Fresno State Bulldogs football
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| First season | 1921 | ||
| Athletic director | Jim Bartko | ||
| Head coach |
Jeff Tedford 1st year, 0–0 (–) |
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| Stadium | Bulldog Stadium | ||
| Field | Jim Sweeney Field | ||
| Year built | 1980 | ||
| Seating capacity | 41,031 | ||
| Field surface | Turf | ||
| Location | Fresno, California | ||
| Conference | Mountain West | ||
| Division | West | ||
| Past conferences | California Coast Conference (1922–1924) Northern California Athletic Conference (1925–1940) California Collegiate Athletic Association (1939–1950, 1953–1968) Big West Conference (1969–1991) Western Athletic Conference (1992–2012) |
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| All-time record | 565–387–27 (.591) | ||
| Bowl record | 12–12 (.500) | ||
| Conference titles | 26 | ||
| Division titles | 1 | ||
| Consensus All-Americans | 2 | ||
| Colors | Red and Blue |
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| Fight song | Fight Varsity Troopers Battle Hymn |
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| Mascot | Timeout | ||
| Marching band | Fresno State Bulldog Marching Band | ||
| Outfitter | Nike | ||
| Rivals |
Boise State Broncos Hawaiʻi Warriors San Diego State Aztecs San Jose State Spartans |
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| Website | GoBulldogs.com | ||
The Fresno State Bulldogs football team represents California State University, Fresno in NCAA Division I FBS college football as a member of the Mountain West Conference. The green "V" on the Bulldogs' helmets, uniforms, field symbolize California Central Valley, specifically the San Joaquin Valley, the agricultural valley from which they draw their support. The current head coach, beginning in the 2017 season, is Jeff Tedford.
Football was first played on the Fresno campus in 1921, and for its first year it played as an independent. The Bulldogs joined the California Coast Conference which included several regional opponents the next year, and moved to the Northern California Athletic Conference of which it was among the charter schools in 1925. These early years laid the foundations of rivalries to come, with games against San Jose State and Pacific in the first year, and adding UC Davis, Nevada, and San Diego State in the following years of NCAC play. The NCAA began classifying schools into University Division and College Division groups in 1937, and the Bulldogs, along with the other major college schools in the conference, broke off into the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1939, a conference it remained in until joining the Pacific Coast Athletic Association, later known as the Big West Conference, in 1969. Notable coaches during this period include Cecil Coleman, who during his five years at Fresno State had a .76 winning percentage, and took the 1961 team to an undefeated season capped by a 36-6 Mercy Bowl victory over Bowling Green. Fresno State football experienced a stretch of seasons hovering around the .500 mark during the later 1960s and 70s. Yet despite also having a number of winning seasons, including two where the Bulldogs went undefeated, they only participated in two university division bowl games before the 1980s.
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