Oct. 29, 2012
By Jason Clay
jaclay@csufresno.edu
GoBulldogs.com
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -
Fresno State junior quarterback Derek Carr was named the Mountain West Offensive Player of the Week on Monday by the league. This is the second time this season Carr has received the award.
Carr led Fresno State back from a 21-0 deficit to register a 49-32 win at New Mexico, throwing for 416 yards and four touchdowns. The Bakersfield, Calif., native completed 31-of-44 passes (70.4 percent) with one interception while orchestrating an offensive effort that outscored the Lobos by a 35-8 margin in the second half.
The 400-yard performance was Carr's second of 2012, tying the Mountain West record for most 400-yard passing games in a season.
With Fresno State trailing 24-14 at intermission, Carr threw two touchdown passes in the third quarter to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game.
His first TD of the second half was a 21-yarder to Marcel Jensen that cut UNM's lead to three, 24-21 at 9:46 of the third quarter. Then just over two minutes later, Carr connected with Davante Adams on a third-and-15 for an 89-yard touchdown pass that put the Bulldogs on top for good.
That 89-yard pass play marked the fourth-longest in the FBS this season.
Carr's four-touchdown game was his fifth this season with three or more touchdown passes and he now has thrown 26 TDs on the year.
Carr By The Numbers
• His 26 touchdown passes are tied for the second-most in the nation.
- Threw 15 touchdowns in four games from Sept. 15-Oct. 6.
- Has thrown for three or more touchdowns in 5-of-9 games this season.
• Has thrown for 2,766 yards, which ranks No. 5 nationally.
- Needs only 234 more yards to join Trent Dilfer as the only quarterbacks in Fresno State history to throw for over 3,000 yards in consecutive seasons.
• Is completing 68.4 percent of his passes and has thrown just five interceptions in 367 pass attempts (just 1.4 percent of the time).
• Ranks No. 7 nationally, completing 27.9 passes per game.
• On Sept. 15 in a 69-14 win over Colorado, Carr was 17-of-22 passing for 300 yards and he threw five touchdown -, all in the first half.
• Set new school and Mountain West records on Sept. 29 against San Diego State when he completed 42 passes and had 570 yards of total offense. His 536 yards passing in that 52-40 win tied the school record and is the fifth-highest passing game in the nation this year.
• Owns two of the four longest completions in the NCAA this year. His 97-yard touchdown pass against Colorado on Sept. 15 is the longest pass in the FBS while his 89-yard TD against New Mexico on Oct. 27 is the fourth-longest.
- He has also completed six passes of over 40 yards and is averaging 11 yards per completion.
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