Aggies still winless under Mumme

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	19	10
Total Yards	319	195
Passing	112	105
Rushing	207	90
Penalties	7-57	5-40
3rd Down Conversions	8-15	2-15
4th Down Conversions	0-0	2-5
Turnovers	0	2
Possession	35:13	24:47

Individual Leaders

Fresno State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pinegar 10/19 112 2 0	New Mexico State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Gill 17/31 105 1 0
Fresno State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Sumlin 23 105 0 30 Mathis 22 105 1 18 Pinegar 3 -2 1 1	New Mexico State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Buries 14 46 0 14 Dubois 1 36 0 36 Dombrowski 3 7 0 6
Fresno State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Williams 3 36 0 15 Fernandez 2 26 0 19 Fairman 2 20 1 19 Jennings 1 20 1 20	New Mexico State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Harris 4 28 1 14 Buries 4 20 0 9 Kaufman 3 21 0 12 Allen 2 18 0 15

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				FRES	NMSU
	TD	11:48	ADAM JENNINGS 20 YD PASS FROM PAUL PINEGAR (CLINT STITSER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 30 yards.	7	0
	FG	6:12	CLINT STITSER 38 YD FG Drive info: 6 plays, 37 yards.	10	0
	TD	0:13	JARON FAIRMAN 19 YD PASS FROM PAUL PINEGAR (CLINT STITSER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 47 yards.	17	0
SECOND QUARTER				FRES	NMSU
	TD	6:13	A.J. HARRIS 3 YD PASS FROM ROYAL GILL (CONOR FOLEY KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 70 yards.	17	7
	FG	0:15	CLINT STITSER 28 YD FG Drive info: 14 plays, 54 yards.	20	7
THIRD QUARTER				FRES	NMSU
	FG	10:52	CLINT STITSER 36 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 15 yards.	23	7
FOURTH QUARTER				FRES	NMSU
	TD	14:56	PAUL PINEGAR 1 YD RUN (CLINT STITSER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 14 yards.	30	7
	TD	5:56	WENDELL MATHIS 6 YD RUN (CLINT STITSER KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 31 yards.	37	7

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -- Fresno State used Paul Pinegar's finesse to start fast, then turned to its reliable runners to finish off New Mexico State in a soggy showdown Saturday night.

Pinegar threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter and later ran for another score, then handed off to Wendell Mathis and Bryson Sumlin to lead Fresno State to a 37-7 win over New Mexico State on Saturday night.

"Paul threw two beautiful (touchdown) passes in the first quarter, then we turned to smash-mouth football in the second half," Fresno State coach Pat Hill said. "I like the way we played. We hit well and we were very physical."

The Bulldogs (3-1, 1-0 Western Athletic) built an early 17-0 lead and coasted the rest of the way on a wet night, keeping the Aggies (0-6, 0-2) winless under first-year coach Hal Mumme.

A steady rain began 10 minutes before kickoff and continued much of the night. A crowd of only 8,312 fans showed up, but many left at halftime when Fresno State led 20-7. Only a few hundred watched the second half.

New Mexico State officials said it was the first rain at a home game in 12 years.

With the turf slippery, the Bulldogs relied on the legs of Mathis and Sumlin, who alternated on every series and each finished with 105 yards rushing. Each came in averaging 58 yards per game.

"The field condition was not conducive for us to do some things, so we had to go to the running backs and they both went over 100 yards," Hill said. "We need to get used to playing in weather like this because we may be in some games like this later in the year."

The Bulldogs also got three field goals by Clint Stitser, and Pinegar added a 1-yard TD run on the first play of the fourth quarter. He finished with 112 yards passing, completing 10 of 19 passes.

The Aggies managed only 195 total yards, including 105 on the ground, and for another week New Mexico State struggled.

Fresno State's Emanuel Sanchez hit NMSU's Joey Vincent to force an early fumble that was recovered by Awan Diles, setting up the Bulldogs' first TD. Four plays later, Pinegar threw a TD pass to Adam Jennings.

Pinegar added a 19-yard TD pass to Jaron Fairman with 13 seconds remaining in the first quarter. In between the scoring plays, Stitser made a 38-yard field goal.

The Aggies trimmed the margin to 17-7 when Royal Gill threw a 3-yard TD pass to freshman A.J. Harris on a crossing pattern in the second period. That play capped a 10-play, 70-yard drive.

"With the exception of that one drive, we shut them down," Hill said.

But the Bulldogs led 20-7 after Stitser's 28-yard field goal just before halftime.

Mathis added the final score, darting untouched into the end zone on a 6-yard run with 5:56 remaining.