fresno state played houston cougars in the bowl game.
fresno state played houston cougars in the bowl game.
who does fresno state play in the bowl game?
houston cougars
the bulldogs announced it had hired former cal head coach, former quarterback under coach jim sweeney, former bulldogs offensive coordinator, and fresno state alumnus jeff tedford to be its next head coach beginning with the 2017 season. in his first season as fresno state's head coach, coach tedford led the bulldogs to a 10–4 season, including wins over rivals san diego state and the #25 boise state broncos. they clinched the mw west division, but would lose to boise state 14–17 in the mw championship game. fresno state got an invite to participate in the 2017 hawaii bowl, to face the university of houston cougars. the bulldogs would win their bowl game with a score of 33–27, ending a six year bowl drought. fresno state would the end the season at 10–4, making it one of the best turnarounds in college football. in 2018, fresno state made back-to-back conference championship appearances, facing boise state in a rematch of the previous championship game; this time defeating boise state 19-16 in overtime. they faced the arizona state sun devils in the 2018 las vegas bowl, winning 20-31. their victory over arizona state gave them their 12th win of the season, the first 12 win season in school history.
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the 2009 new mexico bowl was a post-season american college football bowl game, held on december 19, 2009 at university stadium on the campus of the university of new mexico in albuquerque, new mexico as part of the 2009-10 ncaa bowl season. the game, telecast on espn, featured the wyoming cowboys from the mountain west conference and the fresno state bulldogs from the wac.this was the first trip to the new mexico bowl for wyoming. it was also their first trip to a post season bowl game since the 2004 season when the cowboys defeated the 24–21 in the pioneer purevison las vegas bowl. this marked fresno state's second straight trip to the new mexico bowl; they were defeated 40–35 by colorado state in the 2008 contest. before the 2009 new mexico bowl, wyoming and fresno state had played each other a total of six times, playing in consecutive years from 1992–1997 as rivals in the western athletic conference; the teams have split their match-ups with each squad winning three games. the last meeting in 1997 was won by fresno state, 24–7.
2009 new mexico bowl