 | For current information on this topic, see 2008 Fresno State Bulldogs football team |
| Program Information | |
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| Nickname: | Bulldogs |
| Conference Affiliation: | WAC |
| Current Head Coach: | Pat Hill (11th year, 76-51-0) |
| Awards | |
| National Titles: | 0 |
| Conference Titles: | 23 |
| Records | |
| All-time Record: | 522-356-27 |
| Bowl Record: | 9-7-0 |
| BCS Record: | 0-0 |
| Pageantry | |
| Colors: | Cardinal red and Blue |
| Outfitter: | Nike |
| Fight songs: | Fight Varsity Troopers Battle Hymn |
| Mascot: | Timeout |
| Marching Band: | Fresno State Marching Band |
| Stadium: | Bulldog Stadium (c. The 2008 Fresno State football team (variously "Fresno State" or "the 'Dogs" represent California State University Fresno and the Central Valley The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack" was formed on July 27 1962 making it the sixth oldest of the 11 College Pat Hill (born December 17, 1951) is a college football coach In the United States, a bowl game is traditionally a post-season College football game however the term "bowl" has become synonymous with a major American The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Nike Inc ('naɪki ( is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. Bulldog Stadium is an outdoor football Stadium on the campus of California State University Fresno in Fresno California. 41,031, natural grass) |
| Rivals: | Hawaiʻi Boise State San Jose State |
The Fresno State Bulldogs football team represents California State University, Fresno and the California Central Valley, especially the San Joaquin Valley, in NCAA Division I FBS college football. The Hawaii Warriors football team represents the University of Hawaii at Mānoa in NCAA Division I FBS College football. This page discusses the Boise State football program For more Boise State athletics see Boise State Broncos. San José State University, commonly shortened to San José State and SJSU, is the founding campus of what became the California State University system California State University Fresno, commonly referred to as Fresno State and even plainly State, is one of the campuses of California State University The Central Valley is a large flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U The San Joaquin Valley (ˌsæn wɑːˈkiːn refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies The Bulldogs proudly display a green “V” on their helmets, uniforms, and on the field symbolizing the agricultural valley from which they draw their support. The current head coach is Pat Hill, who began his tenure in 1997. Pat Hill (born December 17, 1951) is a college football coach
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History
Football was first played on the Fresno campus in 1921, and for its first year it played as in independent. The Bulldogs joined the California Coast Conference which included several regional opponents the next year, and moved to the Northern California Athletic Conference of which it was among the charter schools in 1925. The Northern California Athletic Conference, a former NCAA -affiliated Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in 1925 These early years laid the foundations of rivalries to come, with games against San Jose State and Pacific in the first year, and adding California Davis, Nevada, and San Diego State in the following years of NCAC play. The NCAA began classifying schools into University Division and College Division groups in 1937, and the Bulldogs, along with the other major college schools in the conference, broke off into the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1939, a conference it remained in until joining the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, later known as the Big West Conference, in 1969. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations The Big West Conference ( BWC) is an NCAA -affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A (now known as Division I FBS The Big West Conference ( BWC) is an NCAA -affiliated Division I major college athletic conference that formerly sponsored Division I-A (now known as Division I FBS Notable coaches during this period include Cecil Coleman, who during his five years at Fresno State had a . 76 winning percentage, and took the 1961 team to an undefeated season caped by a 36-6 Mercy Bowl victory over Bowling Green. The first Mercy Bowl was played between Fresno State University and Bowling Green State University at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California Bowling Green State University 's sports teams are called the Falcons. Fresno State football experienced a stretch of seasons hovering around the . 500 mark during the later 1960s and 70s. Yet despite also having a number of winning seasons, including two where the Bulldogs went undefeated, they only participated in two university division bowl games before the 1980s.
The Sweeney Era
In 1976, Jim Sweeney took over a Bulldog squad that had had 8 winning seasons since its last bowl bid, and promptly took the 1977 squad to a 9-2 record in his second year as head coach. Jim Sweeney is a former College football coach from Butte Montana most noted for his success as a Head coach at Fresno State and Washington The Sweeney era bristled with confidence as the Bulldogs became, along with rival San Jose State, the class of the Big West, earning postseason bowl berths four times in the 1980s. Sweeney’s 1985 squad is particularly memorable for Bulldog fans, as the team finished as the only unbeaten Division I-A team in the country, ranked 16th in the coaches poll. The 1985 squad did not, however, finish untied, after a 24-24 tie at home against the Rainbow Warriors of Hawaii. The lone blemish to a perfect season, coupled with the difficulty either team has had in winning in the other’s home stadium, has led the Warriors and Bulldogs to contend for one of the WAC’s fiercest rivalries.
