'Dogs host Beavers for Pac-12 matchup in The Valley

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Oregon State (1-0, 0-0 Pac-12) at Fresno State (1-0, 0-0 MW)
Saturday, Sept. 10 • 7:30 p.m. PT • Valley Children's Stadium (40,727) - Fresno, Calif.

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MEDIA COVERAGE
TV - CBS Sports Network
   Play-By-Play - Alex Del Barrio
   Analyst - Donte Whitner

Radio - Bulldog Sports Network
   Play-by-Play - Paul Loeffler
   Analyst - Pat Hill
   Sideline - Cam Worrell

Social Media: Twitter: @FresnoStateFB | Instagram:@fresno_state_football | Facebook: FresnoStateFootball | YouTube: FresnoStateAthletics
Live Stats: BulldogsLive.com

A LOOK INSIDE
Series: Fresno State leads, 8-5

Head Coaches:
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State Record (Years): 27-14 (4th season)
Career DI Record (Years): 109-71 (13 year)

Jonathan Smith
Oregon State Record (Years): 17-28 (5th season)
Career DI Record (Years): Same

BULLDOG BONES

The 2022 Bulldog football season began with a 35-7 win over Cal Poly at Valley Children's Stadium last Thursday. Fresno State powered for 549 yards of total offense in the win. The Bulldogs won their first game with Jeff Tedford back as head coach.
Fresno State is starting the season 1-0 for the third time under head coach Jeff Tedford. In his fourth season as the team's head coach, Tedford led the Bulldogs to a 1-0 start in each of his first two seasons (2017, 2018)
A total of five Bulldogs earned their first career starts last week, joining a group of experienced players on both sides of the ball.
Fresno State had 36,011 fans at its season opener against Cal Poly last Thursday. It was the highest attended season-opener in Fresno, coincidentally, since Jeff Tedford's first game as head coach in 2017 (Incarnate Word).
Saturday's matchup is the first time a member of the Pac-12 comes to Fresno since hosting then- No. 21 Utah on Sept. 19, 2015.
The Bulldogs face Pac-12 opponents in back-to-back weeks this year, first facing Oregon State on Saturday before traveling to USC for a Sept. 17 matchup.
Six players on the current roster had previous stops at a Pac-12 school - three on both sides of the ball.
Fresno State announced Jeff Tedford as head coach of the football program on Dec. 8, 2021, igniting the beginning of his second stint as head coach at his alma mater. Tedford first coached the Bulldogs for the 2017-19 seasons.
The Fresno State football team was picked to win the West Division by the media, the Mountain West announced prior to the 2022 Mountain West Football Media Days at the Mandalay Bay of Las Vegas in July.
Fresno State had five players earn preseason recognition by the conference this season. Quarterback Jake Haener was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, and All-MW quarterback. Haener is the first Bulldog to be named Mountain West Preseason Offensive Player of the Year since Derek Carr in 2013.
Fresno State had a big outing by transfer wide receiver Nikko Remigio last week. The fifth-year senior finished the game with a team-high 168 all-purpose yards.
Senior DB Evan Williams led the team in tackles last time out, finishing the Cal Poly game with eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss. Since 2019, Williams has finished as the team's leading tackler in a game 12 times.
Freshman defensive lineman Gavriel Lightfoot became the first Bulldog to start on the interior defensive line as a true freshman since Russell Harding in 1997.
Fresno State will honor the 1992 Football Team during Saturdays' game, recognizing the players who led the Bulldogs to a 9-4 record including the Freedom Bowl win over USC, considered by many as one of the best and most memorable wins in program history

"Fresno State Athletics - For The V: The Central Valley" - Bulldog student-athletes, coaches, and staff proudly wear the "Green V" to show their pride in representing the Central Valley. Stories of why the Bulldogs play for the "Green V" will be shared throughout the next year with #ForTheV. To become a Bulldog Foundation member or join "The Green V Society," please visit bulldogfoundation.org.

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