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BOWLS BOWLS FRESNO STATE CAMELLIA BOWL sCoriNg By QuArters Humboldt State Fresno State sCoriNg summAry FS HSU HSU HSU HSU FS HSU HSU 0 7 ............................................................................................ MERCY BOWL 2 HUMBOLDT STATE 29, FRESNO STATE 14 deC. 14, 1968 • sACrAmeNto, CALif. 16 0 7 7 6 0 Walt Jensen, 1 yard run (Ken Casida kick) Mike Cremer, 1 yard run (Dave Banducci kick) Banducci, 27 yard FG Banducci, 45 yard FG Banducci, 37 yard FG Jensen, 1 yard run (Casida kick) Don Del Grande, 30 yard pass from Jim Costello (Banducci kick) Dennis Sousa, 4 yard pass from Banducci (kick failed) AtteNdANCe: 8,168 sACrAmeNto, CALif. – The eighth annual Camellia Bowl, played in a muddy Hughes Stadium in Sacramento, Calif., produced a Fresno State defeat as the Bulldogs fell to the Humboldt State Lumberjacks 29-14. Blocking three Lumberjack kicks would generally predict a Fresno – – 29 14 CAL STATE FULLERTON 17, FRESNO STATE 14 deC. 11, 1971 • ANAHeim, CALif. sCoriNg By QuArters CS Fullerton Fresno State sCoriNg summAry CSF CSF FS FS CSF 7 0 3 0 0 7 7 7 – – Don Cotalic, 22 yard block punt recovery (Craig Hiatt kick) Hiatt, 25 yard FG Ben Childers, 12 yard pass from John Behrens (Stoetzl kick) Gene Austin, 54 yard pass from Behrens (Stoetzl kick) Tyrone Perry, 5 yard pass from Mike Ernst (Hiatt kick) AtteNdANCe: 16,854 ANAHeim, CALif. – Playing for the 14 surviving children of three Fullerton State assistant coaches and a pilot who died in an airplane crash only a month earlier, the Fullerton State Titans came from behind to take the 17-14 Mercy Bowl II victory over the Fresno State Bulldogs. In the second bowl in Fresno State history played for plane crash State win, but the Bulldogs' 12 turnovers, seven intercepted passes and five fumbles made up the difference. The California Collegiate Athletic Association champion Bulldogs' effort was stunted even more with out-of-service phone communication between the press box coaching staff and field staff. Despite the confusion, the Bulldogs opened the scoring by Tony Welch blocking a Lumberjack punt. Welch recovered the ball and ran it to the Humboldt State 5 where Walt Jensen drove it in to score and Ken Casida nailed the extra point. With a seven point deficit the Lumberjacks, 10-1 and Far Western victims (1961 Mercy Bowl), the 'Dogs were never able to find a rhythm that would disassemble the Fullerton State offense. The Titans led for the greater part of the match heading into the second Jack Olson intercepted a likely TD pass from Lumberjack Dennis Sommer and ran the length of the field to set the 'Dogs up on the Humboldt State 1-yard line. Jensen scored and Casida converted cutting the spread to Humboldt State 16, Fresno State 14. Fresno State territory on a 4-yard pass from Banducci. The extra point sailed wide cementing the final score Humboldt State 29, Fresno State 14. fresNo stAte LiNeups OFFENSE — TE Dave Harris, T John Stahl, LG Hank Corda, C Daryl Waroniecki, RG Brad Fishel, T Bob Inderbleten, SE Steve Sommer, FL Fred Vickers, QB Ron Hudson, HB Walt Jensen, FB Mike Flores. DEFENSE — DE Gene Suglian, DT Tony Welch, NG John Focke, DT Ron Remington, DE Dave Auxier, LB Tom McCall, LB Pat Callahan, CB Lloyd Madden, CB Ted Cowles, S Sam Germany, S Ervin Hunt. Humboldt was not finished yet however finding Sousa crossing into Conference champions, capitalized on the Bulldogs' offensive glitches and phone service problems coming from behind to take a 16-7 lead heading into the half. The second half was more of the first as the Bulldogs came out strong. The Lumberjacks avenged the Bulldog seven with a Costello pass to Don Del Grande who found the endzone. Casida converted for the 23-14 lead. half with a 10-0 lead over the Bulldogs. With 3:21 remaining in the first period Titan Don Cotalic blocked a Bulldog punt scoring on a 22-yard run. Bare- foot kicker Craig Hiatt earned the extra point for the Titans finding the early 7-0 lead. Before the half ended Fullerton State capitalized on more Bulldog trouble as a wild pass from Bulldog center Harry Mestjian caused desperation kick from Atomic Torosian netting only five yards. Bulldog penalties moved Fullerton State to the nine-yard line where the shoeless Titan nailed a 25-yard field goal for the 10-0 lead. The Bulldogs found their strength after halftime driving 66 yards in just six plays and scoring off a 12-yard strike from John Behrens to Ben Childers. Childers caught the pigskin at the three-yard line and barreled his way into the endzone with two Fullerton State defenders hanging on his shirttail. Luis Stoetzl secured the extra