The face of Fresno State football changed with the construction of a university football stadium for the team for the 1980 season. Before then, the Bulldogs played their home games in Fresno City College’s Ratcliffe Stadium, which seated approximately 13,000 fans. Ratcliffe Stadium is located on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno California. The construction of a modern new stadium which held over 30,000 in attendance was an outstanding improvement for the Bulldogs, who saw drastic increases in attendance and alumni support. The new stadium brought with it a renewed success for the football team, as they enjoyed four Big West championships in the new stadium which took them to five California Bowl appearances against opponents from the Mid-American Conference. The California Bowl was a post-season College football bowl game played annually at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno California, from 1981 to During the Sweeney era, the Bulldogs posted nine consecutive winning seasons, a run which included five double-digit win seasons. 1994, however, marked the beginning of three consecutive losing seasons which ended the Sweeney era and brought in Pat Hill, who had worked both in the NFL and colleges for the past several decades.
The Hill Era
Fresno State began a renaissance under Hill, who continued the advances the program had made during the Sweeney era. Noted for playing particularly difficult non-conference schedules, Hill’s teams routinely play elite, highly-ranked teams. Since 2000, Fresno State has defeated 12 BCS conference opponents, more than any other non-BCS school. The Bulldogs have also been the only non-BCS school to record three consecutive bowl victories over schools from BCS conferences.
In 2001, the Bulldogs, under Hill and quarterback David Carr, began their season with several remarkable upsets of ranked teams. Quarterback ( QB) is a position in American and Canadian football. David Carr (born July 21, 1979 in) is an American football Quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League The Bulldogs opened the season in Boulder against the Colorado Buffaloes, leaving with a 24-22 win over the eventual Big 12 champions. Boulder is a Home Rule Municipality that is the County seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, in the United States The Colorado Buffaloes football team represents the University of Colorado at Boulder in the Big 12 Conference at the NCAA Division I-A The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. The next game of the 2001 season was at home against the Oregon State Beavers, the team that Sports Illustrated had picked as its preseason #1. The Oregon State Beavers football team represents Oregon State University (based in Corvallis Oregon) in NCAA Division I-A College football Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. In an electric game at Bulldog Stadium, the Bulldogs outplayed the Beavers in a 44-24 rout. Fresno State then headed to Madison to take on the Wisconsin Badgers, winners of the Sun Bowl over UCLA the previous year. Camp Randall Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Badgers are a College football program that represents University of Wisconsin-Madison in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision and the The Bulldogs also topped the Badgers by a score of 32-20. These victories, followed by wins over Tulsa, Louisiana Tech, and Colorado State led the Bulldogs to a ranking of #8 in the polls, the highest for a mid-major team since BYU won the national championship in 1984, and earned the Bulldogs a degree of prestige not usually afforded a mid-major program. The University of Tulsa is a Private university awarding bachelors masters and doctoral degrees located in Tulsa Oklahoma. Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an enrollment of 10950 students in the 08-09 year Colorado State University is a public institution of higher learning located in Fort Collins, Colorado in the United States. History The early years Football made a brief appearance at Brigham Young Academy in 1896 but was discontinued in 1903 This changed abruptly, however, when the Boise State Broncos upset the Bulldogs in Fresno to smash the Bulldogs’ hopes of playing in a BCS bowl. This page discusses the Boise State football program For more Boise State athletics see Boise State Broncos. The defeat led the team instead the Silicon Valley Classic against Michigan State, a game which was taken by the Spartans by a score of 44-35. The Silicon Valley Football Classic, sometimes referred to simply as the Silicon Valley Bowl or Silicon Valley Classic, was an NCAA -certified Division The Michigan State Spartans football program competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference. Nonetheless, the impressive performances of the regular season earned Fresno State its first number one overall NFL draft choice in David Carr, picked first by the expansion Houston Texans. The Houston Texans is a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas.
The 2002 squad, which had difficulty opening the season with a 1-3 record, finished strong to finish the regular season 8-5 and earning another bid to the Silicon Valley Classic against Georgia Tech. The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta Georgia. This resulted in a win for the Bulldogs, who beat the Yellow Jackets 30-21. The 2003 squad earned a spot in the Silicon Valley Classic for the third year in a row, this time facing UCLA in San Jose. The UCLA Bruins football program competes in NCAA Division I-A and is a member of the Pacific-10 Conference. The Bulldogs defeated the Bruins 17-9.
