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

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