Fresno State 27, Nevada 10

WERE YOU THERE?

Did you attend this game? If so, start chronicling your sports memories today with ESPN's Sports Passport. Enter the games you attend, upload your photos and share your memories! I was there »

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	22	16
Total Yards	396	421
Passing	184	308
Rushing	212	113
Penalties	5-40	5-47
3rd Down Conversions	10-18	3-11
4th Down Conversions	0-1	0-3
Turnovers	1	2
Possession	37:00	23:00

Individual Leaders

Fresno State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pinegar 19/28 184 1 0	Nevada Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Heiser 17/33 308 1 0 Wise 0/1 0 0 1
Fresno State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Wright 20 91 1 26 Davis 10 49 0 21 Rivera 7 31 0 12	Nevada Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Kretschmer 13 60 0 25 Heiser 10 27 0 14 Wise 3 20 0 23
Fresno State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Berrian 5 73 0 27 Davis 5 31 0 9 Jamison 2 24 0 17 Fernandez 2 16 0 9	Nevada Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Johnson 5 47 0 17 Mann 4 93 0 64 Fleming 3 125 1 58 McGee 2 26 0 19

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				FRES	NEV
	TD	9:18	MARK WOOD 5 YD PASS FROM PAUL PINEGAR (BRETT VISINTAINER KICK) Drive info: 14 plays, 80 yards.	7	0
	TD	7:32	BRYSON SUMLIN 1 YD RUN (BRETT VISINTAINER KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 27 yards.	14	0
	TD	5:22	DWAYNE WRIGHT 3 YD RUN (BRETT VISINTAINER KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 32 yards.	21	0
	FG	0:31	DAMON FINE 39 YD FG Drive info: 12 plays, 56 yards.	21	3
THIRD QUARTER				FRES	NEV
	FG	5:40	BRETT VISINTAINER 42 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 0 yards.	24	3
FOURTH QUARTER				FRES	NEV
	TD	9:16	TIM FLEMING 58 YD PASS FROM ANDY HEISER (DAMON FINE KICK) Drive info: 1 plays, 58 yards.	24	10
	FG	5:25	BRETT VISINTAINER 22 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 51 yards.	27	10

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Paul Pinegar passed for 184 yards and a touchdown, and Dwayne Wright ran for 91 yards and a score to lead Fresno State past Nevada 27-10 Saturday and keep the Bulldogs' hopes alive for a fifth consecutive bowl bid.

Fresno State's defense forced a pair of key turnovers early en route to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, and Brett Visintainer added field goals of 42 and 22 yards for the Bulldogs (6-4, 4-2 WAC).

Andy Heiser completed 17 of 33 passes for 308 yards, including a 58-yard TD in the fourth quarter to Tim Fleming, who had 125 yards receiving for the Wolf Pack (5-5, 3-2). Chance Kretschmer, who led the NCAA in rushing two years ago, was held to 60 yards on the ground for Nevada, which lost its third in a row.

Bernard Berrian had five catches for 73 yards to go with 78 return yards for Fresno State, which scored on its opening drive for the first time this year -- an 80-yard march on 14 plays capped by Pinegar's 5-yard TD pass to tight end Mark Wood.

After Nevada went three and out, Berrian returned a punt 54 yards to set up Bryson Sumlin's 1-yard scoring run that put the Bulldogs up 14-0 midway through the first quarter.

Garrett McIntyre tackled Kretschmer in the backfield on the next play from scrimmage, forcing a fumble. Fellow defensive end Claude Sanders recovered on Nevada's 17 to set up Wright's 3-yard TD for a 21-0 lead with 5:22 left in the first.

Damon Fine's 39-yard field goal made it 21-3, and Heiser passed 64 yards to Maurice Mann to move Nevada deep into Bulldogs territory in the second quarter, but Richard Marshall intercepted Talib Wise's halfback pass at the 1-yard line.

The Bulldogs defense came up big again five minutes before halftime, stopping Kretschmer for no gain on consecutive plays, including fourth-and-1 at the Fresno State 10.