The 2004 season began for the Bulldogs much as the 2001 season had, with surprising upsets over BCS opponents in their home stadiums. The Bulldogs opened in Seattle against the Washington Huskies, a team with high expectations in its second year with head coach Keith Gilbertson. Husky Stadium is an outdoor athletic Stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle Washington. College football has a long and storied history at the University of Washington. Keith Gilbertson (born May 15, 1948 in Snohomish Washington) is a football coach currently an assistant coach with the Seattle Seahawks The Bulldogs came away with the win by a score of 35-16. The second game was against the Big 12 champions, the Kansas State Wildcats, who had beaten the #1 ranked Oklahoma Sooners to finish the previous year. Kansas State University 's (variously "K-State" or "KSU" athletic teams are called the Wildcats and their official color is royal purple white and silver The Bulldogs walked out of Manhattan with an unexpected 45-21 win, again earning the squad national attention and a ranking in the polls. Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium is a Stadium in Manhattan Kansas. Again, similarly to the 2001 season, the Bulldogs unexpectedly lost to Louisiana Tech, followed by two more losses, including to newly cemented rival Boise State. However, the Bulldogs found their redemptive qualities pervading in five straight wins by 40 or more points, including a 70-14 home rout over rival Hawaiʻi, to earn a bid to the MPC Computers Bowl. The Humanitarian Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I FBS College football Bowl game that has been played annually at 30000-seat In the MPC Bowl, the Bulldogs won their third straight bowl victory against a BCS conference team, beating the Virginia Cavaliers 37-34 in overtime. Main Virginia Cavaliers Athletics article Virginia Cavaliers Virginia Cavaliers football is a College football program that
The 2005 season began with heady expectations which the Bulldogs largely lived up to for much of the season. The Texas A&M Aggies football team represents Texas A&M University in Division I FBS College football. The 2007 Fresno State football team represent California State University Fresno in the 2007 College football season College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. The 2005 Fresno State football team represented Fresno State University in the College football 2005-2006 season. The 2005 squad, after an early 3-point loss to Oregon in Eugene, rallied to win seven straight, including the first win at Hawaiʻi since 1994, and a redemptive home victory over Boise State, traveled to the Los Angeles Coliseum to face the #1 ranked USC Trojans, brining with them an 8-1 record, a ranking of #16, and senior leadership and depth at key positions. The 2005 Fresno State football team represented Fresno State University in the College football 2005-2006 season. The University of Oregon Ducks football team is a member of the Pacific Ten Conference. The city of Eugene ( "yoo-JEEN") is the County seat of Lane County, Oregon, Aloha Stadium is a Stadium located in {{okina}}Aiea Hawai{{okina}}i. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports Stadium in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles California at Exposition The 2005 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the College football season of 2005&ndash2006, winning the The match up against USC turned out to be one for the ages as Fresno State quarterback Paul Pinegar continually drew against USC quarterback Matt Leinart, and Fresno State running backs Wendel Mathis and Bryson Sumlin exchanged touchdown runs with eventual Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush. Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983) is an American football Quarterback (QB for the Arizona Cardinals of the National A running back ( RB) is the position of a player on an American or Canadian football team who usually lines up in the offensive backfield. Reginald Alfred Bush II (born March 2 1985 in San Diego Ca) is an American football player who plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. Despite taking a halftime lead and trading scores with the Trojans all night, at the end of regulation the Bulldogs trailed by a score of 42-50. The loss the Trojans changed the character of the team, who proceeded to lose their next four games, including the Liberty Bowl against Tulsa. The Liberty Bowl is an annual US American College football Bowl game played in December of each year since 1959
The 2006 squad, weakened by key senior losses at quarterback, running back and on the defense, struggled with the schedule, opening the year 1-7 before winning three straight, only to close the season with the first loss to San Jose State since before the fall of the Soviet Union. The 2006 Fresno State football team represented Fresno State University in the College football 2006-2007 season.
After a disappointing season in 2006, the 2007 Fresno State Bulldogs bounced back, finishing 9-4. They started strong against a weak Sacramento State team before losing a close game at Texas A&M in triple overtime. Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a Coeducational public Research University located in College Station After another loss to Oregon, they won 8 of their final 10 games, including a victory over Georgia Tech in the Humanitarian Bowl. The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in collegiate level football. The Humanitarian Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I FBS College football Bowl game that has been played annually at 30000-seat
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