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Fresno State Bulldogs at Air Force Falcons

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28 - 36
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Hayes accounts for 3 TDs to help Air Force beat Fresno State 36-28, snap 7-game skid

Air Force (2-7, 1-4) won for the first time since it beat Merrimack 21-6 in the season opener on Aug. 31.

Hayes finished 2-of-6 passing for 14 yards, including a 3-yard touchdown to Cade Harris.

Fresno State (5-5, 3-3 Mountain West), which lost 21-20 to Hawaii on a last-second touchdown pass from Brayden Schager to Nick Cenacle, has dropped back-to-back games for the second time this season.

Mikey Keene hit Mac Dalena at the 50, where he broke a tackle and then raced to the end zone for a 73-yard touchdown, Air Force was stopped for no gain on a fourth-and-1 from its own 34 and, three plays later, Keene hit Jalen Moss for a 19-yard touchdown that gave Fresno State a 21-14 lead with 1:37 to go in the first half.

Matthew Dapore kicked a 35-yard field goal as time in the first half expired and added a 37-yarder to cap a nine-play, 56-yard drive to open the third quarter and trim the deficit to a point. Two plays from scrimmage later, Blake Fletcher picked off a pass from Keene.

Hayes ran for a 2-yard gain on fourth-and-1 and then ran it in on fourth-and-goal from the 2 and, after an unsuccessful 2-point try, Air Force led 26-21 with 2:30 left in the third quarter. After the Bulldogs failed to convert a fourth-and-5 from the Falcons 38, Hayes led a 12-play, 64-yard drive that took more than 6 1/2 minutes off the clock and made it a two-possession game with 8:51 left.

Dapore added a 36-yard field goal with about 2 minutes to play.

Dalena capped the scoring when he caught a 6-yard TD pass from Keene with 38 seconds remaining.

Keene was 23-of-26 passing for 289 yards and three touchdowns with an interception for Fresno State.

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Scoring Summary

FRES TD 1st Period 11:01 Elijah Gilliam 1 Yd Run (Dylan Lynch Kick)
AFA TD 1st Period 0:11 Dylan Carson 1 Yd Run (Matthew Dapore Kick)
AFA TD 2nd Period 4:45 Cade Harris 3 Yd pass from Quentin Hayes (Matthew Dapore Kick)
FRES TD 2nd Period 3:47 Mac Dalena 73 Yd pass from Mikey Keene (Dylan Lynch Kick)
FRES TD 2nd Period 1:37 Jalen Moss 19 Yd pass from Mikey Keene (Dylan Lynch Kick)
AFA FG 2nd Period 0:00 Matthew Dapore 35 Yd Field Goal
AFA FG 3rd Period 9:46 Matthew Dapore 37 Yd Field Goal
AFA TD 3rd Period 2:30 Quentin Hayes 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)
AFA TD 4th Period 8:51 Quentin Hayes 1 Yd Run (Matthew Dapore Kick)
AFA FG 4th Period 1:56 Matthew Dapore 36 Yd Field Goal
FRES TD 4th Period 0:38 Mac Dalena 6 Yd pass from Mikey Keene (Dylan Lynch Kick)

Statistics

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15 1st Downs 24
1-4 3rd down efficiency 10-19
0-2 4th down efficiency 5-6
284 Total Yards 358
289 Passing 14
23/26 Comp/Att 2/6
11.1 Yards per pass 2.3
-5 Rushing 344
12 Rushing Attempts 80
-0.4 Yards per rush 4.3
5-42 Penalties 4-26
1 Turnovers 0
0 Fumbles lost 0
1 Interceptions thrown 0
14:52 Possession 45:08

Game Information

Falcon Stadium

Location: USAF Academy, CO
Attendance: 14,794 · Capacity:
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