Wyoming-Fresno State Postgame Notes

Savannah Stoeckle / Assistant Director of Strategic Communications

Toss: Wyoming wins the toss, elects to defer.
Captains: Jake Haener, Jordan Mims, David Perales, Evan Williams

Team Notes

Fresno State honored 14 seniors prior to the game - Jalen Guerrero (medical retire), Dontae Bull (OL), Elijah Gates (DB), Jake Haener (QB), Zach Hartsfield (TE), Ty Jones (WR), Jordan Mims (RB), Jalen Moreno-Cropper (WR), Raymond Pauwels Jr. (TE), David Perales (DE), Zane Pope (WR), Nikko Remigio (WR), Jared Torres (TE), and Evan Williams (DB).
Fresno State shut out an opponent in the first half for the third time this season. It was the second-straight game, and the third time in the last four games.
Fresno State picked off Wyoming multiple times for the second-straight season.
Fresno State posted its second straight against Wyoming (17-0 at Wyoming on Oct. 16, 2021).
The 30 points is the largest margin of victory in a shutout since Aug, 28, 2021 against UConn (45-0). It is tied for the seventh-largest margin of victory in a shutout since 2000.
The Bulldogs held the Cowboys to 191 yards of offense, the second opponent this year that the ‘Dogs have held below 200 yards.

Offense Notes

RB Jordan Mims now has 14 rushing touchdowns on the season.
Mims had his third multi-rushing score performance of the season.
Mims had a season-high three rushing touchdowns in the win. Three touchdowns in a game tied his career high. It is the most in a game for the senior since Sept. 1, 2018 (vs. Idaho).
It was the eighth multi-rushing touchdown game of Mims’ career.
Mims has recorded a rushing touchdown in seven straight games.
It was the fourth time in Mims’ career that he has scored three total touchdowns.
Mims’ 14 rushing touchdowns this season is tied for the sixth-most in program history.
Mims is four yards shy of surpassing 3,000 rushing yards for his career.
WR Nikko Remigio caught his fifth receiving touchdown of the season - tying for the team high.
QB Jake Haener passed for more yards after the first completion of the second quarter than he did in four quarters at Wyoming a season ago.
Haener set a Mountain West program record with his 27-consecutive games with a passing touchdown. He officially passed Derek Carr and former Nevada quarterback Carson Strong on the list.

Defense Notes

DB Carlton Johnson got his first career start.
Johnson had more tackles on Friday (7) than his first four career games combined (5).
Johnson led the team in tackles for the first time in his career.
DE David Perales left the game with injury in the second quarter.
LB Malachi Langley recorded his second interception of the season, and returned it 11 yards.
DB Cam Lockridge recorded his third interception of the season. They have all come in the last five games.

Special Teams Notes

WR Mac Dalena recorded a blocked punt in the first quarter. It was the first time a Bulldog blocked a punt since Mykal Walker at UNLV on Nov. 3, 2018.
DB Evan WIlliams blocked a punt in the second quarter for a safety. It was the first time since Nov. 25, 2021 (at San Jose State) that Fresno State scored on a safety. One year, to the day.
RB Malik Sherrod had a 50-yard kickoff return. It was the longest kickoff return of the season, and the longest by a Bulldog since Jamire Jordan had a 65-yard kickoff return in 2018.

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