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Bulldogs return home to host Nevada

Fresno State (4-1, 1-0 MW) vs Nevada (1-3, 0-0 MW)

Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. PT | CBS Sports Network | Valley Children's Stadium | Fresno, Calif.

MEDIA COVERAGE

TV - CBS Sports Network

Play-by-Play - Jason Knapp

Analyst - Taylor McHargue

Radio - Bulldog Sports Network (BSN)

Play-by-Play - Paul Loeffler

Analyst - Pat Hill

Sideline - Cam Worrell

Social Media: Twitter: @FresnoStateFB | Instagram:@fresno_state_football | Facebook: FresnoStateFootball | YouTube: FresnoStateAthletics

Live Stats: GoBulldogs.com/LiveStats

A LOOK INSIDE

Series: FS leads 33-22-1

Head Coaches:

Matt Entz

Fresno State Record (Years): 4-1 (1st season)

Career DI Record (Years): 64-12 (5 seasons)

Jeff Choate

Nevada Record (Years): 4-13 (2nd season)

Career DI Record: 32-35 (6th season)

QUICK LOOK

Fresno State is riding a four-game winning streak, coming out of its first bye of the season. The win streak is the longest for the Bulldogs since its 14 game win streak that spanned from the 2022-23 seasons.

Head coach Matt Entz has led the Bulldogs to a 4-1 start to the season in his first year as head coach

Entz became just the fifth head coach in Fresno State history to begin their career with a 4-1 record through the first five games as head coach. He is the first since Darryl Rogers in 1966, and also joins Clark Van Galder (1952), James Bradshaw (1936) and Leo Harris (1933) as the only first-year coaches to begin 4-1 in program history.

Fresno State won its Mountain West opener at Hawai'i, earning its third-straight MW opening victory

Fresno State and Nevada have met every year since 1998

Fresno State and Nevada have shared conference affiliation in the WAC and Mountain West

Saturday's matchup will be the final as conference opponents

Fresno State has a 9-4 all-time advantage against Nevada in Mountain West games

Nevada's senior offensive analyst Matt Wade was on staff at Fresno State from 2022-24

Fresno State has had two fourth quarter comebacks this season, its most in a season since 2021. Since 2020, Fresno State has had only six fourth quarter comeback victories.

Fresno State has had 12 different players score a touchdown this season, including nine who scored their first career touchdowns.

Of Fresno State's 21 touchdowns this season, two were on defense and one was a special teams return. With two defensive TDs, the Bulldog defense ranks 4th in the FBS in the stat

Fresno State's offense has churned 22 plays of 20 or more yards this season, including six touchdowns, while the defense has held its opponents to just 16 plays of 20 or more yards with just two touchdowns

Fresno State's defense has not allowed a play longer than 38 yards to an opponent this season

With a combined .737 completion percentage, Fresno State leads the Mountain West and is fifth in the FBS rankings

Fresno State's defense ranks second in the Mountain West and ninth in the FBS in passes intercepted

Senior QB E.J. Warner threw for a season-high 240 yards and four touchdowns against Southern University (Sept. 13), while completing 20-of-24 pass attempts. Warner is the only FBS quarterback this season to have a game with at least 20 completions, four TD passes and such a high completion percentage. His 83.3 completion percentage ranks fourth in Fresno State single game history in passers with more than 20 attempts in a game

Warner leads the Mountain West, and is eighth in the FBS in completion percentage (.732) this season

ABOUT THE MATCHUP

Fresno State and Nevada will be meeting for the 57th time in program history

Fresno State and Nevada have met every year since 1998

Fresno State and Nevada have shared conference affiliation in the WAC and Mountain West

Saturday's matchup will be the final as conference opponents

Fresno State has a 9-4 all-time advantage against Nevada in Mountain West games

Fresno State leads 18-10 in games played in Fresno

Fresno State has won its last two home games against Nevada (2021, 2023)

The first meeting in the series took place in 1923 in Reno with a 46-3 win by Nevada

Nevada's senior offensive analyst Matt Wade was on staff at Fresno State from 2022-24


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