Fresno State-UNLV Postgame Notes

Savannah Stoeckle / Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

Captains: Jake Haener, Jordan Mims, David Perales, Evan Williams
Coin Toss: Fresno State won the toss, deferred.

Team Notes

Fresno State trailed UNLV at the half, 16-14. It is the fifth time this season that the Bulldogs trailed at the break, and the third time that the ‘Dogs have come back for the win.
Fresno State has won its fifth-straight game, its longest winning streak since 2018.
With the win on Friday, Fresno State became bowl eligible for the second-straight season.
Fresno State is riding the longest winning streak in the Mountain West.
Fresno State has won its fifth-straight game in the series with UNLV.
Fresno State has won back-to-back road games after opening up the season with three losses on the road.
Fresno State did not punt against the Rebels. It was the first time Fresno State did not have a punt in a game since Oct. 4, 2008 against Hawai’i.
Fresno State was 6-of-12 in its third down conversions, and 3-of-3 on fourth down attempts.
The Bulldogs scored on all five trips to the red zone.

Offense Notes

RB Jordan Mims scored his 10th rushing touchdown of the season, and his 11th score overall on the year.
Mims has now scored 29 rushing touchdowns in his Bulldog career.
Mims has scored at least one rushing touchdown in five-straight games.
WR Jalen Moreno-Cropper recorded his second 100-yard receiving game of the season and the seventh of his career.
Moreno-Cropper had a season-high in yards receiving against the Rebels with 164.
Moreno-Cropper scored two touchdowns against the Rebels. He has had two receiving touchdowns in back-to-back games.
QB Jake Haener had his 17th career 300-yard passing performance.
Haener has three-straight games with 300-yards passing - each game since his return from injury.
Haener has surpassed 8,000 career yards passing (8,005). He is now fifth in program history for career passing yards.

Defense Notes

DB Evan Williams led the team with nine tackles.
DE David Perales had one sack in the win. He now has a team-high 9.5 this season, a mark that leads the nation.
Perales has 20.5 sacks in his career. He moved to seventh in program history for career sacks at Fresno State.
Perales finished the game with seven tackles, it tied his career high and set a new season-high.

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