Fresno State Football puts on a clinic, rout New Mexico State 48-0 on Heroes Night

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The Fresno State Bulldogs improved to (2-1) connected the play aft shutting retired New Mexico State 48-0 wrong Valley Children's Stadium Saturday night.

The past clip the Bulldogs played New Mexico State, Fresno State walked disconnected the tract successful Albuquerque with a 37-10 implicit the Aggies successful the 2023 New Mexico Bowl.

At the time, Interim Head Coach Tim Skipper was fundamentally filling successful for Head Coach Jeff Tedford aft helium temporarily stepped away owed to wellness concerns.

Flash guardant to Saturday nighttime - Skipper was erstwhile again starring the Bulldogs against the Aggies, this clip astatine location for the archetypal clip since 2010.

Fresno State started its opening thrust overmuch similar last week against Sacramento State, with QB Mikey Keene uncovering Senior WR Mac Dalena connected a 69-yard TD walk connected the 2nd play of the thrust to marque it 7-0 with 12:04 near successful the first.

Minutes later, Bulldog RB Elijah Gilliam would fumble the ball, but WR Raylen Sharpe recovered to instrumentality it 56 yards wrong the 5-yard line.

Gilliam finished the 2-play thrust with a 4-yard rushing touchdown to spell up 14-0 with 9:55 near successful the first.

Later successful the 2nd quarter, RB Malik Sherrod stormed disconnected for a 48-yard tally to the NM State 7-yard line. Sherrod capped disconnected the 6-play thrust with a 7-yard rushing touchdown to spell up 3 scores, 21-0 Bulldogs.

With 4:20 near successful the second, WR Mac Dalena continued his blistery start, grabbing different receiving touchdown from Mikey Keene connected a 13-yard score.

Bulldogs went into halftime up 31-0 implicit the Aggies with 349 full yards of discourtesy and ne'er looked back.

Junior QB Mikey Keene finished the nighttime 12/22 with 221 yards passing and 2 touchdowns.

Dalena erstwhile again led the WR radical with 2 receptions for 82 yards and 2 scores.

Senior RB Malik Sherrod led the crushed game, going 113 yards with a TD connected conscionable 15 carries.

It marked his archetypal 100-yard crippled since November of 2023 successful a nonaccomplishment against San Diego State connected the road.

Fresno State besides tallied 525 full yards of offense.

Cornerback Cam Lockridge erstwhile again a ballhawk for the Bulldog defense, hauling successful 2 interceptions connected the night.

Up adjacent for the Bulldogs - different New Mexico squad successful the onshore of enchantment. Fresno State volition unfastened Mountain West Conference play against the (0-3) New Mexico Lobos adjacent Saturday from University Stadium.