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Bulldogs host Eastern Washington in home opener

Fresno State (1-0, 0-0 MW) vs. Eastern Washington (0-1, 0-0 BIG SKY)

Saturday, Sept. 9 • 6:00 p.m. PT • Valley Children's Stadium (40,727) - Fresno, Calif.

TICKETS

MEDIA COVERAGE

TV - UniMas/MW Network

Play-By-Play - Jessi Losada

Analyst - Jaime Motta

Sideline - Alejandro Luna

Radio - Bulldog Sports Network

Play-by-Play - Paul Loeffler

Analyst - Pat Hill

Sideline - Cam Worrell

Live Stats:BulldogsLive.com

A LOOK INSIDE

Series: First meeting

Head Coaches:

Jeff Tedford

Fresno State Record (Years): 37-18 (5th season)

Career DI Record (Years): 119-75 (14th year)

Aaron Best

EWU Record (Years):44-26 (6th season)

Career DI Record: 44-26 (6th season)

QUICK LOOK

Fresno State enters this weekend's matchup with a 1-0 record after defeating Purdue (Big Ten) 39-35 on the road on Sept. 2.

Fresno State won its first season opening road game since 2008 last weekend.

Fresno State starts its season 1-0 for the sixth time in the last nine seasons.

With a win on Saturday, Fresno State would start its season 2-0 for the first time since 2013.

Fresno State is going for its 11th-straight win on Saturday to keep the nation's third-longest active winning streak alive.

Fresno State will honor Jim Sweeney as the legendary Bulldogs head coach is inducted into the Fresno State Ring of Honor in a halftime ceremony on Saturday.

Other game day details: Wear White and Heroes Night.

Fresno State is led by head coach Jeff Tedford who is 37-18 as the Bulldogs' head coach. Tedford has a 119-75 career head coaching record.

Fresno State had two players named Mountain West Players of the Week following Week 1 action last week. Its the first time since 2021 that the 'Dogs brought home the honors on both sides of the ball.

QB Mikey Keene is the conference's offensive player of the week and senior LB Levelle Bailey is the defensive player of the week.

15 players saw their first game action of their Bulldog careers last weekend at Purdue.

Safety Dean Clark was the only Bulldog on defense to earn their first start.

Wide receiver Jalen Moss earned his first career start on offense last week at Purdue.

ABOUT THE MATCHUP

Eastern Washington and Fresno State are set to meet for the first time in program history on Saturday.

Saturday's game is the first exclusively Spanish-language television broadcast in FBS college football history.

Fresno State is facing its second-straight opponent with no prior history between the programs. The 'Dogs have three total this season in Purdue, Eastern Washington and Kent State

Fresno State is hosting an FCS opponent in Fresno for the third-straight season.

Fresno State has won 17-straight games against FCS opponents.

Current Fresno State offensive coordinator Pat McCann and running backs coach Aaron Prier had previous coaching stops at Eastern Washington.

Eastern Washington starting defensive end Da'Marcus Johnson was on the Bulldogs roster from 2020-22.

Eastern Washington Athletics Director Tim Collins was previously at Fresno State as its senior associate athletic director for development from 2018-23.


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