Fresno State Athletics

Football Game Week: vs. Incarnate Word [Sept. 2]
8/28/2017 8:00:00 PM | Football


Incarnate Word (0-0) at Fresno State (0-0)
Sept. 2, 2017 • Bulldog Stadium (41,031) - Fresno, Calif. / 7:06 p.m. PT
Fresno State Game Notes | Incarnate Word Game Notes | Mountain West Game Notes
TV: None
Radio: 940 AM ESPN Radio
• Gameday Live (4 p.m.); Pregame Show (6 p.m.)
• Play-by-Play: Paul Loeffler; Analyst: Pat Hill; Sideline: Cameron Worrell
Radio: ESPN Deportes (1600 AM) in Spanish
• Play-by-Play: Jesse Beltran; Analyst: Octavio Duarte; Sideline: Jose Luis Gonzalez Jr.
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Live Stats: Sidearmstats.com/FresnoState/football/
Series: First Meeting
Head Coaches:
Jeff Tedford
Fresno State Record: 0-0
Career Record: 82-57
Alma Mater: Fresno State (1992)
Larry Kennan
UIW Record: 19-36 (6th season)
Career Record: 43-54-3 (10th season)
Alma Mater: La Verne (1966)
• HOMECOMING: Derek Carr and Jeff Tedford make their returns to Bulldog Stadium on Saturday, September 2.
• Carr will walk down the ramp one more time to see his No. 4 jersey retired on Saturday night at Bulldog Stadium. The ceremony will take place during halftime.
• Tedford will walk down the ramp as head coach of his alma mater for the first time on Saturday night at Bulldog Stadium. Tedford played quarterback for Fresno State in 1981-82 and was an assistant coach at Fresno State in 1987-88 and 1992-97.
• Commemorative No. 4 Derek Carr t-shirts, provided by Valley Children's Healthcare will be waiting on every patrons' seat on Saturday at Bulldog Stadium.
• David Carr, the last Bulldog football player to have his number retired (Sept. 1, 2007), will be in attendance on Saturday to see brother Derek's number retired.
• Chason Virgil was named the Bulldogs' starting quarterback by Coach Tedford on Aug. 27.
• There are 44 first-time Fresno State student-athletes on the 2017 roster; 62 are returners from the 2016 roster.
• Fresno State has faced 12 FCS opponents since 2000 and defeated all 12.
• The 'Dogs have won their last 10 season openers that were played at home in Bulldog Stadium. Their last loss came in 1996, a 30-27 overtime loss to Oregon.
• True freshman running back Ronnie Rivers is pegged No. 1 on the Bulldogs depth chart. If Rivers makes the start, he will be the ninth true freshman RB at Fresno State to see a start since 1980.
• The Bulldogs have 17 seniors on its 106-man roster.
• There are 11 first-year Bulldogs on the week one two-deep.
• Fresno State's projected starting offensive line return 65 career starts; four of the five played all 12 games together in 2016.
-- For the full news and notes week 1 release, click on the Fresno State Game Notes link at the top of the page.
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