Freshmen continue to star for Sweeney

October 18, 1993
Originally published by The Daily Collegian (Fresno State)

Saturday night was a night when several young Bulldogs continued to standout. True freshmen Omar Stoutmire, A.J. Gass, and Shatony Sargeant all made big impacts.

Stoutmire, a safety, caused one fumble, recovered another, and had a key interception. Gass, a linebacker, caused another fumble. Sargeant blocked a field goal in the second quarter and redshirt freshman Leroy Colbert did his part by forcing two fumbles. FSU put 20 points on the board in the first half from takeaways.

"We had a tough week in practice," said Stoutmire. "If coach Sweeney couldn’t motivate us to win this week, then nothing was going to happen."

Sweeney took his hat off to the young ’Dogs. "Those were real hits there, real rips. Our defense did a great job of getting the ball back for us."

Dilfer runs streak to 123
Trent Dilfer wasn’t particularly dazzling, but he didn’t make mistakes either. While he was held to only 166 yards passing and no touchdowns, he also had no interceptions. Dilfer hasn’t been picked off in the last four games, covering 123 pass attempts.

Rivers runs for 100, again
Ron Rivers just keeps on running and is showing no signs of slowing down. Rivers made it four of six games this season rushing for 100 yards. He rushed for 135 yards on 16 carries and scored the final TD of the game.

Rivers now has 729 yards on the year. FSU is 14-0 in Rivers’ Bulldog career when he rushes for 100 yards or more.

Bulldogs get tricky
Charlie Jones scored when David Dunn hit him with a TD pass on a wide receiver option play.

"Coach Sweeney emphasizes the big play, and they turned out to be touchdowns," said Jones.

Dunn threw a pass for the second time this season. "I could have ran it, but I saw Jones open," he said.

Said Sweeney: "Our acrobats did a great job."