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Fresno State Bulldogs
In NCAA Division I FBS college football, the Fresno State Bulldogs football team represents California State University, Fresno and the California Central Valley. The Bulldogs proudly display a green V on their helmets, uniforms, and on the field. The current head coach is Pat Hill.

History
Football was first played on the Fresno campus in 1921. The Bulldogs joined the California Coast Conference and in 1925 moved to the Northern California Athletic Conference of which it was among the charter schools. These early years laid the foundations of rivalries to come and adding California 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 broke off into the California Collegiate Athletic Association in 1939.

The Sweeney Era
Jim Sweeney took over a Bulldog squad in 1976. The Sweeney era bristled with confidence as the Bulldogs became the class of the Big West. Sweeneys 1985 squad is particularly memorable for Bulldog fans and ranked 16th in the coaches poll. Having come away from the Hawaiian islands with a 24-24 tie against June Jones Rainbow Warriors The 1985 squad did not, however, finish untied. The lone blemish to a perfect season has led the Warriors and Bulldogs to contend for one of the WACs fiercest rivalries.

The Hill Era
Fresno State began a renaissance under Hill, who continued the advances the program had made during the Sweeney era. Hills teams have taken on the challenge of playing the highest ranked opponents it could, and since 2000, has defeated 10 BCS conference opponents, more than any other non-BCS school. Hills teams have also been the only non-BCS schools to own three consecutive bowl victories over BCS schools. Hill has taken the Bulldogs to victories unprecedented for a school outside of the moneyed BCS conferences beginning with the 2001 squad, and has earned both notoriety and respect for having done so.

The 2004 season began for the Bulldogs much as the 2001 season had, with surprising upsets over BCS opponents in their home stadiums. The Bulldogs opened in Seattle against the Washington Huskies. The Bulldogs came away with the win by a score of 35-16. The second game was against the Big 12 champions, the Kansas State Wildcats. Again earning the squad national attention and a ranking in the polls, the Bulldogs walked out of Manhattan with an unexpected 45-21 win,. Again, the Bulldogs unexpectedly lost to Louisiana Tech, followed by two more losses. However, the Bulldogs found their redemptive qualities pervading in five straight wins by 40 or more points to earn a bid to the MPC Computers Bowl. In the MPC Bowl, the Bulldogs won their third straight bowl victory against a BCS conference team, beating the Virginia Cavaliers 37-34 in overtime.

The 2005 season began with exciting expectations which the Bulldogs largely lived up to for much of the season. The 2005 squad rallied to win seven straight and a redemptive home victory over Boise State, traveled to the Los Angeles Coliseum to face the #1 ranked USC Trojans, brining with them an 8-1 record, a ranking of #16, and senior leadership and depth at key positions.

The match up against USC turned out to be one for the ages as Fresno State quarterback Paul Pinegar continually drew against USC quarterback Matt Leinart, and Fresno State running backs Wendel Mathis and Bryson Sumlin exchanged touchdown runs with eventual Heisman Trophy winner Reggie Bush. At the end of regulation the Bulldogs trailed by a score of 42-50. The loss the Trojans changed the character of the team. The 2006 squad struggled with the schedule only to close the season with the first loss to San Jose State since before the fall of the Soviet Union.