Boise State Runs for 275 Yards and Beats Fresno State
Dylan Riley had 19 carries for 150 yards, a 72-yard touchdown run, and four catches for 64 yards, one of them a 44-yard score. Boise State beat Fresno State 38-31, and the Broncos' running game did most of the damage: 275 rushing yards on 44 carries against 69 on 16 for the Bulldogs.
Fresno State took the first lead, a Jayden Mandal 8-yard run for 7-0. Riley's 72-yarder answered with 10:10 left in the first quarter, and the two-point conversion made it 8-7. That was the last lead change. Boise State added a 22-yard Maddux Madsen touchdown pass to Terrious Favors, and Fresno State got a 59-yard Khristian Martin pass to Ezekiel Avit, but the two-point try failed and Boise State was up 15-13 after the first quarter. A Sire Gaines run, a Mandal-to-Avit score and a Canaan Moore field goal at the end of the half made it 25-20.
Riley's 44-yard touchdown reception early in the fourth made it 35-20, and Gavin Correia's 15-yard score from Mandal (plus a two-point pass to Jahlil McClain) cut it to 35-28 with 9:14 left. Moore kicked a 39-yarder with 1:34 left to go up 38-28, and Manaki Watanabe's 47-yarder with 36 seconds left made the final 38-31. Neither team turned the ball over once.
Fresno State's Mandal threw for 218 yards and two scores, and the Bulldogs had 346 yards, but they ran only 16 times against Boise State's 44.
Boise State moves to 5-1 and Fresno State to 4-2. For fantasy, Riley's 37.4 points were the best of the day, and Avit's two touchdowns were a nice bonus for the Bulldogs.