American college football season
The 2016 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented California State University, Fresno in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bulldogs were led by fifth-year head coach Tim DeRuyter , but he was fired on October 23 after the team opened the season 1–7; offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[1] The team played its home games at Bulldog Stadium and were members of the Mountain West Conference , in the West Division. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the West Division.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 5:00 pm at Nebraska * BTN L 10–4390,013 September 10 7:00 pm Sacramento State * W 31–331,817 September 17 12:00 pm at Toledo * ESPN3 L 17–5219,379 September 24 1:30 pm Tulsa * Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA MW Net L 41–48 2OT 23,273 October 1 7:30 pm at UNLV CBSSN L 20–4517,811 October 8 4:00 pm at Nevada ESPN3 L 22–2722,411 October 14 7:00 pm San Diego State CBSSN L 3–1724,731 October 22 7:30 pm at Utah State CBSSN L 20–3815,067 October 28 7:30 pm Air Force Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPN2 L 21–3125,197 November 5 12:30 pm at Colorado State RTRM L 0–3723,187 November 19 4:00 pm Hawaii MW Net L 13–1426,951 November 26 12:30 pm San Jose State CBSSN L 14–1620,991
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Nebraska [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 10 0 0 10 Cornhuskers 7 7 7 22 43
Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 0 3 0 0 3 Bulldogs 7 3 0 21 31
At Toledo [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 7 10 17 Rockets 14 10 14 14 52
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Golden Hurricane 0 21 7 13 0 7 48 Bulldogs 21 10 3 7 0 0 41
At UNLV [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 7 10 3 20 Rebels 0 21 10 14 45
At Nevada [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 6 0 7 9 22 Wolf Pack 7 14 0 6 27
San Diego State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 3 7 7 0 17 Bulldogs 0 0 3 0 3
At Utah State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 7 3 3 20 Aggies 7 10 7 14 38
Head coach Tim DeRuyter was fired the following day and replaced by offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau.[1]
Air Force [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Falcons 0 7 10 14 31 Bulldogs 7 7 7 0 21
At Colorado State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 Rams 10 13 14 0 37
1 2 3 4 Total Rainbow Warriors 0 7 0 7 14 Bulldogs 0 7 3 3 13
San Jose State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 7 0 6 3 16 Bulldogs 0 14 0 0 14
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