Fresno State Football folds, walks away from 59-14 loss to UNLV

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Fresno State shot leaves Las Vegas with a devastating 59-14 nonaccomplishment connected the roadworthy astatine Allegiant Stadium against UNLV Saturday afternoon.

The video supra is from an earlier communicative and volition beryllium updated.

The 59 points for the Rebels is the program's astir ever against Fresno State. The erstwhile precocious was a 45-20 triumph implicit the Bulldogs backmost successful 2016.

Fresno State falls to (3-2, 1-1 MW) connected the season, portion the Rebels stay undefeated astatine (5-0, 1-0 MW).

NO SLUKA, NO PROBLEM

UNLV made nationalist headlines passim the week aft starting QB and Holy Cross transportation Matthew Sluka near the team, citing a NIL quality with the program.

RELATED: UNLV's starting QB Matt Sluka says helium volition nary longer play this season, hints astatine NIL dispute

Despite losing its starring rusher successful Sluka, UNLV did not skip a bushed Saturday.

Backup dual-threat transportation QB Hajj-Malik Williams stepped up, and diced up the Bulldog defence going 13/16 with for 182 yards and 3 touchdowns done the air.

Williams besides added 12 carries for 119 yards and a rushing touchdown.

GIVING IT AWAY

All 3 Fresno State quarterbacks that saw enactment against UNLV threw an interception.

Starting QB Mikey Keene was pulled from the crippled successful the 4th fourth down 45-14. He'd decorativeness 27 of 41 with 316 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions.

Keene was besides sacked 4 times.

QB Joshua Wood went 1-for-3 with an interception.

Buchanan alum and backup QB Jayden Mandal finished 0-for-1 with 1 interception.

REBELS STOP THE RUN

Bulldog Senior RB Malik Sherrod saw his archetypal drawback since Week 3 aft battling an wounded but would decorativeness with conscionable 5 yards connected 9 carries.

Sherrod scored Fresno State's archetypal touchdown connected a 6-yard transportation to marque it 31-6 precocious successful the 3rd quarter. Sherrod was besides flagged for unsportsmanlike behaviour soon aft the rushing score.

Fresno State was held to conscionable 30 yards rushing connected 31 carries arsenic a team.

On the flip side, UNLV enactment up 252 yards rushing connected 39 attempts.

SPECIAL TEAMS

Early successful the archetypal quarter, UNLV's Rashod Tanner blocked a Bulldog punt and prima WR Ricky White III took it backmost for a touchdown to marque it 14-0.

It was the Rebels' archetypal blocked punt for a touchdown since 2016.

White III besides led UNLV with 10 catches for 127 yards and 2 touchdowns.

Late successful the fourth, Jai'Den Thomas returned a kickoff each the mode to the location for a 90-yard touchdown.

THE BRIGHT SPOT

If there's 1 agleam spot to instrumentality distant from Saturday's crushing loss, Bulldog WR Raylen Sharpe was conscionable astir it.

The transportation tallied 10 catches for 116 yards to pb the squad successful some categories.

San Joaquin Memorial alum and Senior WR Mac Dalena grabbed 4 receptions for 70 yards and a touchdown.

LOOKING AHEAD

Fresno State welcomes a much-needed bye week aft the league blowout successful Las Vegas.

Bulldogs instrumentality to enactment astatine location against Washington State connected Saturday, Oct.12.

Kickoff from Valley Children's Stadium is TBD.

For sports updates, travel Alec Nolan connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.