2016 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

2016 Fresno State Bulldogs football

Conference	Mountain West Conference
Division	West Division
2016 record	1–11 (0–8 MW)
Head coach	Tim DeRuyter (5th year) (1–7, fired Oct. 23) Eric Kiesau (interim)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Kiesau (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-Style
Defensive coordinator	Lorenzo Ward (1st year)
Base defense	3-4
Home stadium	Bulldog Stadium (Capacity: 41,031)

2016 Mountain West football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
Mountain Division
Wyoming xy		6	–	2		8	–	5
Boise State x		6	–	2		10	–	2
New Mexico x		6	–	2		8	–	4
Air Force		5	–	3		9	–	3
Colorado State		5	–	3		7	–	5
Utah State		1	–	7		3	–	9
West Division
San Diego State xy$		6	–	2		10	–	3
Hawaii		4	–	4		6	–	7
Nevada		3	–	5		5	–	7
San Jose State		3	–	5		4	–	8
UNLV		3	–	5		4	–	8
Fresno State		0	–	8		1	–	11
Championship: San Diego State 27, Wyoming 24
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 6, 2016; Rankings from AP Poll

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 PM	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE	BTN	L 10–43	90,013
September 10	7:00 PM	Sacramento State*	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA		W 31–3	31,817
September 17	12:00 PM	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH	ESPN3	L 17–52	19,379
September 24	1:30 PM	Tulsa*	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	MW Net Twitter	L 41–48 ^2OT	23,273
October 1	7:30 PM	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium • Whitney, NV	CBSSN	L 20–45	17,811
October 8	4:00 PM	at Nevada	Mackay Stadium • Reno, NV	ESPN3	L 22–27	22,411
October 14	7:00 PM	San Diego State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Battle for the Oil Can)	CBSSN	L 3–17	24,731
October 22	7:30 PM	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT	CBSSN	L 20–38	15,067
October 28	7:30 PM	Air Force	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	ESPN2	L 21–31	25,197
November 5	12:30 PM	at Colorado State	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	RTRM	L 0–37	23,187
November 19	4:00 PM	Hawaii	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA	MW Net	L 13–14	26,951
November 26	12:30 PM	San Jose State	Bulldog Stadium • Fresno, CA (Valley Cup)	CBSSN	L 14–16	20,991
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[2]

Game notes

at Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	0	0	10
Cornhuskers	7	7	7	22	43

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	NEB, 55–19

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	3	0	0	3
Bulldogs	7	3	0	21	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	7	10	17
Rockets	14	10	14	14	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2008	FRES, 55–54

Tulsa

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Golden Hurricane	0	21	7	13	0	7	48
Bulldogs	21	10	3	7	0	0	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2012	TUL, 27–26

at UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	10	3	20
Rebels	0	21	10	14	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–5	2015	FRES, 31–28

at Nevada

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	6	0	7	9	22
Wolf Pack	7	14	0	6	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–19–1	2015	NEV, 30–16

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	3	7	7	0	17
Bulldogs	0	0	3	0	3

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–28–4	2015	SDSU, 21–7

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	3	3	20
Aggies	7	10	7	14	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–11–1	2015	USU, 56–14

Head coach Tim DeRuyter was fired the following day and replaced by offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau.^[1]

Air Force

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	7	10	14	31
Bulldogs	7	7	7	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2015	AF, 42–14

at Colorado State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
Rams	10	13	14	0	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	2015	CSU, 34–31

Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	0	7	14
Bulldogs	0	7	3	3	13

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–21–1	2015	FRES, 42–14

San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans	7	0	6	3	16
Bulldogs	0	14	0	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–36–3	2015	SJSU, 49–23

References

1 2 Robert Kuwada, Tim DeRuyter fired as Fresno State football coach, Fresno Bee, October 23, 2016.
↑ "2016 Fresno State Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 21, 2016.

Fresno State Bulldogs football

Venues	Ratcliffe Stadium (1926–1979) Bulldog Stadium (1980–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Boise State (Milk Can) San Diego State (Battle for the Oil Can) San Jose State (Valley Cup)

Culture & lore	Timeout Bulldog Marching Band

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

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