Fresno State-New Mexico Postgame Notes

Savannah Stoeckle / Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

Captains: Levelle Bailey, Jordan Mims, David Perales, and Bula Schmidt
Coin Toss: Fresno State wins, receives opening kick

Team Notes

Fresno State scored on its opening drive (26-yard field goal by Abraham Montano) for the first time since the season opener against Cal Poly (Sept. 1).
With 10 first quarter points, Fresno State scored its most points in the opening quarter since the season opener against Cal Poly when it scored 21.
Fresno State won its first road game of the season
Fresno State had over 500 yards of total offense for the first time since the season opener against Cal Poly.
Fresno State scored its most points in a game (41) since scoring 63 against Cal Poly on Sept. 11, 2021. It was its most against a conference opponent since scoring 41 at Hawai’i on Nov. 2, 2019.
Fresno State held New Mexico to only 138 total yards of offense (51 passing and 87 rushing).
Fresno State did not allow a touchdown in a game for the first time since its shutout at Wyoming on Oct. 16, 2021.
Fresno State’s defense has had a 10.0 TFL performance in back-to-back games.
Fresno State had its second game of the season with just one penalty.
Fresno State won its first game while wearing an all white uniform combo for the first time since playing at UNLV in 2020.

Offense Notes

OL Bula Schmidt recorded a pass reception in the second quarter as he caught a deflected pass, and ran for four yards. It was the first time a Bulldog offensive lineman caught a pass since Adam McDowell at then-No. 8 Boise State on Nov. 28, 2008.
WR Jalen Moreno-Cropper recorded his first 100-yard receiving game since Sept. 24, 2021 against UNLV.
Moreno-Cropper’s 75-yard touchdown catch was the second-longest catch of his career.
Moreno-Cropper scored his first touchdown of the season, and the 17th of his career. He now sits alone as 10th in program history.
QB Logan Fife had the longest pass of his career, a 75 yard touchdown pass to Moreno-Cropper.
Fife had a career-high game, being responsible for three touchdowns - one passing and two rushing.
RB Jordan Mims has his third 100 yard rushing game of the season, and the seventh of his career
Mims had a season-high 26 carries.
RB Malik Sherrod had a career-high 13 carries.

Defense Notes

Chrishawn Gordon got his first career start (Safety).
DE Andres Fox recorded his first sack as a Bulldog.
LB Levelle Bailey led the team in tackles for the fifth time this season.
Bailey had a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss.
True freshman safety Jayden Davis (Fresno, Calif.) saw the first play action of his career. He recorded the tackle on his first collegiate play.

Special Teams Notes

New Mexico returned a kickoff 63 yards in the first quarter. It was the longest kickoff return that the Bulldogs gave up since a 66-yard KO return by Kazmier Allen at UCLA on Sept. 18, 2021.
Kicker Abraham Montano was a perfect 2-for-2 on his field goal attempts
Kicker Dylan Lynch handled kickoff duties again, finishing with seven kickoffs for 419 yards

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