Fresno State at No. 13 UCLA: Notes

Savannah Stoeckle / Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

FS Captains: Jake Haener, Ronnie Rivers, David Perales, Tyson Maeva
UCLA wins toss, defers

Team Notes

Fresno State won its fourth-straight game in the series with UCLA.
Fresno State knocked off the No. 13-ranked UCLA on Saturday, marking the highest ranked opponent Fresno State has defeated since defeating then-No. 13 Kansas State on the road (Sept. 12, 2004).
Fresno State won its first game against a ranked opponent since defeating then-No. 19 Boise State in the 2018 Mountain West Championship (Dec. 1, 2018).
Fresno State picked up its first road win of the season.
Fresno State is now 3-1 heading into Mountain West play.
Fresno State defeated its first Pac-12 opponent of the season.
Kalen DeBoer earns his first win over a P5 school as Fresno State head coach.
Fresno State held UCLA to only 81 yards of total offense in the first half. The Bulldogs out-gained the Bruins 276-81 in the half.
Fresno State had 22:46 minutes of possession in the first half.
Fresno State had 40:20 minutes of possession in the game, its most since 37:46 against Sacramento State (Sept. 21, 2019).

Offensive Notes

Fresno State has scored first in three out of four games this season.
Season-high receiving yards for Ty Jones (61).
Season-high rushing yards for Ronnie Rivers (136). Rivers broke 100-yards rushing for the first time this season, and first since he recorded 132 at Utah State on Nov. 14, 2020.
Rivers moved into third all-time in Fresno State history with 161 all-purpose yards on Saturday. The senior back passed his father (Ron Rivers), Robbie Rouse and Rodney Wright on the all-time all-purpose yardage leaders list at Fresno State. He now has 4,458 yards in his career.
Fresno State had two receivers record over 100-yards receiving in Josh Kelly and Jalen Cropper. Saturday was the first time the ‘Dogs had two 100-yard receivers since Keric Wheatfall and Cropper did so against Nevada (Dec. 5, 2020).
Kelly posted 120 yards receiving, the second-straight game the sophomore has had 100-yards receiving.
Erik Brooks caught his first career touchdown - a 19-yard pass from Haener.
Jake Haener threw a season-best 455 yards passing on Saturday.
Haener threw his first interception since Dec. 12, 2020 (vs New Mexico). Haener had thrown 91 completions without an interception.
Abraham Montano hit a 39-yard field goal in the third quarter - tying his career-long FG.

Defense Notes

UCLA was 0-3 in third down conversions in the first half.
Evan Williams led the team in tackles for the third-straight game.
Williams tied his career-high with 12 tackles.
Elijah Gates performed well against his previous school, finishing with five tackles (four solo), and two broken up passes.
Gates had a season-high in tackles.
Arron Mosby had another strong outing, finishing with six tackles (five solo) and 2.0 TFL.
DaRon Bland had his first forced fumble as a Bulldog.
Bralyn Lux had the second fumble recovery of his career.

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