Sweeney Notches 200th Win

Jim Sweeney became the 16th major-college football coach to achieve 200 victories Saturday night when Fresno State beat Boise State 41-7 in a non-conference matchup at Fresno, Calif.

Michael Pittman rushed for 212 yards and a touchdown as FSU (4-4) got the milestone victory for Sweeney, who has announced his retirement after 19 seasons at Fresno State and 32 overall in coaching.

Pittman’s 20-yard touchdown run late in the first quarter fueled the win over the Big West Conference Broncos.

Quarterback Jim Arellanes had scoring passes of 10 yards to Greg Minnatee and 32 yards to Morell Ollis and Johann Lyssand kicked field goals of 24 and 39 yards in the second quarter to give Fresno a 27-0 halftime lead.

Boise State (1-8) got on the scoreboard in the third quarter on a 4-yard run by quarterback Tony Hilde.

Utah State 21, North Texas 13

Utah State overcame a mistake-ridden first half to capture a Big West win over North Texas in Logan, Utah, and remain undefeated in conference play.

The win puts the Aggies in line for a Las Vegas Bowl invitation.

UNT 10 3 0 0 - 13

USU 0 7 14 0 - 21

UNTCromer blocked punt recovered in end zone (Graham kick) UNTFG Graham 30 UNTFG Graham 48 USUWilson 4 run (Knorr kick) USUFG Smith 7 yard (Knorr kick) USUFG Wilson 3 (Knorr kick) USUJenkins 52 pass from Mullins (Knorr kick) A-11,892.

UNT USU First downs 11 25 Rushes-yards 37-108 47-188 Passing 63 241 Comp-Att-Int 8-24-2 18-34-1 Return Yards 73 22 Punts-Avg. 11-46.1 7-36.4 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 3-51 11-106 Time of Possession 28:11 31:49 Individual statistics RUSHINGUNT, Allred 27-105, Cromer 3-20, Boone 1-5, Gulley 6-(minus 22); USU, Wilson 14-65, Brown 25-165, Mullins 7-(minus 28), Morreale 1-(minus 14).

PASSINGUNT, Gulley 7-23-2-56, Hollie 1-1-0-7 USU, Mullins 18-34-1-241 RECEIVINGUNT, Hollie 2-22, Grimes 2-21, Hampton 1-8, Gulley 1-7, Waters 1-6, Boone 1-(minus 1); USU, Jenkins 8-140, Brown 4-16, Wilson 2-18, Chavez 1-28, Frazier 1-14, Smith 1-13, Turner 1-12.

Nevada 63, New Mexico State 14

Chris Lemon ran for three touchdowns and backup quarterback Eric Bennett passed for three more as Nevada hammered visiting New Mexico State in Reno, Nev.

The Wolf Pack rolled up 599 yards, with Lemon gaining 122 of his 144 in the first half and scoring on Nevada’s first possession.

New Mexico St. 0 7 0 7 - 14

Nevada 21 14 21 7 - 63

NEVLemon 3 run (Shea kick) NEVNoisy 16 pass from Dutton (Shea kick) NEVWilkins 20 run (Shea kick) NMSSalisbury 1 run (Hopkins kick) NEVInsley 18 pass from Bennett (She kick) NEVNoisy 5 pass from Bennett (Shea kick) NEVLemon 6 run (Shea kick) NEVLemon 1 run (Shea kick) NEVMorgan 77 punt return (Shea kick) NMSManns 1 run (Hopkins kick) NEVSimms 7 pass from Bennett (Shea Kick) A-22,815.

NMS Nevada First downs 17 30 Rushes-yards 37-87 38-246 Passing 210 353 Comp-Att-Int 19-43-0 27-43-1 Return Yards 90 141 Punts-Avg. 4-44.3 10-40.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 12-74 10-110 Time of Possession 33:29 26:31 Individual statistics RUSHINGNew Mexico St., manns 31-82, Salisbury 3-(minus 4), Gentrup 2-6, Houghtaling 1-3. Nevada, Lemon 19-144, Lasker 15-75, Wilkins 2-31, Dutton 1-(minus 4), Bennett 1-0.

PASSINGNew Mexico St., Salisbury 41-19-0-210, Houghtaling 2-0-0-0. Nevada, Dutton 30-17-1-222, Bennett 13-10-0-131.

RECEIVINGNew Mexico St., Gregory 7-96, Shaw 5-42, Patterson 3-46, Birdwell 2-10, Guinn 2-16. Nevada, Noisy 9-116, Wilkins 8-87, Insley 2-32, Lemon 2-10, Simms 2-25, Russell 3-57, Lasker 1-26.