Fresno State Bulldogs @ San Diego State Aztecs — Oct 18, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 October 18, 2026
Fresno State Bulldogs Fresno St. FRE 4-3, 2-2 Away
23
Final
26
San Diego State Aztecs San Diego St. SDSU 2-4, 2-1 Home
1 2 3 4 T
FRE 0 10 7 6 23
SDSU 10 6 0 10 26
Top Performers
Passing Yards
J.
J. Mandal QB FRE
141 PASS
J.
J. Denegal QB SDSU
112 PASS
Rushing Yards
B.
B. Donelson ATH FRE
62 RUSH
L.
L. Sutton RB SDSU
110 RUSH
Receiving Yards
J.
J. Freeman WR FRE
49 REC
J.
J. Hawkins SDSU
84 REC
Passing
Fresno St.
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
J. Mandal 13/25 141 0 0 5 68.9
San Diego St.
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
B. Emanuel 1/1 7 1 0 0 135.4
J. Denegal 7/10 112 1 0 1 140.4
S. Saunders 6/11 61 0 0 0 70.6
Rushing
Fresno St.
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
R. Luke 10 47 4.7 0 17
J. Mandal 9 -16 -1.8 0 16
B. Donelson 13 62 4.8 1 11
J. Gillick 6 25 4.2 2 7
E. Avit 1 19 19.0 0 19
San Diego St.
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
B. Emanuel 2 12 6.0 0 12
L. Sutton 18 110 6.1 0 67
J. Kinnard 14 77 5.5 0 27
J. Denegal 3 8 2.7 0 5
S. Saunders 1 0 0.0 0 0
K. Fangupo 1 -1 -1.0 0 0
Receiving
Fresno St.
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
B. Lium 1 1 3 3.0 0 3 0
R. Luke 2 3 14 7.0 0 9 0
J. Freeman 3 7 49 16.3 0 25 0
B. Donelson 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
J. Appleget 2 2 20 10.0 0 11 0
J. McClain 2 2 12 6.0 0 6 0
G. Correia 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
E. Avit 3 3 43 14.3 0 29 0
San Diego St.
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
B. Emanuel 2 3 34 17.0 0 24 0
L. Sutton 1 2 4 4.0 0 4 0
J. Hawkins 6 9 84 14.0 1 52 0
N. Acevedo 1 3 4 4.0 0 4 0
J. Napier 3 3 55 18.3 1 26 0
J. Ford 1 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 0
Defense
Fresno St.
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
T. Powell 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
San Diego St.
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
S. Hala 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
T. Letuli 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
K. Wallin 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0
D. A. Rahman 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Fresno St.
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
M. Watanabe 1/1 2/3 5 0
San Diego St.
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
C. DiLeva 4/5 2/2 14 0
Returns
Fresno St.
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
K. Cotton 1 12 12.0 0 12 1
San Diego St.
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
J. Hawkins 3 54 18.0 0 20 0
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Fresno St.
San Diego St.
276 Total Yards 384
18 First Downs 17
7 Passing 6
10 Rushing 10
1 Penalty 1
4/13 3rd Down Eff. 6/14
141 Passing Yards 180
135 Rushing Yards 204
1 Turnovers 1
3-25 Penalties 5-35
31:51 Possession 28:09
3/3 Red Zone 3/4
Play-by-Play
Q4 6 - 10 23 - 26
23 - 26 0:57
C. DiLeva FG
TD J. Gillick
23 - 23 4:45
17 - 23 12:00
C. DiLeva XP
17 - 22 12:00
J. Napier TD
Q3 7 - 0 17 - 16
XP M. Watanabe
17 - 16 5:16
TD J. Gillick
16 - 16 5:16
Q2 10 - 6 10 - 16
10 - 16 0:01
C. DiLeva FG
XP M. Watanabe
10 - 13 4:02
TD B. Donelson
9 - 13 4:02
FG M. Watanabe
3 - 13 7:48
0 - 13 11:34
C. DiLeva FG
Q1 0 - 10 0 - 10
0 - 10 1:58
C. DiLeva XP
0 - 9 1:58
J. Hawkins TD
0 - 3 6:16
C. DiLeva FG
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 1 Biggest Lead: SDSU +13 Times Tied: 2
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
October 18, 2026
Time
2:30 am
Duration
1h 0m