Fresno State-Hawai'i Postgame Notes

Captains: Jake Haener, Jordan Mims, David Perales, Evan Williams
Coin Toss: Fresno State wins, defers

Team Notes

Fresno State scored on its opening drive for the third-straight game, capping this week’s game with a 31-yard field goal by Abraham Montano.
Fresno State held its opponent to zero points in the first quarter for the third time this season, and its first since San Jose State (Oct. 15).
Fresno State scored its most points in the opening quarter (17) since the season opener when it scored 21 against Cal Poly (Sept. 1).
Fresno State scored its first defensive touchdown since the 2021 season opener when Arron Mosby returned a fumble recovery for a touchdown against UConn (Aug. 28, 2021).
Fresno State had a receiving touchdown in the second half. It was the first passing touchdown that Hawai’i gave up since its game against San Diego State (Oct. 8).
Fresno State held its opponent scoreless in the first half for the first time since New Mexico on Nov. 13, 2021.
Fresno State scored its most points in the first half (31) since scoring 35 against Cal Poly in the first half in 2021.
The Bulldogs scored their most points of the season in the win against Hawai’i (55).
Fresno State committed one penalty in the game. It was the third time this season that the Bulldogs have had just one penalty in a game.
Fresno State had 572 yards of total offense. It was the most in a game since the ‘Dogs had 671 against Cal Poly on Sept. 11, 2021. It was the most total offensive yards in a Mountain West game since recording 599 at Nevada on Dec. 5, 2020.
Fresno State had its largest margin of victory (42 points) in a conference game since recording a 48-3 win on Nov. 3, 2018 at UNLV (45 points).
Fresno State has won four-straight games, its longest winning streak since 2018.
Fresno State snapped its two-game losing streak to Hawai’i. The Bulldogs own the series record with the Rainbow Warriors, 30-24-1 and the record in Fresno 16-9-1.

Offensive Notes

QB Jake Haener tossed his 16th career 300-yard passing performance.
Haener’s four passing touchdowns are his most in a game this season.
RB Jordan Mims recorded his 10th touchdown of the year, tying his single-season career-high.
Mims is up to 36 career touchdowns with 28 rushing scores. He is sixth all-time in career touchdowns, and tied for eighth all-time in rushing touchdowns alongside Ron Rivers (1991-93).
Mims recorded his eighth career 100-yard rushing game. It was his fourth of the season.
WR Jalen Moreno-Cropper had his first multi-receiving touchdown game of the season, and first since scoring four receiving touchdowns against UNLV in 2021.
Moreno-Cropper is up to 19 receiving touchdowns in his career, tying with Charles Smith (1998-01) for eighth all-time in Bulldog history.
Moreno-Cropper had the third-longest reception by any Bulldog of the season on his 59-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter. It was the second-longest touchdown pass of the season, both caught by Moreno-Cropper but one tossed by Logan Fife (at New Mexico, Oct. 22) and one by Haener (vs Hawai’i, Nov. 5)
WR Nikko Remigio recorded his seventh touchdown as a Bulldog, but his fourth receiving score.
RB Elijah Gilliam recorded his longest career run with a 21-yard rush in the fourth quarter.
Gilliam scored his first career touchdown on a 7-yard rush in the fourth quarter.
WR Jalen Moss played in his first career game.

Defense Notes

DB Cam Lockridge (a transfer from Hawai’i) recorded his second career interception as a Bulldog, and second in as many games. Lockridge is the first Bulldog to record interceptions in back-to-back games for the first time since Juju Hughes in 2019.
Lockridge recorded Fresno State’s first interception return for a touchdown since Wylan Free had a 91-yard INT return at New Mexico State on Sept. 28, 2019
DE David Perales had a sack in the game, bringing his season total to 8.5. It is the most sacks in a season for the senior.
Perales has 19.5 sacks in his career, tying for eighth in program history with Chris Carter (2007-10) and Zack Rix (1989-92).
DB Carlton Johnson registered a sack in the game. Johnson became the 12th Bulldog to record a sack this season.
DB Alzillion Hamilton had a team-high three broken up passes, a season high for the young cornerback.
DB Evan Williams and LB Levelle Bailey led the team in tackles with six apiece.

Special Teams

Freshman kicker Dylan Lynch had his first career field goal in the win. Lynch was 1-of-1 on his FG attempts in the win.
Lynch also had five successful PAT attempts in the win.
Lynch accounted for a career-high eight points in the win.
Lynch also handled kickoffs with 10 kickoffs for 617 yards. It was a career-high for the freshman.
Fresno State had its first blocked PAT since 2020 (Evan Williams at Utah State, Nov. 14, 2020). It was Da’Marcus Johnson who got his hand on it on Saturday.

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