Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State vs. Hawai'i Game Notes
Fresno State at Hawai'i
Nov. 11, 2017
Pregame
• Team Captains: Aaron Mitchell, Malik Forrester, Nathan Madsen and Da’Mari Scott.; it is the third time both Madsen and Scott have served as team captains, with permanent captains Mitchell and Forrester.• Fresno State chose tails and lost the toss. Hawai’i deferred to the second half and received the opening kickoff.
First Quarter
• Dejonte O’Neal and Da’Mari Scott returned the opening kickoff.
• The game started in a two-back set, with Dejonte O’Neal and Josh Hokit in the backfield
• Fresno State’s opening drive was halted due to a holding penalty by Kyle Riddering, after crossing midfield that set the ‘Dogs back to a second-and-15 after picking up a first down.
• At the 5:29 mark, Justin Green logged his first sack of the season and fifth career to move a third-and-5 to a fourth-and-10 from the FS31.
• Hawaii converted the fifth fourth down conversion against Fresno State on the ensuing play. It was the longest conversion on a fourth down against Fresno State this season.
-- Alabama (fouth-and-1), San Diego State (fourth-and-4), UNLV (4th-and-2 and 4th-and-7).
• Hawai’i scored first, marking the first time Fresno State did not score since Sept. 16 at Washington.
• The Bulldogs’ going scoreless in the first quarter marked the first time doing so since Sept. 16 at Washington.
• Jeffrey Allison posted a team-leading five tackles in the first quarter.
• Hawai’i held the time of possession edge 9:47 to 5:13.
• KeeSean Johnson extended his consecutive games with a reception to 32 games. The program record is 34, set by Henry Ellard.
Second Quarter
• After an officials review reversed a call that had him pushed out of the back of the endzone, KeeSean Johnson’s toe-tap gave him his fifth touchdown reception of the season – a 4-yard grab with 11:45 left in the half – to tie the game 7-7.
• Marcus McMaryion threw his first touchdown pass since tossing three on Oct. 14 (vs. New Mexico).
• The game paused at 6:59 p.m. HT due to lighting. After a 41 minute delay, play resumed at 7:40 p.m. HT.
• David Tangipa caught his first career touchdown pass, a three-yard strike from Marcus McMaryion; It was McMaryion’s third TD of the game, matching his season-high set vs. New Mexico.
HALFTIME
• McMaryion started the game 3-of-10, finished the 10-of-14 with three TD passes.
Third Quarter
• Tobenna Okeke posted his second and third sacks of the game during Hawai’i first drive of the second half. With three individual sacks, it marks the first time a Bulldog has posted three in a game since Tyeler Davison vs. Hawaii on Nov. 29, 2014.
• Tobenna Okeke’s two forced fumbles mark the first time a Bulldog has forced two in a game since Andy Jennings did so vs. San Diego State on September 29, 2012.
• Marcus McMaryion’s four TD throws are the most by a Bulldog since Zack Greenlee tossed six at Hawai’i on Nov. 14, 2015.
Fourth Quarter
• After holding Hawai’i scoreless for seven consecutive drives since the first quarter, the Bulldogs surrendered a 15-yard TD pass, completing a nine-play, 75-yard UH drive. The seven previous drives combined for 29 plays and 62 yards.
• Marcus McMaryion owned 149-straight attempts without an interception until the last throw. That ranks No. 6 in program history, ahead Billy Volek in 1999 (111) and short of Derek Carr in 2012 (160).
• Camacho missed a 54-yard field goal, turning the ball over to Hawai’i at their own 37 with 8:57 left.
GAME
• Fresno State reached seven wins in a single season for the first time since posting 11 in 2013.
• Fresno State’s five sacks ties a season-high set at San Diego State