS - JORDAN, Jamire 5 yd run (KROENING, Kody kickfailed), 4 plays, 19 yards, TOP 1:44
FS 23, SJ 35
SJ - CRAWLEY, Tim 49 yd pass from GRAY, Joe (LOPEZ, Austin kick) 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 3:39
FS 23, SJ 42
SJ - FREEMAN, Billy 9 yd pass from GRAY, Joe (LOPEZ, Austin kick) 11 plays, 77 yards, TOP 5:06
FS 23, SJ 49
SJ - PRUITT, Jimmy 27 yd interception (LOPEZ, Austin kick)