point cutting the Titan lead to only three. Fresno State fed off the Bulldog momentum finding seven more points to send to the scoreboard from a Fullerton fumble recovery and a 54-yard rocket from Behrens to flanker Gene Austin. Stoetzl nailed the extra point giving the Bulldogs their first 14-10 lead of the game. The Titans retaliated however finding their last seven on an 88-yard drive, 11-play, 5-yard pass TD with only 3:32 left to play fresNo stAte LiNeups OFFENSE — SE Daren Gee, T Pat Pickford, G Steve Verry, C Lee Munson, G Pat Plummer, T Dave Vietty, TE Ben Childers, QB John Inglehart, HB Herbie Phillips, FB Atomic Torosian, FL Mike Harris. DEFENSE — DE Jack Fisher, DT Dennis Keran, NG Theodore Lambert, DT Elmer Cummings, DE Bob Serowick, LB Bill Crawford, LB Gary Weaver, CB Dwayne Crump, CB Ben Davis, SS Phil Borjas, FS Ray Sherman. 17 14 FOOTBALL CALIFORNIA BOWL 2 FRESNO STATE 29, BOWLING GREEN 28 deC. 18, 1982 • fresNo, CALif. sCoriNg By QuArters Fresno State Bowling Green sCoriNg summAry BG BG BG FS BG FS FS FS 0 0 0 14 7 14 22 0 Chip Otten, 4 yard run (Gehad Youssef kick) John Meek, 1 yard pass from Brian McClure (Youssef kick) Shawn Potts, 5 yard pass from McClure (Youssef kick) Stephone Paige, 1 yard 1 pass from Jeff Tedford (Scott Darrow kick) Potts, 6 yard advance of fumble after Greg Taylor 29 yard pass from McClure (Youssef kick) Paige, 4 yard run (Darrow kick) Paige, 27 yard pass from Tedford (Terry Carter pass from Darrow) Vince Wesson, 2 yard pass from Tedford (Darrow kick) AtteNdANCe: 30,000 fresNo, CALif. – Fresno State kept its tradition of last minute wins intact trailing by three TDs with 15:42 to play and bouncing back with a 22-point fourth quarter to capture the 29-28 victory with just 11 seconds remaining. Bulldog flanker Vince Wesson caught a 2-yard pass from Jeff Tedford in the endzone to tie the game 28-28. The Bulldogs pushed ahead 29-28 when kicker Scott Darrow sent fans into a victory frenzy booting the extra point through the uprights. The dramatic ending was the result of a slow Bulldogs start as the 'Dogs went scoreless until the third quarter. The Falcons however had no trouble jumping into the lead finding the endzone twice before the first half ended. Trialing by 21, the Bulldogs awoke to the roar of Fresno State fans and proceeded to find their mark on the scoreboard. With an 11-yard pass to Stephone Paige from Jeff Tedford and the extra point from Scott Barrow, the 'Dogs cut the Falcon lead to 14. The Falcons did not let the 'Dogs back in the game without a fight scoring another goal off a fumble recovery by Potts before the third period expired. The quarter is not the only thing that expired however, so had the Falcon scoring summary. The remaining 15-minutes contained a Bulldog scoring spree beginning with an 80-yard series resulting in a four-yard run by Paige into the endzone. With the score now Bowling Green 28, Fresno State 14, the 'Dogs set out to find two more TDs. Setting up on the Falcon 27-yard line, Tedford connected with Paige up the middle who evaded defenders and scored. Playing the odds, the 'Dogs completed a two-point conversion off a pass from Tedford to Terry Carter. Trailing now by six, with game time steadily dropping from 3:16, the 'Dogs went into what would come to be a 44-yard series of seven plays, a Bowling Green facemask penalty and a Fresno State win with only 11 seconds remaining. Paige set a school record with 246 yards receiving and tied another with 15 receptions. Tedford tied a school record with 373 yards in passing and set a single game record with 31 completions. fresNo stAte LiNeups offeNse — SE Stephone Paige, LT Kevin Molle, LG Jerry Lockwood, C John Blacksill, RG Tom Neville, RT Ed Carter, TE Bill Griever, QB Jeff Tedford, TB Terry Carter, FB Dave Adams, FL Vince Wesson. defeNse — LB Kepa Kaaekuahiwi, T Clyde Glover, NG Morris Brown, E Kevin Jones, MLB Kevin Johnson, WLB Bobby Stevenson, ROV Ron Yrigollen, CB Kent Paine, SS Don Turner, FS Matt McKnight, CB Derrick Franklin. – – 29 28 teAm stAts First Downs Rushes-Yds. Passing-Yds. Return-Yds Passes Punts Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yds. Time of Possession iNdividuAL stAts Fresno State Thomas Carter Bowling Green Otten Wagner Fresno State Tedford Bowling Green McClure Fresno State Paige Griever Wesson Bowling Green Otten Meek Taylor FS 27 24-80 373 59 31-50-4 2-39 4-3 4-35 24:20 Rushing Att. 5 6 Att. 31 5 Passing A-C-I 31-50-4 A-C-I 22-32-1 Receiving Yds. 15 4 3 Yds. 11 4 3 BG 17 44-126 246 32 22-32-1 7-40 2-0 8-68 35:40 Yds. 48 41 Yds. 136 18 Yds. 373 Yds. 246 TD 246 43 21 TD 76 55 74 1968 CAMELLIA BOWL 140 1971 MERCY BOWL 2 2011 2012 141