Wyoming Cowboys fall 24-3 at Fresno State

Pokes battle on offense at wet Valley Children’s Stadium

Ryan Thorburn

Football
11/15/2025 6:05:00 PM

FRESNO, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2025) – Wyoming’s offense couldn’t discover a rhythm all through a 24-3 loss to Fresno State late Saturday evening at wet Valley Children’s Stadium.
 
Samuel “Tote” Harris completed with 12 carries for 96 yards, however the passing recreation struggled. Starting quarterback Kaden Anderson completed 6-for-23 for 64 yards. True freshman Mason Drube of Gillette was 2-for-5 passing for 13 yards in his UW debut.
 
The Cowboys fell to 4-6 total and 2-4 Mountain West.

UW completed with 184 yards (107 speeding, 77 passing). Fresno State had 311 yards (216 speeding, 95 passing).

“We didn’t give ourselves a real good chance tonight. We made too many mistakes in critical situations,” UW head coach Jay Sawvel mentioned. “We’ve got to coach better and that’s the bottom line to it.”

 

The Bulldogs (7-3, 4-2) had a 16-play drive within the third quarter that drained over 8 minutes off the clock, however UW’s protection compelled a 27-yard discipline aim try, which Dylan Lynch missed to maintain it a one-score recreation (10-3).

 

The Pokes had been driving after Harris broke free for runs of 8 and 29 yards, however Anderson threw an interception taking a deep shot.

 

Johnathan Arcenaux turned the turnover right into a 58-yard landing run to provide Fresno State a commanding 17-3 lead. The Bulldogs tacked on one other rating on a 13-yard landing cross with 2:00 remaining.

 

Linebackers Evan Eller (9 tackles, 1.0 deal with for loss) and Brayden Johnson (9 tackles) led UW’s valiant defensive effort. Safety Jones Thomas additionally had 9 tackles.

 

The Bulldogs dominated time of possession 45:03 to 14:57.

 

The Cowboys trailed 10-3 on the intermission after the groups mixed for 9 punts.

 

After the Bulldogs took a 7-0 lead, UW answered with an eight-play drive capped with a 41-yard discipline aim by Erik Sandvik to make the rating 7-3 with 6:39 remaining within the first quarter.

 

Fresno State prolonged its benefit with a 40-yard discipline aim with 26 seconds remaining within the half.

 

UW will host Nevada within the residence finale subsequent Saturday at War Memorial Stadium (midday, Altitude and Mountain West Network).

TEAM NOTES

•The Cowboys and Bulldogs met for the sixteenth time on Saturday.

•The Cowboys are 6-10 all-time in opposition to the Bulldogs.

•The Cowboys are 1-7 all-time in opposition to Fresno State in Fresno.

 

OFFENSIVE NOTES

•Wide receiver Chris Durr Jr. hauled in a 40 yard reception within the first quarter 

•Quarterback Mason Drube recorded his first profession snap within the first quarter.

•Running again Samuel Tote Harris recorded 96 yards speeding. He had 450 yards coming into the sport for the season, as he went over 500 yards for the season.

•Wide receiver Chris Durr, Jr. recorded a 40-yard reception within the first quarter for his eleventh chunk play of the season.

•Tight finish John Michael Gyllenborg added 5 catches for 36 yards. 

 

DEFENSIVE NOTES

•Defensive finish Esaia Bogar recorded a sack within the first quarter for the primary of his profession. 

•Defensive deal with Ben Florentine added a deal with for a loss for the seventh of the season to guide the staff. It got here on a fourth down within the second quarter. 

•Linebacker Evan Eller recorded 9 tackles for the evening. He entered the sport with 286 profession tackles and is now 5 away from 300.

•Safety Jones Thomas added a career-high tackles. His pervious profession greatest was eight coming in opposition to UNLV.

•Linebacker Brayden Johnson added 9 tackles on the evening.

 

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

•Kicker Erik Sandvik linked on a 41-yard discipline aim within the first quarter for the sixth discipline aim of his profession.