FRESNO, Calif. \u2014 Wyoming never established any offensive rhythm during a 24\u20133 loss to Fresno State on a cold, rain-soaked Saturday night at Valley Children\u2019s Stadium.<\/p>\n
Running back Samuel \u201cTote\u201d Harris provided Wyoming\u2019s lone spark, rushing for 96 yards on 12 carries. His performance pushed him over the 500-yard mark for the season after entering the game with 450. The passing game, however, never settled in. Starting quarterback Kaden Anderson went 6-for-23 for 64 yards, and true freshman Mason Drube of Gillette completed 2 of 5 passes for 13 yards in his collegiate debut.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys (4\u20136, 2\u20134 Mountain West) finished with 184 total yards, including just 77 through the air. Wide receiver Chris Durr Jr. provided one of the few explosive plays with a 40-yard reception in the first quarter\u2014his 11th chunk play of the season\u2014while tight end John Michael Gyllenborg added five receptions for 36 yards.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe didn\u2019t give ourselves a real good chance tonight. We made too many mistakes in critical situations,\u201d Wyoming head coach Jay Sawvel said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got to coach better and that\u2019s the bottom line to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fresno State (7\u20133, 4\u20132) controlled the game from a possession standpoint, holding the ball for 45:03, compared to just 14:57 for Wyoming. The Bulldogs leaned heavily on their ground attack, finishing with 216 rushing yards. Their dominance showed most clearly on a 16-play third-quarter drive that drained more than eight minutes, although UW\u2019s defense held firm and forced a missed 27-yard field goal to keep the score 10\u20133.<\/p>\n
Wyoming nearly seized momentum moments later when Harris ripped off runs of 8 and 29 yards, but Anderson\u2019s deep-shot interception ended the drive. Fresno State immediately capitalized, as Johnathan Arcenaux broke loose for a 58-yard touchdown run to push the lead to 17\u20133. The Bulldogs added a 13-yard touchdown pass in the final minutes.<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, Wyoming\u2019s defense produced several standout efforts. Linebackers Evan Eller and Brayden Johnson each recorded nine tackles, and Eller added a tackle for loss. Eller entered the night with 286 career stops and is now just five tackles away from 300. Safety Jones Thomas posted a career-high nine tackles, surpassing his previous best of eight against UNLV.<\/p>\n
The defensive front also contributed big moments. Esaia Bogar recorded the first sack of his career in the opening quarter, and defensive tackle Ben Florentine added a tackle for loss on a fourth-down stop in the second quarter, giving him a team-leading seven TFLs this season.<\/p>\n
Wyoming trailed 10\u20133 at halftime after the teams traded nine punts in a defensive first half. The Cowboys got on the board midway through the first quarter with a 41-yard field goal from Erik Sandvik, his sixth career make.<\/p>\n
The loss dropped Wyoming to 6\u201310 all-time against Fresno State and 1\u20137 in Fresno, where the teams met for the 16th time.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys return home next week for their final appearance at War Memorial Stadium this season, hosting Nevada on Saturday at noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. \u2014 Wyoming never established any offensive rhythm during a 24\u20133 loss to Fresno State on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1033,949,112,114,113,1782,1783,1784],"class_list":["post-56608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-2025-26","tag-football","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-university-of-wyoming","tag-uw","tag-wyoming-cowboys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}