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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
September 35:00 PMat Nebraska *
BTN L 10–43 90,013
September 107:00 PMSacramento State *
W 31–3 31,817
September 1712:00 PMat Toledo *
ESPN3 L 17–52 19,379
September 241:30 PMTulsa *
Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA MW Net Twitter L 41–48 2OT 23,273
October 17:30 PMat UNLV
CBSSN L 20–45 17,811
October 84:00 PMat Nevada
ESPN3L 22–27 22,411
October 147:00 PMSan Diego State
CBSSNL 3–17 24,731
October 227:30 PMat Utah State
CBSSNL 20–38 15,067
October 287:30 PMAir Force
Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA ESPN2 L 21–31 25,197
November 512:30 PMat Colorado State
RTRM L 0–37 23,187
November 194:00 PMHawaii
Bulldog Stadium Fresno, CA MW NetL 13–14 26,951
November 2612:30 PMSan Jose State
CBSSNL 14–16 20,991
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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
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